Events

The goal of the second Planning Grant Collective was to establish research teams that will develop grant proposals for studies that move the evidence base for cancer rehabilitation beyond impairment reduction to target improving cancer survivors’ productivity and participation in meaningful activity. Researchers from the disciplines of occupational therapy, nursing, oncology, physiatry, physical therapy, psychology,...

The goal of the AOTF workshop will be to establish several collaborative teams that will develop new research grant proposals designed to advance the evidence base for home and community-based services that support aging in place. Workshop participants will generate and prioritize novel research questions during the workshop and form research teams to subsequently write...

On October 5-7, 2020, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation held its annual Planning Grant Collective, a workshop that brought together over 35 stakeholders from many disciplines to plan future studies in the field of occupational therapy. This year’s collaboration was a three-day virtual event on the timely topic Stimulating Research to Advance Evidence-Based Applications of Telehealth in...

Anaheim, CA A cohort of entry-level OT students will be selected to participate in the American Occupational Therapy Foundation/ American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTF/AOTA) Institute of Future Scientists in Occupational Therapy on April 24-25, 2026, at the AOTA INSPRIRE Annual Conference & Expo in Anaheim, Calif. The in-person sessions will match potential student scientists with...

Alexandria, VA The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF), Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR), and Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn) invite rehabilitation researchers with an interest in implementation science, learning health systems research, and/or health services research to apply to participate in our Workshop in Implementation Science and Health Grant Writing (WISH),...