If you want a wearable way to promote the athletic training profession during National Athletic Training Month, a new T-shirt featuring the slogan for our yearlong  Health Care in Action campaign is available to order exclusively in the NATAGear Store online. READ MORE

The NATA Capitol Hill Day is a great opportunity for all NATA members to advocate for the profession at the federal level. To help ethnically diverse athletic training students attend NATA’s biggest advocacy event, the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee is offering student members in need of financial assistance grants of up to $1,500 to attend Capitol Hill Day May 13-14 in Washington, D.C., as part of its Diversity Enhancement Grants. Students must fill out the Capitol Hill Day Grant application and submit it to EDAC no later than Feb. 28. Applicants will be notified of their grant status by the committee by March 13. Grant recipients will be responsible for registering themselves for Capitol Hill Day. READ MORE

The AT Research Agenda Task Force is hosting a networking event at the 71st NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo this June in Atlanta to provide an opportunity for researchers and clinicians to collaborate. During this event, attendees will meet and hear from researchers and clinicians who have successfully engaged in projects that yield clinically relevant data. The goal of this event is to educate athletic trainers of the AT Research Agenda and facilitate collaborative relationships between clinicians and researchers. READ MORE

The NATA Public Relations Committee External Marketing & Public Relations Grant Program is accepting submissions for 2020. The grant provides financial support to NATA members with strategic external marketing and PR initiatives that can positively impact the public image and effectively communicate the knowledge, skills and value of an athletic trainer. Applications for 2020 will remain open until all funds have been allocated or June 1. READ MORE