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NATA Research & EducationFoundation Events
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Join us for a fun evening, advancing and celebrating the AT profession, while enjoying a tailgate picnic and baseball.
Tickets can be purchased when you register for NATA 2023 (or you can add them to your existing registration record). Deadline to purchase tickets is June 14.
What: Tailgate picnic (food and drinks) – and then baseball!
When: 6 p.m. Friday, June 23
Where: Victory Field
305 Fitness
Roll out of bed and join us for a professionally led Zumba class with a “Miami vibe.”
Tickets can be purchased when you register for NATA 2023 (or you can add them to your existing registration record). Deadline to purchase tickets is June 14.
What: Professionally led 305 Fitness class (Zumba with a “Miami vibe”)
When: 7 a.m. Saturday, June 24
Where: Indiana Convention Center
Silent Auction
The NATA Foundation’s 2023 silent auction is online only June 1- 30! Visit the NATA Foundation booth to virtually view and bid on some greAT items!
Free Communications Presentations
The Free Communications Program is often the first chance an AT gets to present their research and clinical case studies during the NATA convention. To date, more than 8,000 oral and poster presentations have been provided through the program. Abstracts selected by the Free Communications Committee are published in a supplement to the Journal of Athletic Training and are presented at the NATA convention via oral or poster presentation.
Pinky Newell Scholarship and Student Leadership Reception
7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Thursday, June 22
Join the NATA Research & Education Foundation and the NATA Early Professionals’ Committee at the Pinky Newell Scholarship and Student Leadership Reception, a networking event recognizing NATA Foundation scholarship rcipients, Bobby Gunn Student Leadership Award recipients and the Deloss Brubaker Awardees for Student Writing. Space is limited and registration is required. You can sign up to attend the reception when you register for NATA 2023 (or you can add registration to your existing registration record).
NATA Foundation Faculty Mentor Program Breakfast
8 to 10 a.m. Friday, June 23
The NATA Foundation Faculty Mentor Program pairs junior faculty members with established faculty who provide guidance, advice and assistance in navigating the first several years of employment within higher education. The goal is to form a lasting relationship to help the mentee build a solid knowledge base and acquire an understanding of the balance necessary to becoming a successful researcher and educator. Direction of the relationship and areas of focus will be built upon the mutual interests and goals of the pairings.
This event is by invitation only.
NATA Foundation Grant Writing Workshop
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 23
The NATA Foundation brings together a nationally recognized group of mentors who have obtained success with external funding agencies to maximize the chance of research funding for athletic training investigators. This two-hour workshop provides the expertise and support to improve funding successes by providing guidance on the development of a scientific aims page, understanding the review process and selecting the appropriate grant mechanism/agency.
Advanced registration is required. Event and registration details can be found on the NATA Foundation website.
NATA Foundation Distinguished Scholars Presentation
1:40 to 3:40 p.m. Friday, June 23
The Distinguished Scholars Presentation provides athletic trainers with an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research from other health care professionals. It also allows members from these groups to benefit from athletic training speakers who represent the profession by giving presentations at their annual meetings.
This session has two components. The first consists of presentations by our exchange lecturers who represent the:
American College of Sports Medicine
American Medical Society of Sports Medicine
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
The second portion of the session includes the recognition of the NATA Foundation’s 2023 research award recipients and Free Communications awards.