{"id":8028,"date":"2025-10-13T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/?p=8028"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:44:51","slug":"unc-launches-sports-physical-therapy-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/2025\/10\/unc-launches-sports-physical-therapy-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Launches Sports Physical Therapy Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8029 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post.png\" alt=\"UNC Physical Therapy Division I Fellowship Football players in a UNC game\" width=\"326\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-Story-announcement-post-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>The Division of Physical Therapy is proud to announce that applications are now open for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/academic-programs\/residencies\/sports-division-i-fellowship\/\">Sports Division I Fellowship in Physical Therapy<\/a>, an elite 12-month program designed to elevate licensed physical therapists into leaders in collegiate athletics care.<\/p>\n<p>The University of North Carolina Sports Division I Fellowship aims to provide physical therapists with unique opportunities to advance in the specialized practice area of sports physical therapy at the Division I (DI) collegiate athletics level. The fellowship program provides an unsurpassed breadth and depth of sports medicine training preparing sports physical therapists for success in high level athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are now open, the program is set to start in July 2026. To apply to the University of North Carolina Sports Division I Fellowship, please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unc.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8ACv8uesPv8uOlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit your application<\/a>\u00a0by December 1, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Division of Physical Therapy is proud to announce that applications are now open for its Sports Division I Fellowship in Physical Therapy, an elite 12-month program designed to elevate licensed physical therapists into leaders in collegiate athletics care. 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