The FIP Foundation for Education and Research exists to invest in people and their potential to improve pharmacy worldwide.

Through grants, scholarships and exchange programmes, the foundation helps pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists develop ideas, build knowledge and form connections across countries and regions. Our support enables early-career professionals to join the profession’s global leadership community, helps promising research gain momentum and, through programmes such as Pharmabridge, creates opportunities for colleagues to learn from one another across different health systems.

None of this happens alone. Every award rests on partnership: with FIP sections, universities and professional communities, and with the donors whose gifts, grants and bequests make our work possible.

I was honoured to become chair at the FIP World Congress in Montreal in August 2026, succeeding Professor Jenelle Sobotka. Jenelle’s leadership strengthened the programmes and partnerships on which the foundation now stands. I am grateful for her generous support during the handover and pleased that she remains close to our work through this period of transition.

FIP is evolving towards One FIP, bringing the federation together around a shared purpose and a stronger collective voice for the profession worldwide. This creates an important opportunity for the foundation: to establish a clearer place within the federation and to extend our contribution to FIP’s vision by investing in the people who will bring it to life.

The Foundation Board is working with FIP to shape the next chapter of our relationship. As we do so, we remain committed to the foundation’s purpose and to the people, programmes and partnerships entrusted to us. Existing grants, scholarships and partner commitments continue throughout the transition.

There are many ways to be part of what comes next. If the foundation has supported you, consider returning as a mentor or advocate. If you are looking for an opportunity, explore the awards currently open and aphttps://www.fipfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sobotka-Short-Bio-and-Photo.pdfply. If you or your organisation would like to support our work or build a partnership with us, I would be delighted to start the conversation.