The Education Committee of the Indiana Athletic Trainers' Association may award a total of three $1000 scholarships to deserving graduate athletic training students who are IATA members.  Typically, two scholarships (Dwayne Dixon Professional Education Scholarship and Robert S. Behnke Professional EducationScholarship) are awarded to IATA student members pursuing a degree in athletic training at a CAATE-accredited program, and one scholarship (John Schrader Post-Professional Scholarship) is awarded to a certified athletic trainer pursuing a graduate degree.

Application Deadline is March 1

The criteria/required materials for the Professional Education Scholarships are as follows:

Criteria

1. Must be enrolled as a full-time student at an Indiana CAATE-accreditedentry level athletic training program.
2. Must have one semester of their entry-level master’s program complete.
3. 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA (or equivalent) at the time of application.
4. Must be an IATA member since January of the application year.

Required Application Materials

1. Official Application Form
2. 2 Recommendation Forms
3. Unofficial Transcript from CAATE-Accredited program
4. Copy of NATA Membership Card, or IATA Membership
5. Verification of NPI number

The criteria/required materials for the Post-Professional (LAT) Scholarship are as follows:

Criteria

1. Must be a full- time student enrolled at an Indiana CAATE-accredited post-professional athletic training program.
2. Must have one semester of their post-professional master’s or doctoral program complete.
3. 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA (or equivalent) at the time of application.
4. Must be an IATA member since January of the application year.

Required Application Materials

1. Official Application Form
2. 2 Recommendation Forms
3. Unofficial Transcript from CAATE-Accredited Institution
4. Copy of NATA Membership Card, or IATA Membership
5. Verification of NPI number & BOC Number

Undergraduate/graduate professional education applicants must be sponsored by a full-time member of the Athletic Training Education Program Faculty or by a full-time member of the Athletic Training Staff. Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers may not be a sponsor.

Graduate (Post Professional LAT) applicants who are affiliated with an Athletic Training Education Program or an athletics department must be sponsored by a full-time member of the Athletic Training Education Program Faculty or by a full-time member of the Athletic Training Staff.  Graduate applicants who are not affiliated with an Athletic Training Education Program or an athletics department must be sponsored by a certified athletic trainer.

The candidate must have two completed Scholarship Application Recommendation forms - one from the applicant sponsor and one from another individual (i.e., a teaching faculty member at the applicant's institution (inside or outside of the athletic training education program), a member of the athletic training staff at the institution, or by an off-campus clinical instructor.).  The candidate must have at least one recommendation addressing academics and at least one recommendation addressing clinical education.  A recommender can address both academics and clinical education.

The Scholarship Application Recommendation Forms should be  e-mailed to Kim Williams (kwilliams@thecorydongroup.com) by March 1.

Applications and Scholarship Application Recommendation Forms will be reviewed by the scholarship committee.

Scholarships will be awarded at the Annual IATA meeting

Should you have any questions about the application or the application procedure, please contact Lauren Burish at lmburish@iu.edu