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Please review the eligibility criteria listed below for each scholarship before applying. You can apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible. Foundations and Government Agency scholarship applications can be downloaded below or obtained from your faculty advisor.
University Graduate Office Scholarship Information page
Physical Therapy Scholarships:
- Scholarship Name: Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Deadline: 5 pm, November 28, 2007.
Information: For educationally, socially or economically disadvantaged students enrolled full-time in the PT program.
Contact: Maggie Cook, Assistant Dean for Student Services (cookem@fiu.edu)
- Scholarship Name: Greg Esposito/Pinecrest Hospital Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 5 pm, Friday, February 2, 2007.
Information: Full time, degree seeking PT major, cumulative GPA 3.0 or better, demonstrated financial need, and U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Contact: Maggie Cook, Assistant Dean for Student Services (cookem@fiu.edu)
- Scholarship Name:
Mercedes Zabaleta Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 5 pm, Friday, February 2, 2007.
Information: Enrolled in the Physical Therapy Program at FIU, resident of South Florida, Hispanic, Black, or Native American, and unmet financial need
Special conditions: 70% of award shall be used for the purchase of books, with the remainder to be used for supplies used in presentations, travel to PT conferences etc.
Contact: Maggie Cook, Assistant Dean for Student Services (cookem@fiu.edu)
- Scholarship Name: Mary Hurst Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 5 pm, Friday, February 2, 2007.
Information: PT major (preference given to full-time students), demonstrated financial need, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, and U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Contact: Maggie Cook, Assistant Dean for Student Services (cookem@fiu.edu)
- Other Funding Sources for Physical Therapists and Health Students:
- Scholarship Name: AMBUCS Scholarships for Therapists
Deadline: April 15, 2007 (applications available after January 15)
Information: Check AMBUCS website for more information. Online applications only; no paper applications accepted except in hardship cases. For more information, go to http://www.ambucs.org. To apply online: https://interdyne.securesites.com/ambucs/AScholarsApp.htm
- Scholarship Name: Graduate and Professional Minority Students Fellowships
Deadline: July 1
Information: http://gradschool.fiu.edu/financial.html
- Scholarship Name: Tylenol Scholarship
Deadline: Around September 30th each year
Information: Tylenol will begin accepting scholarship applications for the 2007/2008 academic year in summer 2007. Please check the Tylenol website in mid-June for application details.
Contact: http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc
- Scholarship Name: American Academy of Physical Therapists
Deadline: January 12, 2007
Information: Check AAPT website for more information.
Contact: http://www.aaptnet.org/home/index.php?id=26&sec=education-nav
- Scholarship Name: Indian Health Scholarship Program
Deadline: Open
Information: For American Indians or Alaska Natives
Contact: http://www.ihs.gov/JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/Scholarships/Section_104.asp
- FIU - University Wide Scholarship Opportunities
Has a hospital, clinic, placement agency or other type of employer offered to pay your way through the Physical Therapy Program in exchange for you promising to work there upon graduation?
Check this link for important information about your rights:
GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT AND EMPLOYER CONTRACTS (HOD 06-92-14-28) |
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