Applications
Student Position / Award Application

Please describe your interests and experiences with diversity and how you hope to contribute to the mission of DAE. Your essay must be no more than 500 words.

Describe your abilities, qualities, and experiences that would make you a strong candidate for this position. Explain why you feel you would be able to fulfill the expectations for this position, providing specific examples. Your essay must be no more than 300 words.

In your essay, describe your interest in working with the older adult population, becoming a leader in occupational therapy and/or occupational science, the qualities that you possess and/or hope to develop, and how you would benefit from attending the AOTA Conference. Your essay must be no more than 300 words.

The purpose of the James and Patricia Plumtree Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to support graduate level occupational therapy education. It will be used to provide financial support to current graduate students (MA or OTD) at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who value the traditional roots of occupational therapy practice and would like to promote the therapeutic use of arts and crafts to increase function and quality of life through occupational science and occupational therapy rehabilitation.

The scholarship sponsors a graduate student with a $1,000 scholarship to attend a professional conference such as the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) or World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) to take related coursework and network with professional role models with similar interests.

In your essay, describe your suitability for this award based on the intent of the award outlined above, and the conference for which you intend to use the funds. Your essay must be no more than 500 words.

Describe how you will engage at Hill Day and how you will apply what you have learned to your experience as a student in the Chan Division, particularly in classes, fieldwork, organizations, research labs and/or other activities in which you are involved. Your essay must be no more than 100 words.

Describe how you will engage at conference and how you will apply what you have learned to your experience as a student in the Chan Division, particularly in classes, fieldwork, organizations, research labs and/or other activities in which you are involved. Your essay must be no more than 100 words.