FHEL Grant award winners for the APTA Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership (FHEL)
To support academic and clinical PT leadership, the leading voice of physical therapist education programs funded grants to the APTA Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership (formerly ELI).
ACAPT awards two $7,000 fellowships annually for participation in the Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership (FHEL) program, along with up to $5,000 in additional support for travel and registration to the Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference (ELC) and the FHEL graduation ceremony.
Congrats to the most recent award recipients
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Dawn Brown, PT, DPT, EdD
Assistant Chair of Curricular Affairs and Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Gauri MacDonald, PT, DPT, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Binghamton University
About the fellowship
The APTA Academy of Education (AoE) Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership (FHEL) is a 52-week curriculum blended learning program designed to develop leaders in physical therapy education and higher education. FHEL allows fellows to connect theory with practice and enables direct application of knowledge learned through the program to their everyday work in physical therapy education.
How to apply
The FHEL program opens through the RF-PTCAS in October and closes in March.
Once accepted into the Fellowship program, ACAPT will select award recipients based on the applicant’s leadership goals, connection with ACAPT’s mission, and how the fellowship will help a candidate’s future
role at their educational institution and within ACAPT.
- For questions about applying for the ACAPT FHEL grant, please contact acapt@acapt.org.
- For questions about applying to the APTA Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership, please contact academy@aptaeducation.org.
All eligible applicants for the ACAPT FHEL grant must submit:
- A response of up to 500 words to address the following:
- Describe your career path goals and any challenges you have faced in academia.
- What challenges in physical therapy education do you feel you will be able to address after completing the FHEL program?
- Share how you intend to engage with ACAPT's volunteer opportunities once you have completed the Fellowship program.
- Share a challenging moment in your journey within academic physical therapy. How did you navigate the situation, and how did your response contribute to strengthening the academic community?
- A copy of your acceptance letter to the Fellowship from APTA.
- A copy of your CV
Submit your FHEL Grant application here.