ACCP presents two student chapter awards annually: the Outstanding Student Chapter award and the Outstanding Student Chapter Member award. Application for each award is submitted as part of the required Annual Chapter Report and is due June 30, 2024. A description of each award follows.
Outstanding Student Chapter Award
This award recognizes the ACCP student chapter that has exemplified strength in leadership, dedication in patient care, and passion for professional development through its activities and membership. The chapter’s activities should address ACCP’s core values of extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy and promoting dedication to excellence in patient care, research, and education. A key component of all the core values is the clinical pharmacist’s ability to work collaboratively within the health care environment. Each chapter must demonstrate its ability to work with other health disciplines.
An announcement will be featured on the ACCP website, and an article highlighting the winning chapter’s accomplishments will be published in StuNews and the ACCP Report. A commemorative plaque and $1000 in cash will be awarded to the winning chapter. Two representatives from the winning chapter will receive complimentary full Annual Meeting registrations, and each will receive a $250 travel stipend to attend.
Members of student chapters who wish to apply for the award must complete an application form as part of their end-of-the-year report, due June 30. As part of the application process, each chapter is required to submit a rationale (250 words or less) outlining the plan for using the $1000 award funds, should this chapter be selected as the winner.
Outstanding Student Chapter Member Award
This award recognizes a student who has enhanced student involvement from his or her ACCP chapter at the local, state, or national level and has expanded the presence of ACCP through community engagement, education promotion, research opportunities, and/or professional stewardship. The activities of the selected student should address ACCP’s core values of extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy and promoting dedication to excellence in patient care, research, and education.
Each chapter award recipient will receive a certificate suitable for framing and recognition in an ACCP Report article, in a StuNews article, and during the Student Chapter Forum. Chapters will select their recipients for the Outstanding Student Chapter Award annually and submit the winner’s name to the ACCP national office as part of its year-end report, due June 30.