Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

Scientific research/grants: the Foundation is dedicated to providing grant and scholarship support to Physical therapist investigators to promote training and grant funding for scientifically based and clinically relevant Research related to the effectiveness of Physical Therapy practice. The Foundation continues to support researchers around the country in areas such as: orthopaedics, geriatrics, pediatrics, neurology, chronic conditions, and cardiology. The Foundation has developed and funded a center of excellence, cohstar for health services/health policy Research and training, directing $250,000 in support of the grant during 2023.

Awareness: the Foundation strives to raise awareness of funding opportunities on a wide range of Physical Therapy Research areas and its vital role for practicing Physical therapists which results in advancing healthcare and optimizing movement of patients and individuals across all age and disease spectrums.

Educational: in 2023, the Foundation awarded $210,000 in scholarships and fellowships to support Physical therapists or Physical therapist assistants in their first year of a post-professional doctoral degree program (pods i) and post-candidacy phase of post-professional doctoral studies (pods ii).