Student Chapters Awards




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Student Chapters Awards

PURPOSE:

AAPS recognizes Student Chapters that have provided exceptional service and outreach during the course of the year. Examples of service and outreach include: offering scientific sessions and professional development education and training; participating in community and charitable social events; collaborating with other schools, chapters, or industry on a project; promotional efforts for the chapter.

IDEAL RECIPIENT:

An AAPS Student Chapter that has provided exceptional service and outreach.

Number Presented Annually: Up to 3

Presentation: By chapter leadership at a chapter meeting

Award:

  • Award plaque
  • Announcement at PharmSci 360 during appropriate student activities
  • $1,000 for each awarded chapter to be used to support programming for the chapter

Expectations for Recipient:

  • Participation in AAPS’ efforts to bring best practices to other Student Chapters
  • Creation of a video about the Student Chapter that will be shared with the public

    

Nomination Type: Self-nomination by leaders of Student Chapter
 
Qualifications for Nomination:

  • Must not have won this award in the past 24 months
  • Must be a chartered AAPS Student Chapter
  • Must have submitted a complete chapter roster to AAPS on time in the prior year
  • Must have 10 AAPS student members in good standing at time of application
  • Must have chapter’s executive committee (I.e., President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary) on file with AAPS at time of nomination
  • Must have a faculty advisor who is an AAPS member in good standing at time of application

Applicant qualifications will be verified by AAPS Membership Department.

Nomination Package:

Completed online form, including:

  • Description of services and outreach efforts
  • Number of members in the chapter
  • Number and description of programs offered by the chapter during the 12 months preceding the application deadline
  • Minimum of 1 letter of endorsement from a senior pharmaceutical professional and AAPS member, currently working in academia or industry, who is not the faculty advisor

Selection Committee:

  • The AAPS Awards Committee
  • 1 AAPS member who participated in a chapter that has previously won the award

Selection Process:

The Selection Committee seeks examples of extraordinary service and outreach as listed below:

  • The frequency of the chapter’s efforts
  • The creativity of the chapter’s efforts
  • Service (sessions, training, events)
  • Outreach

The committee will vote to select a recipient.

Award Recipients

2024

AAPS-University of Mississippi 
Duquesne University 
University of Pittsburgh

2023

University of Texas at Austin 
University of Toronto

2022

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
University of Connecticut

2021

University of Mississippi 
University of Toronto 
Mercer University

2020

Duquesne University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

2019

St. John’s University
Long Island University
University of Maryland, Baltimore

2018

University of Kentucky
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2017

Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Duquesne University
Lipscomb University

2016

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Albany College
South Dakota State University

2015

University of Arkansas for Medical Science
University of Kentucky
University of Texas at Austin

2014

St. John’s University
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Temple University