NATA Foundation

So great seeing our Circle of Champions at #NATA2025! 🎉 Many grabbed their COC pins, boosted monthly giving & we welcomed new members. Join the Circle & support athletic training year-round: natafoundation.org/support/ways-t… #NATAFoundation

Celebrating the future of AT at #NATA2025! 🎉 Congrats to our Pinky Newell scholarship winners, Deloss Brubaker student writers, & Bobby Gunn leadership awardees. Thanks to the NBA for sponsoring this special event! #NATAFoundation #AT4ALL

🎉 Today’s #NATA2025 Foundation Events! 📍 NATA HUB – Pins & program info 📍 Free Comm. Presentations 📍 Distinguished Scholars | 12:45–2:45 PM 📍 Pinky Newell Reception | 3–3:45 PM (reg. required) 📲 Stay on track: lnkd.in/gv3M2R4Y #NATAFoundation #ATimpact

Huge thanks to @oofos for sponsoring our ParTee for ATs at #NATA2025 and gifting OOahh Slides to all attendees! 💙 Your 2 years of partnership means so much to the NATA Foundation and the AT community. We’re grateful for your impact and support! 🙌 #ATimpact #SupportATs

Excited to welcome our new NATA Foundation Board members, Executive Committee, and President! Thank you for your leadership and commitment to advancing the athletic training profession. Meet the board: natafoundation.org/who-we-are/boa… #NATAFoundation #Leadership #AthleticTraining

A heartfelt thank you to our outgoing NATA Foundation Board members! Your leadership and service have made a lasting impact on the athletic training profession. 💙 Learn more about our board: natafoundation.org/who-we-are/boa… #NATAFoundation #ThankYou #AthleticTraining #Leadership

🚨 NEW GRANT CATEGORY! 🚨 The NATA Foundation announces the Athletic Training Education & Practice Grant—funding research in: 📚 Education 💰 Healthcare economics 💻 Health IT 🧑‍⚕️ AT profession vitality 🗓️ Pre-proposals open Aug 1–Sept 1 🔗 natafoundation.org/research/grant…

🏈 Calling all researchers! Pre-proposals for the PFATS Foundation RFP open Aug 1–Sept 1! Up to $20K available for short-term research on football health & safety. Apply via @NATAFoundation 🔗 natafoundation.org/research/grant… #Research #PFATS #FootballSafety #NATAFoundation

📅 Save the Date! NATA Foundation Professional Grant pre-proposals open Aug 1–Sept 1. 🔹 General 🔹 New Investigator 🔹 NEW: AT Education & Practice 🔹 NEW: PFATS RFP Advance AT research—details: natafoundation.org/research/grant… #ATResearch #NATAFoundation #PFATS #Grants

⚾ New July RTCP Issue: Rethinking GIRD in Baseball Athletes Research shows humeral retrotorsion (HRT) may be the key to understanding shoulder ROM changes—and it's changing how we assess throwing arms. 📄 Read more: bit.ly/4nA88pZ

Happy Fourth of July Today, we celebrate the spirit of freedom, community, and progress. At the NATA Foundation, we’re grateful for the athletic training community whose dedication strengthens and protects the health of so many. Wishing you a safe and joyful Independence Day!

Great to see Bob Casmus, NATA Foundation VP of Operations, presenting his research at #NATA2025 Free Communications! 👏 VP Dawn Emerson stopped by to check out the latest in AT research. #NATAFoundation #AthleticTraining #Research #FreeCommunications#ATProfession

Big thanks to Tom Abdenour & Dawn Emerson for inspiring the next gen of ATs at #NATA2025! 🙌 Our “Lunch with Tom & Dawn” auction winners enjoyed great convo on pro sports, AT careers & more. #NATAFoundation #AthleticTraining #ATStudents

👏 Honoring Excellence in Research! 👏 At last week’s #NATA2025 Distinguished Scholars Presentation, we were proud to recognize Joe Hart, PhD, ATC, FACSM, FNATA, FNAK as the recipient of the NATA Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Athletic Training Research.

🧠📊 This morning at #NATA2025, we celebrated the latest in #ATresearch at the Free Communications Poster Presentations! A huge shoutout to all the presenters sharing their work—and to the Free Communications Committee for making it possible! 💙 #NATAFoundation #ATimpact

🤝 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the NATA Foundation’s Mentor Meetup at #NATA2025! Grateful to the University of Idaho DAT Program for sponsoring our Doctoral Mentor Program. Here’s to connection, collaboration & community! 💙 #ATmentorship

Stop by the NATA Hub at #NATA2025 and visit the NATA Foundation! Helen increased her Circle of Champions support AND won a prize on our wheel! 🛞💙 Thanks, Helen! Who’s next? #ATimpact #NATAHub #NATAFoundation

🎉 Big news from #NATA2025! Congrats to former NATA Foundation Board members Brian Conway (Past President) & J. Timothy Sensor on their induction into the NATA Hall of Fame! Your leadership shaped our profession—thank you! 👏🏆 #ATimpact #HallofFame #ATleaders

🎉 Today’s #NATA2025 Foundation Events! 📍 Visit us at the NATA HUB 📍 Check out Free Communications Presentations 📍 Mentor Meetup | 2–4 PM (registration required) 📲 Download the app to stay on track: lnkd.in/gv3M2R4Y #NATAFoundation #ATimpact