POTA offers scholarships to students currently enrolled in accredited occupational therapy programs within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One $1,000.00 scholarship will be awarded per institution to the one student meeting all application criteria and, subsequently, being approved to receive the scholarship through the Scholarship Selection Committee of POTA. Preference is given to OTR students enrolled in the last two years of an accredited or developing Master or doctoral degree program and to students enrolled in the last year of an OTA program.
The application process commences during the fall of the year. Scholarship information is announced on the POTA website at www.pota.org in October. Application forms and materials can be downloaded from this website. A Scholarship Selection Committee comprised of POTA Board members will review all applications and will recommend scholarship recipients. Scholarship recipients will be announced in May and each recipient will receive a $1,000 check from POTA to be applied to educational costs at the beginning of the new fiscal year in July.
This year, the scholarship fund is given in memory of Helen Hopkins.
Helen Hopkins
Helen Hopkins was a mentor, clinician, educator, leader and student advocate in the profession for over half a century. As one of the founding faculty and Chair of the department of Occupational Therapy at Temple University she retired in 1986. She was professionally involved at national and international levels throughout her career. She was a Fellow in The American Occupational Therapy Association and received the Award of Merit from AOTA. She received the Leadership Commendation for her decade long service to AOTF as the Chairperson of the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee. She may be best known as Co-Editor of four editions of Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy. |
Application Instructions for all applicants
*Please read these instructions before completing your scholarship application.
Please make every attempt to remit all information requested for scholarship consideration at the same time, rather than separately. This will aid the Scholarship Committee's thorough review of your scholarship information. Thank you.
Application form for POTA Scholarship
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