PURPOSE OF AWARDS:
To encourage faculty to identify promising professional degree pharmacy students or baccalaureate degree students and encourage them to consider advanced graduate education and careers in research. Specifically, the purpose of the program is to increase the number of students who undertake a faculty-mentored research program and decide to enroll in graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in the basic, clinical, or administrative pharmaceutical sciences; and ultimately careers in industry, on faculties of pharmacy, or in related organizations.

NUMBER OF AWARDS and STIPENDS:
Up to fifteen (15) at $5,000: $4,000 is provided as a student stipend for a research project for a full calendar year beginning as early as the 2003 summer session and ending no later than the end of the 2008 summer session. Up to $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) 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 (2) 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. Students enrolled in joint Pharm.D./Ph.D. programs may not apply. The student awardee must not accept any other concurrent research support (e.g., AACP, AFAR, ASHP, or PhRMA). 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 PROCEDURE FOR BOTH AWARDS:
Applications are in PDF format downloaded here or requested by letter, telephone, or fax from AFPE. Application forms may also be available in the Dean's office at schools/colleges of pharmacy.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
Upon completion of the scholarship, the faculty member must submit a summary report, not to exceed four typewritten single spaced pages, of the work undertaken and the potential outcome in terms of the student's career objectives. The AFPE Gateway Research Scholar must submit a brief report of his/her activities during the period of the award. A final report outline will be provided at the time of the award.

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Applications for the AFPE Gateway 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 applications will be accepted after the deadline date of January 25, 2008. The only exception will be in the event this date falls on a weekend or holiday. Then the Foundation will accept the application on the following business day. Identification of the successful applicants will be made no later than April 18, 2008 for the one-year scholarships to be activated on or after June 2, 2009.

NOTE: The Merck Research Scholarship Program awarded through the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is similar. Eligible students are encouraged to apply for both the AFPE and the Merck Research Scholarship programs. AACP and AFPE will coordinate to avoid duplicate awards.

CORPORATE & ASSOCIATION SPONSORS:  American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, ASHP Foundation, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, Pfizer, Inc., Procter & Gamble, United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Wyeth.