Incentive Grants

About

 

2022 Incentive Grant Recipients with facilitator Shanna O'Connor, and CPF Executive Director Kelly Brock (both front center)

 

 

Timeline

• June 15th – Begin application. 
• August 23rd – Application deadline. 
• August-September – Review of applications
• September – Notification of all grant applicants.
• September-October – Upon receipt of the Acceptance Agreement and W-9 forms, recipients will receive grant funding.
• March – Interim reports due March 15, 2022.
• June – Final reports due June 15, 2022.
• End of Project – A final expense report must be submitted. Please see Use of Grant Funds below.

 

 Topics

Residents and their preceptors may apply for a Residents and their Preceptors Incentive Grant ($1000). A project proposal with any community/ambulatory-pharmacy based practice innovation is acceptable, but preference will be given to projects with a focus in the following areas:

• COVID-19 Prevention/Treatment/Testing
• Post-COVID Implementation of Patient Care Services
• Addressing Social Determinants of Health Factors and Community Engagement
• Addressing access and pharmacy deserts
• Behavioral Health
• Diabetes/Cardiovascular Care
• Pain Management
• Patient Care Service Implementation
• Pharmacist-Patient Communication
• Pharmacogenomics

 

Residents may also apply for a COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Incentive Grant ($5000). Preference will be given to proposals which incorporate delivery of vaccinations within individual practices and/or communities, and projects could address one or more of the following focus areas:

• Enhancing COVID-19 vaccine confidence among pharmacists/pharmacy team members, patients and/or communities
• Increasing access to/uptake of COVID-19 vaccines within identified populations: adolescents, underserved or minority populations, rural areas
• Integration of COVID-19 vaccinations with other vaccines, addressing messaging, practice strategies, and/or administration of vaccines

 

Student pharmacists and pharmacists may apply for an Innovation in Immunization Practices Incentive Grant ($1000). Preference will be given to projects within the following focus areas:

• Implementing and delivering immunization services in a COVID-19 environment; gaining public trust, overcoming vaccine hesitancy
• Optimizing engagement of pharmacy team members in the provision of immunization-related services in a COVID-19 environment - expanding or reinstating routine vaccinations
• Development of referral mechanisms for immunization services within the community, and strengthening the immunization neighborhood
• Advance usage of Immunization Information System (IIS) for immunization assessment and enhanced immunization delivery methods
• Increasing vaccination rates in the adult population, pregnant patients, and college-age students
• Increasing access to and administration of HPV vaccines
• Implementation of new ACIP recommendations in pharmacy practice (ie. pneumococcal)
• Reinstating routine vaccinations
• Childhood/adolescent vaccinations and vaccine services (and engagement of pharmacy with other healthcare professions)
• Addressing access and pharmacy deserts

 

Finally, applications will be considered for a Immunization Referral Practices Grant ($1500). Preference will be given to projects which establish immunization referral mechanisms within the community. 

 

All Incentive Grant applicants will be required to submit an abstract for APhA2022 Poster Presentations once the submission form opens. 

 

Use of Grant Funds

Full payments will be made upon receipt of the completed Grant Acceptance/Agreement forms. Grant funds may be used only for direct costs associated with the development and implementation of the project described in the application. Expenditures for indirect costs (overhead) will not be funded. Salaries for recipients will not be allowed; however, consultant fees, fees for research/technician services and expenses for administrative services may be allowed if submitted in the proposed budget to the APhA Foundation.

Final expense reports must be submitted once the project has ended. Reports shall include funding descriptions, vendors, dates of issue and any other relevant information.

 

History

Inaugurated in 1993, the Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care is the APhA Foundation’s longest running program. Grants totaling more than $500,000 have facilitated the development of over 600 pharmacy-based projects, improving the health outcomes of thousands of patients across the country.

Incentive Grants offer pharmacists, students, and community pharmacy residents seed money to implement or support an existing innovative patient care service within their pharmacy practice. The program has provided around twenty grants annually since its inception. We have been able to provide this support due in part to the Community Pharmacy Foundation. The Foundation thanks them for their efforts and you may find more information about the Community Pharmacy Foundation below.

The Incentive Grants have been a starting point for many pharmacists, residents, and students for 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.” 

Aligned with the Foundation’s focus on designing and evaluating new practice models for pharmacy, the core requirement of the Incentive Grants Program is a focus on innovation. The Foundation has funded projects in past years that address a variety of meaningful patient care services and will continue to accept proposals for any type of ambulatory pharmacy-based innovation.

Incentive Grants are awarded annually on a calendar year. Grant recipients will be required to submit an interim report, a final project report, a final project expense report, and a short video summary of their project.

 

Questions?

Please contact Olivia Welter, Executive Fellow, at owelter@aphanet.org or 202-558-2709 with any questions.