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Past Grant Projects

APhA Foundation is dedicated to advancing patient care by supporting innovative pharmacy practices. Our organization has a rich history of awarding grants to practices that drive positive change in the pharmacy profession. Through our Practice Advancement and Academy Research Grants, we have empowered pharmacists to implement new strategies, improve patient outcomes, and enhance the overall quality of healthcare. These grants have supported projects that address critical issues in pharmacy practice, such as medication adherence, chronic disease management, and preventive care. Read more about these initiatives that helped transform pharmacy practice and improve the health of communities nationwide.

Practice Advancement Grant

​In 2024, the APhA Foundation awarded three practice advancement grants in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control.​

Congratulations to grant recipient winners!

The goal of this initiative is to advance collaboration with leaders in communities where confidence in vaccines is low, increase partnerships with public health programs, and to provide equitable healthcare via vaccination services. Grant funding will be used to establish pharmacy and public health partnerships and referral mechanisms for immunization services within their communities.

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Examples of public health entity partnerships include:

  • State and local immunization programs

  • Community-based organizations

  • Other healthcare providers

  • State and local departments of health

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Recipients will receive a $1,000 honorarium to enhance immunization referral practices at the community pharmacy level. Referral mechanism examples include:

  • Establishing referral from a public health entity or other partnering agency/organization to the pharmacy for administration of a vaccine

  • Establishing referral from a pharmacy to the public health entity for administration of a vaccine

  • Creating documentation mechanisms for vaccine recommendation and administration by pharmacy

  • Establishing or maintaining reporting of vaccines administration by the pharmacy to local IIS and back to the referring agency

  • Reducing vaccine disparities through formalized agreements between pharmacies and public health entities

  • Collaborating with leaders in communities to build trust, empower pharmacy personnel, and engage communities to bolster vaccine confidence​

Courtney Gamston

Boosting Community Immunization Rates: Partnering with Schools for Success, Auburn University Health Care and Education Clinic and Pharmacy, Auburn, AL

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Ha Phan

Addressing Parent and Caregiver Pediatric Vaccination Administration Hesitancy in an Independent Community Pharmacy Setting, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

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Whitney Morris

Establishing Partnerships Between Rural Public Health Departments and Local Pharmacies to Enhance Vaccination Referral Processes, Tennessee Pharmacists Association, Nashville, TN 

Academy Research Grant

Academy research grants provide opportunities for innovative practice-based research for members of APhA's Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APPM) and Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APRS). This research will help build evidence to seed ideas for future APhA Foundation research.

Macary Marciniak is an Associate Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). She is committed to advancing pharmacist-provided care in community- based settings. She serves as the Director of the PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program, which includes innovative practice sites across the state and is one of the oldest and largest programs of its kind in the nation. She also directs a Community-based Mental Health Fellowship, in partnership with UNC Campus Health and Counseling and Psychological Services.

The 2023 Academy Research Grant was awarded to Macary Marciniak, PharmD, BCACP, BCPS, FAPhA, for her proposal titled “Student Pharmacists as Reproductive Health Champions (SPARC): Igniting Pharmacist-Initiated Hormonal Contraception in Community-based Settings.” Marciniak will now conduct her research through 2024 and will present her findings at APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition 2025.

Please contact info@aphafoundation.org for questions

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