Sponsored by the ASHP Foundation
(formerly the Junior Investigator Research Grant Program)
The 2011-2012 application cycle is now closed. For information about the next application cycle, please check back or sign up for the ASHP Foundation E-news.
Description
The ASHP Research and Education Foundation (ASHP Foundation) is offering a research grant program that will support practice-based research, related to the ASHP/ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), conducted by pharmacist new investigators. Practice-based research affects a wide range of practice model topics, including:
• patient education
• patient outcomes and effectiveness of medication therapy
• health care quality
• medication use in minority, elderly and other special populations
• medication costs and financing
• program evaluations
• access to medications.
A secondary goal of the program is to develop new investigators’ research skills while fostering development of mentoring relationships with more experienced senior investigators.
The proposed practice-based research must be consistent with the vision, mission and strategic priorities of the ASHP Foundation. The PPMI is driven by a set of assumptions, beliefs, and recommendations from the November 2010 ASHP/ASHP Foundation PPMI Summit. The overarching goal of the PPMI is to increase pharmacist participation on patient care teams as the professional who is responsible and accountable for patients’ medication-related outcomes while delegating all medication distribution functions that do not require clinical judgment to qualified pharmacy technicians and technology.
Submission of studies that evaluate the pharmacy practice models in hospitals and health systems - such as the utilization of technology, role delineation changes for the pharmacists and non-pharmacists, or improving the patient care opportunities for pharmacists – is invited. Applicants can find the beliefs, assumptions and recommendations from the PPMI Summit in the PPMI Web Resource Center. This resource center also includes the full proceedings of the PPMI Summit along with audio-synchronized slide presentations.
Applications for this research grant program should emphasize:
1) Measurable objectives that relate practice-based research that focuses on advancing pharmacy practice models.
2) Rigorous research methods that support the study objective.
3) Mentoring activities between a senior investigator/advisor and the new investigator.
4) A description of the impact that the results of the project will have on advancing pharmacy practice models.
5) A description of the potential to generalize findings to other health care facilities.
6) Interdisciplinary collaboration.
7) An organized plan for prudent use of grant funds.
Preference will be given to research projects with the potential to yield strong scientific evidence that can be applied to practice.
Eligibility
The proposed research must focus on the advancement of pharmacy practice models and be conducted by a pharmacist new investigator. The principal investigator must be a new researcher within 5 years of completion of his/her terminal degree or postgraduate training or have professional experience greater than five years and no more than two externally funded research projects as a principal investigator. The principal investigator must be a licensed pharmacist and multidisciplinary research teams are strongly encouraged.
A senior investigator must participate on the research team as a mentor/advisor. In the application process and grant progress reports, evidence must be included regarding the support and involvement of the senior investigator. For this grant program, the senior investigator assumes responsibility for compliance with all requirements of the grant program. The senior investigator does not have to be a pharmacist. Applicants are strongly encouraged to include an individual with a strong research track record as the senior investigator. History of publication of original research in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and receipt of extramural grant funding will be used to evaluate the senior investigator’s research track record.
The proposed research must be submitted to an institutional review board (IRB) for approval. Evidence of IRB approval must be provided to the ASHP Foundation upon acceptance of the grant award. Grant funds will not be disbursed until evidence of IRB approval, or exemption from review, has been received.
The research must comply with the NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research that was amended in October 2001.
The research must comply with the NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Children as Participants in Research Involving Human Subjects.
The study timeline should not exceed 24 months from project initiation.
Funding Information
Two $20,000 grants will be awarded. Grants will be awarded to pharmacist new investigators to provide funding for specific practice-based research related to advancing pharmacy practice models in hospitals and health systems and are not intended for long-term support of research programs. Facilities and administrative cost rates that do not exceed 8 percent of the total requested budget are allowed.
Application Process
Pharmacists interested in applying for funding should refer to the request for proposals and application instructions when available for full eligibility requirements and application procedures.
Selection Criteria
Grant applications will be judged by a selection panel using the following criteria:
• Rationale-10 points
• Significance-10 points
• Objectives-20 points
• Methods-40 points
• Scope and Timeline-5 points
• Personnel and Facilities-15 points
Deadline
The 2011-2012 application cycle is now closed. For information about the next application cycle, please check back or sign up for the ASHP Foundation E-news.
Previous Grantees
Learn more about grant recipients chosen this year and in previous years.