IMPACT Grants
Have an innovative idea to improve health in your community? Apply for a 2021 IMPACT Grant of up to $10,000 from the PA Foundation! Deadline is March 15.
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Student Scholarships
Now accepting applications for the first of two 2021 scholarship cycles! PA Foundation scholarships provide financial support of up to $2,500 for PA students passionate about PA leadership and healthcare-related community service. Deadline is March 12.
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Party for a Purpose
PAs and PA students: Share your special talent with your PA peers at Party for a Purpose: PAs Got Talent!, a new virtual fundraising competition. Rather sit in the audience? Secure your ticket to the live virtual finale on May 25.
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All of Us Research Program
The Foundation is partnering with the NIH All of Us Research Program to raise awareness about the importance of participation in research. Join us in helping researchers better understand the factors that affect our health.
Learn MoreThe PA Foundation
Since 1977, the PA Foundation has worked to promote better health for PAs, students, their patients, and the communities they serve.
Vital Minds
The Vital Minds podcast explores topics of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and more. Each episode explores nuances of the featured subject and provides tips and resources PAs can put into practice to benefit patients.
What We Do
As the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs, the PA Foundation provides support to PAs and PA students through grants for PA-led health projects, scholarships for future PA leaders, and patient education tools. Our programs, guided by our mission, help PAs and PA students make an impact – with their patients, in their communities, and for their profession, locally and worldwide.
$2.3M
Scholarship funding awarded to PA students
People reached through our mental health and SUD programs since 2018
$1.5M
Programmatic support over the last decade
Partners for Health Improvement
