Challenge School Takes Most Creative Award with Poster Fundraiser Timothy Otsby, PT, DPT, CSCS Each year, hundreds of physical therapist (PT) and physical therapist assistant (PTA) students, with the support of their program directors and community, hold fundraising events across the country for the Marquette Challenge. Although [...]

Future PTs and PTAs give forward to their future profession trough student-led VCU-Marquette Challenge PT and PTA students have once again helped close out another successful VCU-Marquette Challenge to benefit the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research. Hundreds of students at 79 schools participated this year. The top 3 schools [...]

Past FPTR funding recipients among those recognized by APTA honors and awards Every year, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recognizes and celebrates people for their work in advancing the physical therapy profession. APTA’s Honors and Awards Program celebrates outstanding achievements of members in the areas of overall accomplishment, [...]

Join a collaborative team! Our team is fully staffed! FPTR is an affiliate of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Located in Alexandria, Virginia, APTA has outstanding employee benefits, including flexible work schedules, generous retirement contributions, and travel subsidies for employees who choose public and active transportation. Visit APTA's [...]

Make sure your school is recognized! Deadline is May 16! The VCU-Marquette Challenge Deadline is May 16! Make sure your school meets the deadline to be recognized for your VCU-Marquette Challenge fundraising! All funds must be received by May 16, 2022, to count towards your school’s total. End the [...]

FPTR Grants Webinar: A Road to Follow-on Funding FPTR recently hosted an event to coincide with the opening of the 2022 grant cycle. FPTR grants are awarded using a rigorous peer review process modeled after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that ensures that our funding supports the most [...]

Why Is Research Important? PT Community Weighs in with 5 Words From policy to patients, knowledge to practice, research affects everyone in the PT community. Investigators, business owners, clinicians, educators, volunteers, and donors weighed in at our recent Donor Networking Reception held during APTA CSM in San Antonio. [...]

2022 Service Award Recipients Acceptance Videos In late 2021, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) announced the recipients of the 2022 Service Awards. These awards were presented to a select group of people and organizations for their unyielding support of FPTR and its mission to fund physical therapy research. [...]

Students, Supporters, and Researchers Connect at APTA CSM The American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) returned to in-person and hands-on as thousands of physical therapists traveled to Texas on February 2-5, 2022. The national conference shifted to a virtual platform in 2021 due to COVID-19. APTA was [...]

CSM Presentations by FPTR-Funded Researchers The American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) will be held in-person Feb. 2-5, in San Antonio, Texas. (Note: an on-demand option will become available March 1-31.) The in-person event will provide more than 300 educational sessions programmed by APTA's 18 sections and [...]