Honors & Awards Program

Each year APTA honors outstanding achievements on the part of its members in the areas of overall accomplishment, education, practice and service, publications, research, and academic excellence. Award recipients are recognized in June with a celebration and reception at APTA's Conference and Exposition.

Play a significant supporting role in helping your colleagues receive recognition for their achievements by nominating the person or persons you feel are most deserving of an APTA Honor or Award.

The nomination process for the 2014 awards will begin August 2013. Please check back for updates.

Click on the specific honor, award, or scholarship to obtain guidelines, requirements, as well as a link to the online submission site. Learn more about the Board of Directors Policies on the honors and awards program.

Past Honors & Awards

Recipients

• 2012 Honors and Awards Recipients
• Past Honors and Awards Recipients (.pdf)

Honors

• Catherine Worthingham Fellows of the APTA
• Honorary Membership

Lectures

• John H. P. Maley Lecture Award
• Mary McMillan Lecture Award

Awards

Education Awards

• Dorothy Baethke-Eleanor J. Carlin Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching
• F.A. Davis Award for Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Educator
• Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member
• Minority Initiatives Awards
• Signe Brunnstrom Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Practice & Service Awards

• Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award
• Lucy Blair Service Award
• Marilyn Moffat Leadership Award
• Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Award
• Outstanding Physical Therapist/Physical Therapist Assistant Team Award

Publications Awards

• Chattanooga Research Award
• Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award
• Helen J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature
• Jack Walker Award
• Jules M. Rothestein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing

Research Awards

• Eugene Michels New Investigator Award
• Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

Additional Awards

• Federal Government Affairs Leadership Award

  The nomination process for 2012 is now closed.

• PTA Recognition of Advanced Proficiency

  There are two submissions deadlines annually for this award: February 1 and August 1.

• Public Service Award

  The nomination process for 2012 is now closed.

• State Legislative Leadership Award

  The nomination process for 2012 is now closed.

Scholarships

• Mary McMillan Scholarship Award
• Minority Scholarship Award

• Last Updated: 2/21/2013
• Contact: honorsandawards@apta.org
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