The AAPP Foundation's Collegiate Chapter Impact Grant Program is designed to support AAPP collegiate chapters at schools of pharmacy across the nation. This is a great opportunity for chapters to receive funding for their projects and activities.

Goals

Activities may include, but are not limited to, events, clinics, and patient education, and they should meet one or more of the following goals:

  • Impact patient care
  • Address mental health disparities
  • Create awareness of psychiatric pharmacists and their value and contributions as members of the interprofessional treatment team
  • Expand interest in psychiatric pharmacy as a career
  • Reduce the stigma related to mental health and substance use disorders

Grant Award

Grant applications are accepted annually June-September.

2024 Grant Recipients

Project: Education on Proper Administration of Transmucosal Buprenorphine to Improve Dental Adverse Outcomes in Patients with OUD 
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: Virginia Commonwealth University AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Christian Moon 
Grant Amount: $4200

Project: Assessing the feasibility and impact of a naloxone training on a School community's knowledge, attitudes, and confidence towards opioid overdose and naloxone administration
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Paul Barlow
Grant Amount: $2388

Project: Quantifying the State of Mental Health of those Utilizing Needle Exchange Services via Vaccine Outreach 
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Madison Brotze
Grant Amount: $1665

Project: Measuring the Perceptions of Psychiatric Care and Recovery amongst Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: Rutgers University AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Nora Abdelfattah
Grant Amount: $1150

2023 Grant Recipients

Project: Analyzing the Mental Health of Pharmacy Students Before and After the Use of a Relaxation Room
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: Duquesne University AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Elise Hreha
Grant Amount: $1500
Poster

Project: Unveiling Stigma in Healthcare: An Exploration of Student Pharmacists', Nurses' and Physicians' Attitudes Towards Mental Illness
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: East Tennessee State University AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Colton Jones
Grant Amount: $1400
Poster

2022 Grant Recipients

Project: Impact of a Community Immersion Experience on Student Pharmacists' Associated Stigma of Serious Mental Illness
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: University of Texas AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Amber Tran
Grant Amount: $2535
Poster

Project: Assessing the Impact of Culture and Stigma on the Utilization of Mental Health Resources Amongst Health Professions
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: University of the Incarnate Word AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Cody Thomas
Grant Amount: $1000
Poster

Project: Pharmacy Students Advancing Mental Health Equity in an Underserved Racial/Ethnic Community
Collegiate Chapter & Primary Author: The Ohio State University AAPP Collegiate Chapter, Amaal Ahmed
Grant Amount: $1175
Poster

2021 Grant Recipients

Project: Access to Inclusive & Culturally Competent Mental Healthcare in Pharmacy Students & Residents
Collegiate Chapter: University of North Carolina (UNC)
Grant Amount: $4,000
Poster

Project: Assessment of college students' attitudes and knowledge on opioid overdose and naloxone education and evaluating the effectiveness of a new naloxone distribution program (NaloxoneSC) at the University of Southern California
Collegiate Chapter: University of Southern California (USC)
Grant Amount: $1,000
Poster

Project: Improving Student Access to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Collegiate Chapter: Purdue University
Grant Amount: $1,000
Poster