Inaugurated in 1993, the Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care is the APhA Foundation’s longest running program. Grants totaling more than $200,000 have facilitated the development of over 200 pharmacy-based projects, improving the health outcomes of thousands of patients across the country.
Incentive grants offer pharmacists seed money to implement or support an existing patient care service within their pharmacy practice. The program originally started with twenty grants available annually, and has now more than doubled in the number of grants available.
The Incentive Grants are now under the umbrella of the Knowlton Center For Pharmacist-Based Health Solutions because they have been a starting point for many pharmacists in the active involvement and leadership within APhA, the Foundation and in practice. Just as important, awarding an incentive grant encourages practitioners to foster new ideas and allows them to “lead by example.” These goals are consistent with the Center’s mission to support pharmacists in their delivery of health solutions to the American public and the goals of cultivating leadership within the pharmacy profession and piloting innovative activities where the pharmacist advances the appropriate use of medications.
Applications Now Available for 2009
We are now accepting applications for 2009. Category listings are below:
Funded projects from the past have focused on:
- Breast cancer awareness and self-examination practices for young women and adults
- The effect of pharmacist medication counseling on polypharmacy: patient outcomes in the community setting
- Colorectal cancer awareness and screening in a rural community pharmacy practice setting
- Provision of weight management services by a pharmacist in a grocery store-based, community pharmacy setting
- Self-care and OTC medications for diabetes in a community pharmacy
- Educational program in conjunction with school system to address the problem of asthma and related diseases in the student population
- Creation and implementation of a medication reminder system for HIV patients that will promote and increase medication adherence
Do you have another winning idea? Choose the area above that best describes your field, and then follow the application timeline. Incentive grants are awarded annually on a calendar year. You are required to submit an interim report at six months and a final report at 12 months on your project.
Timeline
- Summer – Download an application from the above link or contact the APhA Foundation directly at sscarlata@aphanet.org
- October – Turn in your application to the APhA Foundation. Deadline for community pharmacy and residency grant applications is October 15, 2008.
- November - Turn in your application to the APhA Foundation. Deadline for federal, immunization and pain management incentive grant applications is December 15, 2008.
- December/January - The APhA Foundation will review applications and notify you if you have been awarded an incentive grant.
- January -You will receive one half of your grant fund upon receipt of your Acceptance Agreement and W9 form.
- March - Resident applicants turn in six-month interim report and receive the second half of grant funding.
- July (or six months after project start date) – All other grant recipients (NOT residents) turn in six-month interim report and receive the second half of grant funding.
- August - Final report is due for residents.
- At the end of the 12-month project period – Final report is due for all other grant recipients (NOT residents).
The APhA Foundation is pleased to acknowledge the following organizations for their support towards the Incentive Grants Award Program:
  
 Marsha Millonig R.Ph., MBA
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