Research Grants
About the Research Grant Program:
The purpose of the EATA supported research program is to facilitate the advancement of the athletic training profession. Funding priority will be given to basic, applied, and service related research initiatives. Research initiatives should focus on the domains of athletic training as identified in the National Athletic Trainers' Association (BOC Practice Analysis).
Interdisciplinary collaboration between athletic trainers and other health-care researchers is encouraged. It is imperative that appropriate standards be maintain when conducting research. Fostering high standards of excellence in research can best be attained by including qualified personnel, as per the focus of the research study, who can serve to ensure that the findings are acceptable in accordance with peer review. Furthermore, the principal investigator must be a certified member of NATA and a member of EATA (District I or II).
Coming Soon:
The EATA is pleased to announce that we will be accepting proposals for research grants up to $10,000.00. Proposals will be accepted beginning December 15, 2025 through 11:59 pm on January 15, 2026. The principal investigator must be a member of Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association. The application must be submitted electronically and date/time stamped no later than
For questions about the EATA Research Grant Program or status of an application, please contact sub-committee Chair, Jennifer Ostrowski: ostrowskij@moravian.edu
2026 Winner:
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Proposals will be accepted beginning December 15, 2025 through 11:59p on January 15, 2026.
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2025 Winner: Jennifer Longo, PhD, ATC, NREMT Rowan University
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2024
Meredith Madden, EdD, ATC, University of Southern Maine
2023
Jennifer Longo, PhD, ATC, Rowan University
2000
Jennifer Earl, Penn State
2001
Todd A. Evans, MA, ATC, CSCS, Penn State
Postural Control and Self-Reported Functional Status Before and After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Athletes
2002
Michael G. Dolan, MA, ATC, Canisius College
**Winner of Kenneth L. Knight Award Outstanding Original Research to appear in the Journal of Athletic Training, 2005
2003
No grant awarded
2004
Lennart Johns, PhD, ATC, Quinnipiac University.
2005
Ryan T. Tierney, PhD, ATC, Temple University
2006
Mary Beth Gilliam, ATC, University of Delaware
2007
Brian Pietrosimone, University of Virginia
2008
Stephanie Mazerolle, PhD, ATC, University of Connecticut
2009
Jason Scibek, PhD, ATC, Duquesne University
Anne Russ, ATC, Temple University
2010
Alan Needle, MS, ATC, CSCS, University of Delaware
2011
Eric Swartz, PhD, ATC, University of New Hampshire
2012
Jane McDevitt, MS, ATC, CSCS, Temple University
2013
Stephanie Mazzerole, PhD, ATC, University of Connecticut
Grant Norte, MEd, ATC, University of Virginia
2014
John Luke Pryor, MS, ATC, CSCS, University of Connecticut
2015
Cameron Powden, MSEd, ATC, Old Dominion University
2016
David R. Howell, PhD, ATC, Boston Children’s Hospital
2017
Lindsey Keenan, PhD, ATC, West Chester University
2018
Samantha E. Scarneo, PhD, ATC, University of Connecticut
2019
Steve Davi, PhD, ATC, University of Connecticut
2020
Erin Pletcher, PhD, ATC, Thomas Jefferson University
2021
Shawn Hanlon, MS, ATC, CSCS and Karin G Silbernagel, PT, PhD, ATC, University of Delaware
2022
Landon Lempke, PhD, ATC, Boston Children’s Hospital
2023
Jennifer Longo, PhD, ATC, NREMT, Rowan University