ACAPT awards winners of the FHEL Grant for the APTA Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership
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) in 2024.
ACAPT has approved two awards of $7,000 for the Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership (FHEL) annually, plus up to $5,000 for travel and expenses.
Congrats to the most recent award recipients
Carmen Capo, PT, PhD
Program Director, Universidad Ana G. Mendez
Stephanie Eton, PT, DPT
Assistant Professor of Practice & Director of Residency Education, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
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 planned career path in academia.
- Share how you intend to engage with ACAPT once you have completed the Fellowship.
- How will the Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership assist you in achieving these goals?
- Describe a challenging moment you faced while pursuing a career in academic physical therapy, and how you navigated through it.
- A copy of your acceptance letter to the Fellowship from APTA.
- A copy of your CV
To apply for the FHEL grant, apply here.