Applications for the 2025 AcPS/FIP Foundation Research Grant are closed.

The FIP Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) in partnership with the FIP Foundation is opening a Grant to support innovative research by pharmacy educators. The AcPS/Foundation grant scheme is open to applicants from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and will award up to TWO proposals at €2000 per project. All applicants submitting for this grant should address how the applicant(s) would use grant funds to meet the scope of the grant call within the applicant’s affiliated academic community.

It is expected that projects awarded funding would be collaborative in nature and a mentorship element should be embedded in the proposal. This can be from members of the section for junior/intermediate level academics or senior academics applying should indicate how they will use the project to also mentor others. Granted projects will be announced in the AcPS Mortar Board newsletter and the FIP Foundation website. The completed project should be suitable for presentation either via a poster or oral presentation at a future FIP event (including virtual meetings) or other suitable dissemination method.

Eligibility

The AcPS Grant Scheme is open to:

• FIP AcPS members from LMICs (see list of countries by WHO regions here)
• Applicants may only submit one application to this scheme.
• No additional funding will be provided under this grant for a successful project/initiative.
• Applications should be submitted prior to 28^th of February 2025.

Scope

The 2025 grant scheme will focus on the following priority areas:

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in pharmacy education
2. Intra-professional education for collaborative practice
3. Education on Antimicrobial Stewardship

Evaluation criteria

• Projects/initiatives will be prioritized according to relevance to scope, significance, urgency, and expected outcomes.
• A minimum of two evaluation committee members will evaluate and score each application, based on established evaluation criteria.

How to apply:

• Applicants will be required to complete an online application form. Find the link here.
• Applicants are advised to prepare their responses offline and copy-paste to the online application form. Please be informed that there are character limits for some of the sections.
• For any clarifications, applicants should send an email with the subject as AcPS Grant Call – Clarification to: acps@fip.org