Programs

About

 

Timeline

• July – Begin application
• September 5th, 2018 – Application deadline at 11:59PM PST
• September – Review of applications
• October/November – Notification of all grant applicants. Upon receipt of the Acceptance Agreement and W-9 forms, recipients will receive grant funding
• March – Resident interim reports due March 30, 2019
• June – Non-resident interim reports and resident final reports due June 17, 2019
• December – Non-resident final reports due December 15, 2019

 

 Topics

The APhA Foundation will accept any projects but will preference projects with a focus in the following topics:

• Behavioral Health
• Diabetes/ Cardiovascular Care
• Pain Management
• Patient Care Workflow
• Pharmacist-Patient Communication
• Pharmacogenomics
• Specialty Medications

Preference will be given to Immunization Incentive Grant Applications that focus on one or more of the following topics:

• Development of referral mechanisms for immunization services within the community (Priority will be given to applications on this specific topic)
• Advance usage of Immunization Information System (IIS) for immunization assessment and enhanced immunization delivery methods
• Increase vaccination rates in the adult population, pregnant patients, and college-age students

 

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.

Please contact Rajan Vaidya, Executive Resident at rvaidya@aphanet.org or 202-558-2709 with any questions.

 

 

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 500 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.