Frontiers Fund donations in 2008 will support new programs as well as traditional grants and awards for clinical pharmacists to enhance their scholarship and professional growth. Whether you are a new graduate, clinical practitioner, pharmacy educator, or researcher, the ACCP Research Institute can help you realize your professional development goals. These ACCP RI programs, grants, and awards include:

2008 New ACCP Research Institute–Supported Programs

• Research and Scholarship Development Academy Program
• Focused Investigator Training (FIT) Program
• Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Start-up

Traditional Research Grants and Training Awards

• Fellowship Training in Oncology and Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacotherapy Investigator Development Grants
• Frontiers Fund Career Development Grants
• Heart Failure Traineeships
• PRN Sponsored Mini-sabbaticals

The Frontiers Fund has allowed ACCP to significantly expand the scope of support it provides to clinical, translational, and health services (practice) research and likewise to substantially enhance its emphasis on investigator development. Why is giving to the ACCP Research Institute and the Frontiers Fund important? The following quotations are ACCP members’ responses:

• “The money goes back to ACCP members; if we want to truly promote a research agenda, these contributions are a great way to do so.”
• “To help further the research base of clinical pharmacy, especially documenting the value of our clinical pharmacy services.”
• “The Research Institute is one of the primary places where funds are available for pharmacists to answer clinically relevant questions that are not going to be answered by the pharmaceutical industry.”
• “Support of scholarship among College members both new and senior investigators. Also advancement of clinical pharmacy as an evidence-based discipline.”
• “It provides a medium for a pharmacist to get pilot funds to start or further a research endeavor.”
• “We are members of a personally and financially rewarding health care profession. It should be part of one’s professional commitment to support scholarly and research activities that not only benefit our professional interests, but also improve the life and health of our patients.”

Even though you may have invested in the Frontiers Fund last year, it is critically important to do so (again) this year. Contributions made to the Frontiers Fund of ACCP, which is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible. Show your support for education and research by making an annual gift to the Frontiers Fund, donating in memory of a loved one, giving in honor of a survivor, or commemorating your own award. Log on to http://www.accp.com/frontiers/donate.php to donate today. Thank you for your support.