For a student who has expressed an interest in and/or demonstrated work specializing in physical disability, particularly spinal cord injury, neurologic conditions, stroke and arthritis. Eligible candidates will be enrolled in an accredited Master’s or OTD program in the United States.

Eligible candidates for the scholarship must be enrolled in an accredited OTA, MOT, MSOT or OTD program in the state of Wisconsin. Well qualified candidates should demonstrate their passion for occupational therapy and their need for financial assistance.

As the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) is strongly committed to building, executing, and sustaining a long-term strategic commitment to growing research capacity in occupational therapy we're developing a new initiative, PORTAL - Promoting Occupational Therapy Research and Training to Advance Lives. The vision is to create a stable, collaborative and coordinated infrastructure for supporting occupational therapy scientists at all career stages. Hear more from initiative lead,  Elizabeth Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, University of Pittsburgh, on the first steps towards the goal.