The AAPP Foundation supports the Defining the Future Research Grant Program designed specifically for new practitioners, residents, fellows, and students interested in psychiatric pharmacy. This is an excellent opportunity to receive funding for a research project that will help define the future of psychiatric pharmacy practice and improve care for patients.
The application portal is open! Applications are due Aug. 30, 2026.
Purpose
To create a competitive selection process challenging students and residents to research innovative and cutting-edge practices that will impact the care of patients into the future, to share this work within the field of pharmacy, and to provide financial support to achieve these outcomes.
Grant Award
Grant applications are accepted annually, May-August.
2025 Grant Recipients
Five Defining the Future grants were awarded for the 2025 cycle! Recipients will present posters at the 2026 AAPP Annual Meeting in Bellevue, WA, on Seattle's Eastside!
Saira Pacheco, PharmD Student, Western University of Health Sciences
Project: Effects of a Curricular Long Acting Injectable (LAI) Antipsychotic Workshop on Student Pharmacists’ Readiness and Confidence to Administer LAIs
Co-investigators: Dr. Andrew Hean, PharmD, BCPP, APh, Dr. Eunice P. Chung, PharmD
Award amount: $2,900
PosterSeo Young Park, PharmD, PGY2 Resident, Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Project: Theory of Planned Behavior Assessment of Experiences and Medication Attitudes in Pharmacist-Led Education Groups
Co-investigator: Aaron Salwan, PharmD, MPH, BCPP
Award amount: $1,000
PosterJack Smith, PharmD Student, Wayne State University
Project: Addressing Pharmacy Student Mental Health through Peer-led Assessments of Psychosocial and Biological Mechanisms
Co-investigators: McKenna Lorenz, Elizabeth Morachevska, Rachel Marcotte
Award amount: $3,750
Project completion in Spring 2027Amber Tran, PharmD, PGY2 Resident, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital
Project: Psychotropic Prescribing Patterns in Anorexia Nervosa Patients Presenting to an Inpatient Eating Disorders Program
Co-investigators: Bobbi J. Numbers, PharmD, BCPP, Emily N. Gray, PharmD, BCPP, Katherine Godwin, MD, Andrew J. Vogler, PharmD
Award amount: $3,750
PosterMina Wolfe, PharmD, Consultant Pharmacist, North Carolina Association of Pharmacists
Project: Using a Needs Assessment Approach to Guide Future Development of Educational Material for Psychiatric Providers and Pharmacists on Clozapine Use and Monitoring
Award amount: $3,250
Poster
2024 Grant Recipient Posters
Two recipients were awarded Defining the Future grants for the 2024 cycle! Recipients presented posters at the 2025 AAPP Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
Rebekah Torchon, PharmD, MS, PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, Eskenazi Health: "A convergent, parallel, mixed methods study to identify barriers to access to mental health care in the Haitian population of a Midwestern academic medical center"
Cynthia Olive Lee, Pharmacy Student, University of Southern California: "Prevalence of ADHD in People Who Use Methamphetamine"