Important Dates and Deadlines

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• Important Dates and Deadlines
• December 6 Last day of instruction
• December 10 14 Finals week
• January 1 NATA membership dues
• January 14 First day of instruction
• January 20 FWATA grant deadline
• January 25 Graduation application deadline
• February 10 NATA/FWATA scholarship
• February 14 COE scholarships (approx. deadline)
• March 15 Thesis defense forms due
• April 1 NATA REF grant
• April 15 HATA scholarship deadline

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Scholarships

• NATA-REF
• FWATA
• HATA
• COE
• Local Hawaii

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• NATA student membership
• http//www.nata.org/student/index.htm
• 60 per year
• Qualifies you for scholarships
• Discounts for conference registration
• Career information, NATA Career Center access
• NATA News
• Journal of Athletic Training
• Networks and chats/discussions

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• NATA Foundation Scholarships
• 70 scholarships annually, each for 2,000.
• http//www.natafoundation.org/scholarship.html
• Deadline February 10
• Must be member of NATA by November 1
• Notified by April 15

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• FWATA scholarships
• Recipients receive a 1000.00 monetary award and
  a plaque.
• Deadline February 10, 2007
• http//www.fwata.org/com_scholarships.html
• Must be member of NATA

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• HATA Scholarships
• High School Students, Undergraduates, and
  Graduates
• Deadline April 15
• http//www.hawaii-ata.org/
• Must be member of NATA

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• COE Scholarships
• 60 scholarships at up to 2,000 each
• Deadline February 14, 2008 (or thereabouts)
• http//www.hawaii.edu/coe/departments/osas/osas_sc
  holarships.shtml

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• Hawaii and other scholarships
• Hawaii Community Foundation
• http//www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/
• Click on the "scholarship seekers" icon on the
  right
• SEED (Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity)
  at UH
• http//www.hawaii.edu/diversity/

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Research Grants

• NATA-REF
• FWATA

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• NATA REF Research Grants
• Multiple Masters/Doctoral Grant awards
• Maximum of 1,000 (Masters), 2,500 (Doctoral)
• Deadline April 1st and October 1st
• Present findings at NATA Annual Meeting
• Must be NATA member
• http//www.natafoundation.org/research-progs.html

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• FWATA Research Grants
• Deadline is January 20th 2008
• Up to 3,000 each year
• Exceptional research proposals which will expand
  the body of knowledge in athletic training and
  sports medicine
• http//www.fwata.org/com_research_grants.html

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• 2008 Upcoming Events
• NATA Hit the Hill day
• SEATA student conference
• FWATA student conference
• HATA symposium
• NATA conference

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• NATA hit the-hill day
• One student from each state in FWATA will be
  selected to visit Washington DC on February 25,
  2008.
• Deadline is Wednesday November 28
• Grant covers travel expenses
• Must be member of NATA

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• SEATA 2008 Athletic Training Student Symposium
• Feb. 8-9, 2008 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia in
  Atlanta, GA. 
• In conjunction with the SEATA Athletic Training
  Educators Conference at the The tentative agenda
  is posted at www.seata.org/08atss.htm.
• SEATA Call for Case Study Abstracts authored by
  athletic training students

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• FWATA Conference
• April 3-6th at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco
  Airport in Burlingame California
• Athletic Training Student Educational Symposium
• http//www.fwata.org/symposium/annual_meet.html

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• HATA symposium
• Late May 2008
• Need student volunteers
• On Big Island
• http//www.hawaii-ata.org/

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• NATA Conference
• Future Annual Meeting Sites Dates
• June 17-21 2008 St. Louis, MO 
• June 17-21 2009 San Antonio, TX
• June 22-26 2010 Philadelphia, PA
• http//www.nata.org/annualmeeting/