ANPT financially supports post-professional doctoral training and, at the same time, honors two extraordinary ANPT
members, Mary Lou Barnes and Patricia Leahy.
The Mary Lou Barnes Adopt-A-Doc award was established in 1993 after
Dr. Barnes proposed in her Mary McMillan lecture that doctoral
training needed to be supported by association members. The Patricia Leahy award began in 1995 to further support post-professional doctoral education.
Since 2001, ANPT has partnered with the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research to administer our PODS scholarships through the Foundation's DOCS program. These doctoral studies scholarship funds are fully endowed. Members
are encouraged to make financial contributions to the Foundation in support of post-professional doctoral studies via the ANPT Scholarship Endowment.
ANPT Pledged New Endowment for Neurologic Physical Therapy Research Grants
The Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy – an Academy of the American Physical Therapy Association- recently pledged a major gift of $110,000 to the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research to fund neurology-centric physical therapy research grants.
“Since our founding, the Academy has held research as an essential tenet within its mission. For more than two decades, our partnership with the Foundation has been focused on supporting the next generations of researchers through the doctoral scholarship endowment. We are very excited to expand this partnership to include support of neurologic physical therapy research grants,” shares Academy President Nancy Fell, PT, PhD, FAPTA. “Focused neurologic research funding is essential for accelerating the growth of our knowledge-base and elevating practice.”
This pledge builds on a previous commitment from the Academy to support scholarships through its endowment fund established with the Foundation in 2002. This new fund, the Neurologic Physical Therapy Research Grant Fund, will provide support specifically for research grants.
A generous bequest of $140,000 from Isabelle Bohman will supplement this fund. Isabelle directed her bequest to support research grants related to neurologic physical therapy as she focused mostly on the management of individuals with stroke or head injuries in hospital settings throughout her career.
“We’re so grateful to the Academy for their continued commitment to invest in research that is meaningful to the neurologic physical therapy community,” says Foundation President Paul Rockar, Jr., PT, DPT, MS, FAPTA. “This pledge, along with Isabelle Bohman's generous bequest, will ensure a reliable and sustainable source of funding opportunities for physical therapist researchers to grow the neurologic PT evidence base for years to come.”
The Foundation has awarded over $24.4 million in grants, scholarships, and fellowships in its 45-year history, thanks to generous donations capably administered through its effective grants management system. Foundation-funded researchers have received over $930 million in follow-on funding, demonstrating the success of the Foundation’s approach to provide small grants that build research experience and capacity that, in turn, helps prepare researchers win larger grants from other funding organizations.
The Foundation has much to offer as a funding partner for academies and sections. Its rigorous, independent peer review process ensures support for high-quality, innovative research that reflects the APTA’s research agenda and helps to fill evidence gaps in meeting real-world challenges.
If you are interested in supporting this effort, you can click on the below link to donate directly to the new Neurologic Physical Therapy Research Grant Fund.
