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Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

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Due: December 1, 2026

No essay

No min. GPA required

No transcripts required

Eligibility

Eugene Michels New Investigator Award, with an application deadline in December, offers numerous awards that vary in amount.

Description

The Eugene Michels New Investigator Award acknowledges outstanding new investigators who have demonstrated a commitment to research relevant to physical therapy. Nominees must be physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who are currently members in good standing of the association. They must have been engaged in independent research activities for not more than 10 years after completion of their physical therapist degree, postprofessional doctoral degree (other than a transition DPT degree), or postprofessional doctoral fellowship, whichever was completed last (i.e., from the year the degree is granted until the year the nomination for this award is submitted). Nominees must also be employed in any aspect of physical therapy including, but not limited to, research, education, clinical practice, and consultation. Nominees for this award must demonstrate independent or collaborative research activities that have present or future impact upon the profession, to include, if possible, ways in which the accomplishment has impacted and will impact specific members, components, or the practice or teaching of content related to the field; research activities that have taken place after completion of all formal education, or post-professional doctoral fellowship (whichever was completed last) will receive the most weight; receipt of grant funding and extramural funding will be considered; and accomplishments through authorships in peer-reviewed journals, or in poster, platform, workshop presentations in appropriate scientific forums. A letter of nomination highlighting the productivity and focus of the nominee's investigations and that specifically focuses on the strengths of the nominee in relation to the award criteria is required. Two letters of support obtained from individuals who can specifically address the criteria for selection in relation to the nominee must also be submitted. Electronic reprints of one or two scholarly works published or accepted for publication by refereed journals are also required. Copied portions of reprints, drafts of books, or other large publications, may be submitted. List of oral presentations delivered at professional meetings, which are not included in curriculum vitae or resume, must also be provided. Please visit the award's website or contact the American Physical Therapy Association for more information.

Scholarship Type

Merit-based