NAME OF AWARDS:
AACP-AFPE New Investigator Program for Pharmacy Faculty (NIP)

PURPOSE OF AWARDS:
To serve the needs of new investigators by providing initial funding for their research programs. The number and quality of scientists committed to research and teaching in the academic pharmacy setting will be enhanced through these grants.

NUMBER OF AWARDS and STIPENDS:
Up to fifteen (15) grants of $10,000 each.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must have earned terminal degrees in their disciplines (Pharm.D., Ph.D.) and have a regular full-time faculty appointment at the assistant professor level. The applicants initial appointment to a full-time faculty position, either at their current institution or from a previous institution, must have started no earlier than July 1, 2003. Faculty members whose official appointment starts on July 1, 2008 or later are not eligible for the 2008 program. Only one proposal per investigator will be accepted for review. Previous recipients of AACP NIP grants are not eligible to reapply. Faculty members who presently have NIH funding (grants, contracts) are not eligible to apply. Applicants to the NIP program must be members of AACP.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Full-time faculty members intending to submit an application must notify Amy Connelly at AACP no later than April 25, 2008. Application material may be found at the AACP website at www.aacp.org. Proposals must consist of the following eight parts:

1. Title page with signatures of department chair and dean
2. abstract page
3. research narrative
4. budget page
5. biographical sketch form
6. animal research approval letter, if applicable
7. human subjects research approval letter, if applicable, and
8. other supporting documentation, if applicable

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
Successful applicants must submit two (2) copies of a final report, plus two (2) copies of any reprints of abstracts/papers published in refereed journals that result from the NIP-supported project, upon completion of the research, and interim reports for research continuing longer than one year on the disposition of funds and the progress in achieving the goals of the research.

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND SELECTION PROCEDURE:
All applications (five stapled copies) must be received by AACP by May 23, 2008. Proposal review and recommendation for funding will be made by one of the following five academic discipline review panels: Biological Sciences, Pharmacy Practice, Chemistry, Social and Administrative Sciences, and Pharmaceutics. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of awards during early to mid-November, 2008. Funding for successful applicants will be distributed on or soon after December 1, 2008. Send application material to: Amy B. Connelly, Project Manager, AACP, 1426 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2841. (703) 739-2330, ext. 1036 Fax (703) 836-8982.