College Athletic Trainers' Society

The Fueling Greatness Education Grant provides certified athletic trainers an opportunity to receive a $1000 education grant.  These grants are offered each spring to three (3) certified athletic trainers to help sponsor their attendance at the upcoming CATS Spring Symposium. 

Application Requirements:

• Must be a certified athletic trainer working for a college, university or junior college providing healthcare services for collegiate athletes.
• Completed application form 
• Letter from the applicant which should include the following:
• 1. Your best learning experiences, successes as a college athletic trainer, areas you want to improve as an athletic trainer, etc.
  2. How this education grant will help applicant achieve greatness.
  3. Personal and professional goals you hope to accomplish by attending the symposium.
• Letter of recommendation from current CATS member.  Letter should show support and recognition of AT who would benefit from an education grant to help attend the CATS symposium.  A CATS member can recommend someone they mentor, supervise or individual can be a colleague at the same or different institution.  

Note: If you are a CATS member applying directly for this grant then this should be reflected in the “letter from the applicant”.  No additional letter of recommendation needs to be submitted.

Applications will be reviewed by the CATS Continuing Education Grant Committee.

Gatorade is the founding sponsor of our education grant and continues to be a proud supporter of college athletic trainers providing financial assistance towards their continuing education goals to provide quality healthcare and services for their student-athletes.

Questions?  Please contact Missy Strauch, strauch@augsburg.edu or cats@collegeathletictrainer.org  

If you have any issues using the link above you may also submit application directly to Casi Dailey at cdailey@collegeathletictrainer.org