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Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

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Due: December 1, 2026

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No min. GPA required

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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. Nominees must demonstrate engagement in independent research activities for not more than 10 years after completion of their physical therapist degree, post-professional doctoral degree (other than a transition DPT degree), or post-professional doctoral fellowship, whichever was completed last; employment in any aspect of physical therapy, including, but not limited to, research, education, clinical practice, and consultation; 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. Nomination or self-nomination statement must be submitted to begin the process. Then, the nominee must submit their current curriculum vitae or resume; online application; and electronic reprints of one or two scholarly works published or accepted for publication by refereed journals. Copied portions of reprints, drafts of books, or other large publications, may be submitted. The nominee must also submit a list of oral presentations delivered at professional meetings, if not included in curriculum vitae or resume; and two support statements obtained from individuals who can specifically address the criteria for selection in relation to the nominee. Please visit the award's website or contact the American Physical Therapy Association for more information.

Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

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