Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants.Foundation for Physical Therapy Award Winners The Foundation for Physical Therapy Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. will disburse dis·burse tr.v. dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend. [Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser $270,000 for the 1999 Doctoral Opportunities for Clinicians and Scholars (DOCS) program. The DOCS program consists of 2 elements: the New Investigator Certain scientific funding agencies make a distinction between investigators and new investigators. New investigators would be evaluated in a different way when competing for funding with more seasoned researchers, or they would be able to access funding resources specific to them. Fellowships Training Initiative (NIFTI NIFTI Navy Infrared Thermal Imager (US Navy) NIFTI Network Interface File and Tracking Information NIFTI Network Interface to File Transfer in the Internet ) program and a 3-level Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) scholarship program, which includes the Mary McMillan Doctoral Scholarships, PODS I scholarships, and PODS II scholarships. This year, 3 fellowships and 16 scholarships were awarded. NIFTI Fellowship The NIFTI is designed to fund doctorally prepared physical therapists as developing researchers and improve their competitiveness in securing external funding for their future research. The specific eligibility requirements and criteria for review and selection are outlined in the 1999 DOCS application and guidelines. The following physical therapists will each receive a 1999 NIFTI $30,000 fellowship for the year September 1, 1999, through August 31, 2000: Ann E Barr, PhD, PT Temple University Topic: Pathophysiological changes in musculotendon and neural tissues in a rat model of cumulative trauma injury: exposure-response between repetition rate and injury. Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. Institute for Research and Education (PAIRE) Topic: Motor unit discharge activity and control of functional movement in hemiplegia hemiplegia /hemi·ple·gia/ (-ple´jah) paralysis of one side of the body.hemiple´gic alternate hemiplegia paralysis of one side of the face and the opposite side of the body. . Gretchen B Salsich, PhD, PT University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission Topic: Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. determinants of patellofemoral joint stress. PODS Scholarships The postprofessional PODS scholarships (PODS I and PODS II) fund doctoral students who have completed 1 full year of course work and wish to continue their course work or enter the dissertation phase of their education. The PODS I $7,500 scholarships are awarded to support the course-work phase of doctoral studies. The following physical therapists are the 1999 recipients of the PODS I scholarships: Judith Marie Burnfield, PT University of Southern California Anne Kelly Gross, MPT MPT Maryland Public Television MPT Modern Portfolio Theory (investing) MPT Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications MPT Message-Passing Toolkit MPT Master of Physical Therapy MPT Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Oregon Health Sciences University JoAnn Kluzik, MS, PT Oregon Health Sciences University Catherine E Lang, MS, PT Washington University in St Louis Dorian Kay Rose, MS, PT University of Southern California Sheila Schindler-Ivens, MS, PT University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. The PODS Ii $15,000 scholarships are awarded to support the post-course-work phase of doctoral studies. Listed below are the 1999 recipients of the PODS II scholarships: Philip J Blatt, PT University of Miami ($7,500, expected graduation 12/99) Gammon M Earhart, MS, PT Washington University in St Louis Christian C Evans, MS, PT The University of Illinois at Chicago Sheryl M Flynn, MHS, PT University of Florida Paul LaStayo, MPT Northern Arizona University J Timothy Noteboom, MS, PT, SCS, ATC University of Colorado at Boulder (recipient of the 1999 Viva J Erickson scholarship*) Jama Lynn Purser, MS, PT University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($7,500; expected graduation 12/99) David W Russ, MPT University of Delaware Patricia L Sinnott, MPH, PT University of California, Berkeley Mary T Thigpen, MHS, PT, NCS University of Florida (*) The Viva J. Erickson scholarship is available to physical therapists to fund postprofessional doctoral studies to prepare for academic leadership of physical therapy education programs. The recipient is selected from current applicants who are awarded a PODS I or PODS II scholarship. |
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