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 [...]
Champion of FPTR's First Ever #PTResearchMadness Announced The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) rallying cry at the recent APTA CSM in San Antonio was to remember the researchers. This spring we did just that through our inaugural #PTResearchMadness twitter event. During #PTResearchMadness, current and past FPTR-funded researchers [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Announces 2021 Research Grant Funding The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) is awarding $360,000 to fund six research physical therapy grants. FPTR research grant funding helps pioneer new treatments, show the efficacy of existing treatments, and define the value of physical therapy services [...]
THE FOUNDATION FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY RESEARCH ANNOUNCES 2022 SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) will honor leaders in physical therapy innovation with the prestigious 2022 Service Awards. These awards go to people and organizations who show a commitment to advancing the profession through research. In [...]
Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy APTA Invests 100k to Expand FPTR Research Funding The $100,000 contribution will grow the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) Geriatric Fund to now support scholarships beginning immediately. Applications are now being accepted. The Academy of Geriatrics Physical Therapy (Academy) is expanding the Geriatric [...]
Webinar for the Resilient Researcher Offers Tips and Strategies for Staying the Course in Funding Applications Among the many challenges of applying for research funding is the need to bounce back after an application has been rejected. The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research held a live event for the resilient [...]
Opportunity to Join Our Team: Communications Internship Come work with us! Learn more about research funding and be part of a great nonprofit! This position offers the opportunity to work remotely with a supportive team. Preferential consideration will be given to applicants considering a career in the physical therapy [...]