ARAPA Scholarships Now Open

ARAPA Members - The Board of Directors is very excited to announce TWO new scholarship opportunities for PA fellow/affiliate members and student members. 

• Leadership and Advocacy Summit Scholarship (1) The annual Leadership and Advocacy Summit ARAPA Scholarship is dedicated for a PA or PA student to offset expenses related to registration and travel to the AAPA Leadership and Advocacy Summit (LAS) held this year from September 12-14 in Washington, D.C. One (1) recipient receives a $1,500 scholarship. Further information about LAS can be found here.
• ARAPA PA Student Scholarships (2) We will honor scholarships to active ARC-PA accredited PA programs in Arkansas; one scholarship for a Harding University student and one for a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences student. If there are no qualified applicants for one of these programs, it is up the the discretion of the BOD to award two scholarship recipients of the same academic program. Each year, ARAPA awards two (2) scholarships to PA Students in the amount of $1,000 each. 

Deadline to Apply: 

• The 2025 application window will open in July 1st, 2024 for all three scholarships and close August 1st, 2024.

Please visit our scholarship page (accessible on ArkansasPA.org through the 'Membership' tab) for criteria and application links. Please contact President Aaron Woodall or Past President Ada Sochanska for further information. Recipients will be chosen by the Board of Directors or designated committee.