Applications can be complete in the Scholarship Application Portal.
Here’s how it will work...
Access the Student Scholarship Application Portal
2) Login using your TAHPERD Member Portal username & password.
3) Click on Start Award Application.
4) Follow the menu prompts.
5) Submit your application by May 1st. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
NOTE:
If you haven't created a TAHPERD Member Portal Account, you will need to do that FIRST.
Note: Your old TAHPERD account (prior to May 2022) is no longer valid.
Reset Password Issues? You will not be able to reset your password until you have created an account. If you try to reset the password and are not receiving the Reset Email, it is probably because you have not created an account yet. Please use the link above to create your account. Contact services@tahperd.org if you have questions.
You will need:
- Current Student TAHPERD Membership
- Current Transcript
- Letter from Department Chair stating you are a full-time student majoring in a HPERD field.
- Two letters from a faculty members addressing your academic and professional qualification.
- Letter of recommendation from a person outside your academic program addressing your personal qualification.
- Statement of Professional Goals
- List of College Activities
- List of Community Activities and Volunteer Work
- List of Offices Held
- List of Honors
Questions about the application process can be directed to Rachel Naylor, rachel@tahperd.org or 512-459-1299
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Questions about the application process can be directed to Rachel Naylor, rachel@tahperd.org or 512-459-1299
The Foundation Committee will make the selection of the recipients. All applicants will be notified no later than June 30, 2025. Payment of the scholarship will be presented at the TAHPERD Convention in Fort Worth during the Awards Dinner on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Proof of full time enrollment for the 2025 Fall Semester and 2026 Spring Semester must be provided prior to payment.
The TAHPERD Foundation Board of Directors awards up to three scholarships annually in the amount of $2,500 each for undergraduate and graduate TAHPERD student members. The applicant must be pursuing a degree within the disciplines of health education, physical education, recreation, and/or dance at a Texas college or university. To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must:
- Have at least a 2.5 overall GPA
- Be a full time student (full time as defined by your university) in the same program for both fall and spring semesters the year the scholarship is awarded AND the fall and spring semesters after the scholarship is awarded.
- The student must be enrolled in a major’s program within the disciplines of health education, physical education, recreation, and/or dance in a Texas college or university. A letter from the chair of the student's department must accompany the application verifying the discipline in which the student is majoring and that she/he is a full time student.
- Be a student member of TAHPERD. Membership must be continued through the next year if a scholarship is awarded.
- Scholarship recipients are expected to attend the TAHPERD Annual Convention the year of receiving the scholarship. Recognition of the recipients will occur at the First General Session of the Annual Convention.
Formal presentation of the scholarship certificate and check will be during the Awards Dinner on Friday evening of the convention.
Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship recipients will receive:
- $2,500 presented in 2 equal disbursements to the recipient, one in August 2025 and the second at the Awards Dinner at Annual Convention on December 5, 2025.
- Complimentary convention registration the year of receiving the scholarship
- Complimentary one-year membership
- Complimentary two (2) nights hotel room
- $100 stipend for travel expenses
Contact Rachel Naylor with any questions.