Regardless of where pharmacists’ practice, they will encounter patients, colleagues, and others living with mental illness, including substance use disorders. AAPP Foundation is dedicated to supporting the development of the pharmacy workforce through education and initiatives that expand knowledge and application of that knowledge to enhance care for those living with mental illness, including substance use disorders.
Grants, educational activities, and other workforce development initiatives funded by AAPPF target a broad swath of the pharmacy workforce including pharmacy school students, pharmacists, psychiatric pharmacy residents, and practicing psychiatric pharmacists.
Student Registration Grants
This grant program seeks to further expose pharmacy students to a career in psychiatric pharmacy by funding student attendance at the AAPP Annual Meeting through registration grants. Students interested in pursuing psychiatric pharmacy engage in a competitive selection process and can earn a grant one time in their student career.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Grant
This grant program seeks to support practicing pharmacists who are experiencing financial challenges preventing attendance at the AAPP Annual Meeting and working on a DEI-related initiative, ideally impacting either the development of psychiatric pharmacists or impacting the advancement of patient care for those living with mental illness, including substance use disorders.
Collegiate Chapter Impact Grants
The Collegiate Chapter Impact Grant program supports AAPP student chapters by providing funding for projects and activities impacting one of the following goals:
- Improved patient care
- Addressing mental health disparities
- Creating awareness of psychiatric pharmacists, their value and their contributions as members of the interprofessional treatment team
- Expanding interest in psychiatric pharmacy as a career
- Reducing the stigma related to mental health and substance use disorders
Educational Programs
The AAPP Foundation supports various educational offerings to advance the psychiatric pharmacy profession, including workshops like From Agenda to Action: Effective Meeting Design and Facilitation.
Past Projects
- 2026 Session Sponsorship: The Pleasure Pain Balance in a Dopamine Overloaded World, presented by Anna Lembke, MD
- 2026 DEI Grant, Melanie Rovelo, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Miami, FL: Medication Education Sessions in Three Languages in a Psychiatric Hospital Setting
- 2025 Pre-Meeting Workshop: Cultivating Expertise: Enhancing Presentation Design and Speaker Development in Psychiatric Pharmacists
- 2025, DEI Grant, Esther Moon, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist, Riverside University Health System, Riverside, CA: Health Inequities and Structural Competency (HISC) Longitudinal Experience (LE) in Pharmacy Residency
- 2025 DEI Grant, Casey Tiefenthaler, PharmD, BCPP, Inpatient Psychiatric Pharmacist, University of California, San Diego Health (UCSDH), San Diego, CA, Enhancing Gender-Affirming Care Education in Pharmacy School