ACCP’s innovative and unique competition offers teams of three pharmacy students the opportunity to participate in an online journal club and submit a clinical research proposal. For the 2024 Clinical Research Challenge, the team registration deadline is February 7, 2024.

The competition is only open to pharmacy students pursuing their first professional pharmacy degree from an accredited institution, or one that has been granted candidate status, who are in the first 2 years of their first professional pharmacy degree program (P1 and P2 students for 4-year programs; P1 and P2 students for 3-year accelerated programs; and the first 2 professional years for 0- to 6-year or 0- to 7-year programs). Only one team per institution can enter the competition. Institutions with branch campuses, distance satellites, or more than one interested team are encouraged to conduct a local competition. ACCP provides a written examination for institutions to use as a basis for their local competition if they wish. This examination may be requested by the ACCP faculty liaison or registering faculty member by email. Please address your email request to Michelle Kucera, Pharm.D., BCPS, at [email protected].

Students are not required to be members of ACCP to participate. Team registration should be submitted online and must be initiated by a current faculty member at the respective institution. Students interested in forming a team should contact their ACCP faculty liaison. The deadline to complete team registration and confirm eligibility for the 2024 competition is February 7, 2024. For additional competition information, including the schedule, FAQs, and sample questions, click here.