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Scholarships & Awards

The Physical Therapy Department offers numerous scholarships and awards specifically for PT students. Our students are also eligible for many school and university wide awards. Eligibility for awards begins in the Spring semester of the first year. Notification of award deadlines comes from the Physical Therapy Department or the UTMB/SAHS Office of Student Affairs. For more information contact Dr. Christine Baker, PT Department Awards Committee Chairperson. All awards are given at the annual awards ceremony in the fall. The awards specifically given to PT students are outlined below. For descriptions of and criteria for PT Departmental and SAHS-wide awards, click here.

Scholarship/ Award	Source	Amount of Award	Average number given per year
Simmang Academic Awards	Simmang Endowment	$1000	3-4
Dean's Silver Anniversary Endowment	Dean's Office	$500 to $1000	5-6
Savage Scholarship	Savage Endowment	$500 to $1000	1
Departmental Academic Awards	Physical Therapy Department	$500	1
Schapper Endowment for Spine Rehab	Schapper Endowment	$500	1
Gnitzinger Geriatric Award	Gnitzinger Endowment	$1000	10-12
Warm Springs Cornerstone Scholarship	Warm Springs Endowment	$500	1
Linda Lange Williams Award	Sabine District of TPTA	$2500	1
Ruby Decker Award	Ruby Decker Endowment	$1000	1
Grace Decker Award	Grace Decker Endowment	$1000	1
William T. Donaho Scholarship	Donaho Endowment	$1000	1
Susan & Gaddis Wittjen Scholarship	Wittjen Endowment	$500	1
Kay Hill Delgado Scholarship	Delgado Endowment	$1000	1