The ACCP Foundation has been supporting pharmacy researcher development and pharmacy research advancement through the ACCP Futures Grants for 10 years. With the first grants awarded in 2015, we have an opportunity to reflect on the impact of these mentored developmental research awards. Many have used Futures Grants to gather preliminary data that went on to support a larger grant application. Others credit the Futures Grant application process and award as being fundamental in directing them to a career in research.

Rachael Stone, clinical pharmacist at UVA Health, research assistant professor at University of Virginia, and principal investigator of an American Heart Association grant, credits the Futures Grant she was awarded as a PGY1 resident in 2021 as being pivotal to her research career. “It has led me down a career path that I don’t think I would have discovered otherwise.”

In recognition of the need for larger grant award amounts, the ACCP Foundation Board of Directors has approved increased funding for individual Junior and Student/Resident awards, up to $80,000 for a junior investigator and up to $20,000 for a student or resident investigator grant. The Futures Grant online application portal will open May 15, 2025, but the instructions and review criteria are available now.

Futures Grants are supported through donations to the ACCP Foundation. Donate here to continue supporting the development of research skills among student, trainee, and early-career ACCP members.