Educational grants from the Respiratory Care Foundation of Texas are available to respiratory care students in Texas in the following categories:

Academic Grants
Post Associate Degree Grants
Financial Need Grants

The number of grants and the amount funded may vary each year, depending on the number of approved applications.

Requirements for Academic Grants
1.  A GPA of 3.0 or higher
2.  An official transcript verifying GPA and current enrollment
3.  A letter of recommendation from the Program Director
4.  Submission of an original paper on some aspect of respiratory care
5.  Membership in either the TSRC or the AARC

Requirements for Post Associate Degree Grants
1.  A GPA of 2.5 or higher
2.  An official transcript verifying GPA and current enrollment
3.  Submission of an original paper on some aspect of respiratory care
4.  Membership in either the TSRC or the AARC

Requirements for Financial Need Grants
1.  A GPA of 2.0 or higher
2.  An official transcript verifying GPA and current enrollment
3.  A letter of recommendation from the Program Director
4.  Submission of an original paper on some aspect of respiratory care
5.  Membership in either the TSRC or the AARC

The deadline for submitting applications for grants is April 15. The grants will be awarded at the Texas Society for Respiratory Care Annual Meeting.  The application is available as a pdf *,or can be obtained from:

The Respiratory Care Foundation of Texas
P.O. Box 515239
Dallas, Texas 75251-5239
972-495-9200