NAME OF AWARD:
MINORITY STUDENT GATEWAY TO RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

PURPOSE OF AWARD:
To enable faculty to nominate promising African American/Black and/or Hispanic/Latino pre-professional degree pharmacy students or baccalaureate degree students for a scholarship that supports their participation in a faculty-mentored research project intended to encourage these students to consider pursuing an advanced graduate education in the pharmaceutical sciences. Specifically, the purpose of the program is to increase the number of African American/Black Pharm.D. students and baccalaureate science students who graduate and enroll in graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in the basic, clinical, or administrative pharmaceutical sciences; and ultimately to careers on a pharmacy school faculty.

NUMBER OF AWARDS and STIPENDS:
One (1) at $5,000: No less than $4,000 is provided as a student stipend for a research project for a full calendar year beginning as early as the 2009 summer session and ending no later than the end of the 2010 session. No more than $1,000 may be used by the sponsoring faculty member in direct support of the research effort.

ELIGIBILITY:
Faculty in a school of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education or faculty in any college awarding baccalaureate degrees who are actively undertaking research in the pharmaceutical sciences. Each faculty member may apply for up to two one-year scholarships by the submission of two separate applications. Each scholar, to be selected and nominated by the faculty member, must be (1) African American/Black, (2) enrolled in a Pharm.D. program, have completed at least two years of college, and be enrolled in at least the first year of the professional pharmacy curriculum or (3) be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program and have completed at least one year of the degree program. All applicants must be enrolled for at least one full academic year after initiation of the award. Preference will be given to applications from students who need relevant research experience in order to have a basis to decide whether to pursue the Ph.D. degree in the pharmaceutical sciences. Students enrolled in joint Pharm.D./Ph.D. programs may not apply. The student award recipient must not accept any other concurrent research support (e.g., from AACP, AFAR, ASHP, PhRMA, or any other external organization) during the 1-year scholarship period. In case of multiple source awards, the student must choose only one. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status IS REQUIRED for the student.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications for the AFPE Gateway To Research Scholarship are to be submitted by the appropriate representative of the school to: AFPE, One Church Street, Suite 202, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Please note that no application will be accepted after the deadline date of January 23, 2009. Identification of the successful applicants will be made no later than April 17, 2009 and the one-year scholarships can be activated on or after June 1, 2009.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applications should be requested by each applicant by letter, telephone, or fax from AFPE or download the Word Document here.