APhA Foundation Incentive Grants

Emily Albers
202.429.7502
ealbers@aphanet.org

APhA Foundation Incentive Grants offer pharmacists seed money to implement or support an innovative patient care service within their pharmacy practice. Grants focus on ambulatory pharmacy-based innovation.

The 2023 application cycle offers 3 types of grants.

Residents and their Preceptors Incentive Grant - Preference will be given to projects with a focus in:

• Social determinants of health
• Access and pharmacy deserts
• Mental and behavioral health
• Diabetes care
• Cardiovascular care
• Pain management
• Substance use disorder
• Pharmacy workplace conditions
• Patient care service implementation
• Pharmacogenomics
• COVID-19 pharmacotherapy
• Pharmacist-patient communication
• Public profession perception of patient care services

Innovation in Immunization Practices Incentive Grant - Focus areas include:

• Enhancing COVID-19 vaccine confidence among patients
• Increasing access to/uptake of COVID-19 vaccines within identified populations: adolescents, underserved or minority populations, rural areas
• Optimizing engagement of pharmacy team members in the provision of immunization-related services
• 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 by patient population (pregnant patients, college students, children)
• Increasing access to and administration of HPV vaccines
• Implementation of new ACIP recommendations in pharmacy practice
• Childhood/adolescent vaccinations and vaccine services
• Addressing vaccine access and pharmacy deserts

COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Incentive Grant - Focus areas include:

• COVID-19 vaccine confidence for children 5 years old and younger
• Health equity regarding vaccination

Pharmacists, students, and community pharmacy residents that are active members of APhA.

Award amounts for each grant type are as follows:

• $1,000 for Residents and their Preceptors Incentive Grants
• $1,000 for Innovation in Immunization Practices Incentive Grants
• $4,000 for COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Incentive Grants

A link to the online application is available on the program website.