Physical Therapy Assistant Grants

Federal PELL grants

• Community college courses are available for those hoping to become PTAs. Contact your local two-year college and ask for information regarding grants. A grant makes available full program tuition to the student. Grant applicants have to be freshman and generally come from an underprivileged background. Request the free Federal Student Aid application from a financial aid office at the college. You can also get an aid form from your local public library or online.

  Federal Student Aid Information Center

  1-800-433-3243

  www.fafsa.ed.gov

Professional Organizations

• Private organizations that also feature professional athletes shore up the career interests and education of Physical Therapists. For instance, the Special Olympics is heralded as one of the more highly regarded organizations in existence. The Special Olympics offers grants to those actively engaged in studies associated with aspirations that are in step with the interests of the Special Olympics. The Texas Physical Therapy Foundation also makes available its grants for advanced education and research, in addition to its Education Loan program.

  Special Olympics

  1133 19th Street, N.W.

  Washington, DC 20036-3604 USA

  1 (202) 628-3630

  1 (800) 700-8585

  1 (202) 824-0200 (Fax)

  [email protected]

  Texas Physical Therapy Foundation

  c/o Mike Geelhoed

  7703 Floyd Curl Drive, (MSC 6247)

  San Antonio, Texas 78229

  http://www.tpta.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=75

Grants from private companies

• Private companies offer financial assistance to those wishing to become credentialed physical therapists and assistants. Many companies supplies students with a healthy stipend. Although some companies opt to provide for physical therapy students in their last year of college, others offer students large grants that take care of their entire tuition. All grants supplied by private companies are need-based. Students have to sign an agreement that specifies their agreeing to work as a faculty member in a company that has been approved by the grant-lending institution.

  The Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association

  3510 East Washington Avenue

  Madison, WI 53704

  http://www.wpta.org/

  The American Physical Therapy Association

  1111 North Fairfax Street

  Alexandria, VA 22314-1488

  1 (703) 684-APTA

  http://www.apta.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home