Scholarships and Fellowships Available.Applications are available now for the Foundation for Physical Therapy 2002 Doctoral Opportunities for Clinicians and Scholars (DOCS) program. Completed applications are due to the Foundation on or before January 15, 2002. There are two opportunities to receive scholarships in the Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS PODS Principles Of Database Systems PODS Portable on Demand Storage PODS Palm OS Developer Suite PODS Pipeline Open Data Standard (pipeline GIS data model developed by Gas Research Institute) PODS Passive Occupant Detection System ) program. Applicants may be either full-time or part-time students. The scholarship period is September 1, 2002, through August 31, 2003. The PODS level I scholarships fund students who have completed at least two full semesters or three quarters of their course work toward a doctorate. Selected candidates receive an award of up to $7,500. The PODS level II scholarships fund students who have been formally admitted to candidacy. Selected candidates receive up to $15,000. 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. Fellowship fellowship Graduate education A post-residency training period of 1–2 yrs in a subspecialty–eg, hand surgery, which allows a specialized physician to develop a particular expertise that may have a related subspecialty board; fellowship time is often 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 ) awards postdoctoral post·doc·tor·al also post·doc·tor·ate adj. Of, relating to, or engaged in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree. Noun 1. fellowships to physical therapists who have completed their doctorates in the previous 5 years or to physical therapists with doctorates who have completed their professional education within the past 5 years. Fellowships are $30,000 and are renewable for 1 year. The fellowship period is September 1, 2002, through August 31, 2003. For more information on scholarships, fellowships or grants, please contact the Foundation at foundation@apta.org. |
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