Financial Aid and Scholarships
Financial Aid Overview
Your college financial aid office is often the best source of information about loan, grant and scholarship programs. How much your education will cost depends on where you enroll, distance to your hometown and the extent to which public dollars are used to support the pharmacy institution. Every dollar you spend on your education is a dollar well invested. The return in direct salary benefits and other less tangible gains will be far less than your initial investment.
Pharmacy colleges and schools may offer financial assistance, or administer funds provided by local or state pharmaceutical associations, practicing pharmacists, drug manufacturers and wholesalers, memorial funds and foundations, alumni associations, local chapters of pharmaceutical organizations and fraternities, as well as general university funds allocated for this purpose. Contact the college or school of pharmacy of your choice for information. Pre-professional students may be eligible to receive similar assistance from the community colleges or universities they plan to attend before entering professional schools.
AACP does not administer any financial assistance programs directly to students.
Additional information can be found on the Financial Literacy page.
Aspiring Academics Fund
The Aspiring Academics Fund, established with a financial gift from AACP Past President Cynthia Boyle and her husband Raymond Love, will support a scholarship award for one student pharmacist to participate in the Aspiring Academics program by attending the AACP Annual Meeting and Teachers Seminar. The Aspiring Academics program is designed to inform and inspire students from diverse backgrounds who are interested in pursuing an academic pharmacy career.
CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Health Equity Award for Student Pharmacists
The CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Health Equity Award for Student Pharmacists will be awarded to 21 outstanding student pharmacists who face financial barriers in their pursuit of education including, but not limited to those who identify as an underrepresented minority student, a student with a disability, or a student with a previous or current military service to include national guard and reserves. Students must be enrolled in their first (P1) year of the professional phase of the PharmD degree program during the 2023-2024 academic year at an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) member institution.
Walmart Health Equity Scholarship for Pharmacy Students
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and Walmart are committed to promoting education and healthcare access to improve health for all. The Walmart Health Equity Scholarship for Pharmacy Students will support the financial need of students enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree programs who plan to serve in rural areas, medically underserved areas or populations (MUA/Ps), or Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) upon graduation. The goal of the scholarship program is to promote and support a diverse population of student pharmacists who will advance health equity.
College Ave Student Loans
Get the money you need for pharmacy school.
AACP works with College Ave to provide a simple application and a personalized loan experience so you can find a loan that works for you.
American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education - AFPE provides funding for research scholarships, graduate school scholarships, pre-doctoral fellowships in the pharmaceutical sciences, post-Pharm.D. fellowships in the biomedical research sciences and pharmacy faculty new investigator grants.
AFPE-sponsored AACP Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Section Summer Research Exchange Mentorship Program Awards - The SAS Research Exchange Mentorship Program is intended to foster interest in research and SAS-related graduate education among P1-P3 student pharmacists through a research experience with a SAS faculty member outside their home institution. AFPE provides support for selected, highly meritorious program applicants.
Tylenol® Future Care Scholarship - This scholarship program helps students who are pursuing careers in the medical field manage the rising costs of education.
Government
Federal Loans and Grants - Information about federal aid for undergraduate and professional student pharmacists.
Indian Health Service Division of Health Professions Support - IHS administers scholarships, externships, loan repayment, grants and other support services to assist healthcare professionals in Indian health programs across the nation.
HRSA’s Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Program - SDS increases diversity in the health professions by providing awards to eligible health professions schools for use with students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Fastweb
The Fastweb online database includes more than 1.5 million scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students.
PharmCAS Resources
PharmCAS Contacts
For Admissions Officers
Liaison Staff – Nicole Iarossi: niarossi@liaisonedu.com, 617-612-2056
AACP Staff – CAS@aacp.org
WebAdMIT – webadmitsupport@liaisonedu.com, 857-304-2020
Analytics by Liaison – analyticssupport@liaisonedu.com, 617-402-5506
For Applicants
General PharmCAS questions – support@pharmcas.myliaison.com, 617-612-2050
AACP Code of Conduct – conduct@aacp.org
PharmCAS Social Media – Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter
PharmCAS Website
For System and Usage Questions
webadmitsupport@liaisonedu.com, 857-304-2020
Resources for Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy
PharmCAS Resources
- 2025–2026 PharmCAS School Manual (PDF) – The purpose of this manual is to assist AACP member institutions in understanding PharmCAS policies and procedures. The manual includes instructions specifically for participating Pharm.D. programs, as well as selected excerpts from the PharmCAS application instructions. The manual can be accessed through the PharmCAS Community on AACP Connect. Contact CAS@aacp.org if you need access to the Community.
- PharmCAS Program User Guide – This guide provides documentation, reference guides, and direct links that answer common admissions questions about the PharmCAS Applicant Portal, Configuration Portal, and WebAdMIT.
- PharmCAS Coupon Codes FAQ – Coupon codes are application fee discounts that colleges and schools can use to incentivize applicants to apply. If your institution chooses to use this program, it will purchase coupon codes from Liaison and provide them to selected applicants. Please carefully review the FAQ before you purchase any coupon codes.
- Configuration Portal Quick Start Guide – Use this guide to configure your program(s) efficiently and completely in the prelaunch environment. Review the PharmCAS Program User Guide for additional information.
- Sharing Supplemental Requirements with PharmCAS Applicants – Review this resource if your program requires applicants to send any application materials directly to the institution (and outside of PharmCAS) as part of the admissions review process.
WebAdMIT Resources
- WebAdMIT Help Center – Programs are encouraged to bookmark this site for quick and easy access to help content for all things WebAdMIT.
- WebAdMIT Getting Started Guide – New to WebAdMIT? This guide provides essential information to help you get up and running in WebAdMIT.
- WebAdMIT Training and Support – Many training and support options are available in a variety of formats, including webinars, live training, virtual courses, and in-person workshops. All can be accessed through the Liaison Academy Portal.
- WebAdMIT API Documentation Site – This site includes detailed information about using an API to migrate WebAdMIT data to your internal information system. Learn what the WebAdMIT API is and how it can help you automate data integrations between WebAdMIT and your SIS/ERP here.
Analytics by Liaison Resources
- Analytics by Liaison Help Center – Programs are encouraged to bookmark this site for quick and easy access to help content for Analytics by Liaison, a tool that provides authorized users at colleges and schools of pharmacy with an interactive and visual representation of their local applicant pool for multi-year data analysis and reporting.
Student Pharmacists Selected for Summer Research Mentorship Exchange Program; Five Receive AFPE Scholarships
AACP is pleased to announce that the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) of will continue its support of the Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Section Summer Research Exchange Mentorship Program awards for summer 2023 and increase the number of awards to five. These awards of $2,500 each will support student pharmacists as they pursue research with host mentors outside of their home institutions. The scholarship recipients for 2023 are:
Lack of Men of Color Graduating From the Health Professions Declared a Crisis by Association CEOs
The Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) has declared the low number of historically underrepresented men of color (HUMOC) graduating and entering the health care professions a national crisis. Representing CEOs of national academic health professions associations, FASHP has released a consensus statement addressing this critical issue.
Microlearning Miniseries
Bite-sized educational content for your busy day
AACP’s Microlearning Miniseries provides learners with educational content in brief (ranging from 1 to 10 minutes), accessible and engaging modalities that will improve your scholarship, leadership, and teaching.
In weekly videos shared via email to AACP members and catalogued here, you’ll hear directly from experts within the Academy address the following topics:
- Leadership Series - Inclusive Leadership
- Good Pedagogy Series - Improving Lectures
- SOTL Series - Improving Educational Survey Results
Watch and learn as they are released or on-demand at your convenience.
Our Issues
The Policy Priority Areas of AACP align with this mission: Advance pharmacy education, research, scholarship, practice and service, in partnership with members and stakeholders, to improve health for all.
Emerging Teaching Scholar Award
The AACP Council of Faculties (COF) Emerging Teaching Scholar Award is designed to recognize excellence of our academic pharmacy faculty engaged in and/or supporting scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In recognizing service and outstanding contributions to our academy, pharmacy education and schools, the AACP COF Emerging Teaching Scholars will raise the bar for scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Due to the prestigious nature of this award, up to five (5) AACP Emerging Teaching Scholars will be selected each year.
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Submission Deadline February 23, 2026 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time
Eligibility
Nominees may be any faculty academic rank at a college/schools of pharmacy. To be eligible for the award, nominees must:
- be a full current, full member of the AACP Council of Faculties;
- must have authored at least three (3) scholarly works related to teaching and learning accepted in peer reviewed forums (e.g. peer-reviewed journal, peer-reviewed book or book chapter, peer-reviewed abstract for a poster or podium presentation at a professional meeting);
- be the first/primary author or creator of at least two (2) scholarly works related to teaching and learning;
- must have NO MORE than 8 years since first publicly available scholarly work as a faculty member in the field of teaching and learning;
- may be any faculty academic rank; and
- has adhered to all award submission requirements (e.g., word count, number of artifacts).
See complete award instructions and eligibility requirements and new tips for successful award packages.
NEW: To facilitate the review process, an application template is now available! This file can be filled in with an applicant's personal information.
Review will be completed by a Council of Faculties committee using the evaluation criteria. Award winners will be announced in Spring. The AACP Emerging Teaching Scholars will receive their recognition during the COF Business Meeting at the AACP Annual Meeting.
Contact Michelle Assa-Eley, AACP Senior Director of Education, with questions regarding the nomination or submission process.
2025 Award Recipients
Kaitlin M. Alexander, Pharm.D., BCCCP, University of Florida
Elizabeth W. Covington, Pharm.D., BCIDP, Auburn University
Naomi Steenhof, RPh, BScPhm, MSc, PhD, University of Toronto
Sara Wettergreen, Pharm.D., BCACP, University of Colorado
2024 Award Recipients
Caitlin Gibson, Pharm.D. M.Ed., BCPS, BCCP, Virginia Commonwealth University
Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., M.Ed., BCACP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Amanda R. Margolis, PharmD, MS, BCACP, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Lydia C. Newsom, Pharm.D. BCACP, Mercer University
2023 Award Recipients
Katherine Gruenberg, Pharm.D., MAEd, BCPS, University of California, San Francisco
Meredith L. Howard, Pharm.D., BCPS, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Stephanie Hsia, Pharm.D., MAEd, BCPS, BCPP, University of California, San Francisco
Kimberly C. McKeirnan, Pharm.D., BCACP, Washington State University
Jacqueline M. Zeeman, Pharm.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2022 Award Recipients
Courtney L. Bradley, Pharm.D., High Point University
Lauren Caldas, Pharm.D., BCACP, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alex Isaacs, Pharm.D., MS, BCPS, Purdue University
Taylor D. Steuber, Pharm.D., BCPS, Auburn University
2021 Award Recipients
Lindsey Childs-Kean, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS, University of Florida
Cortney Mospan, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCGP, CPP, Wingate University
Diane H. Quinn, Pharm.D., BCACP, as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences
Christopher S. Wisniewski, Pharm.D., MSCR, BCPS, Medical University of South Carolina
2020 Award Recipients
Nicholas M. Fusco, Pharm.D., University of Buffalo, the State University of New York
Keri D. Hager, Pharm.D., BCACP, University of Minnesota
Adam Pate, Pharm.D., The University of Mississippi
Kathryn J. Smith, Pharm.D., BCACP, University of Florida
2019 Award Recipients
Ashley Castleberry, Pharm.D., University of Texas at Austin
Krista Larson Donohoe, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, Virginia Commonwealth University
Eliza Dy-Boarman, Pharm.D., Drake University
Daniel R. Malcom, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCP, Sullivan University
Jessica W. Skelley, Pharm.D., BCACP, Samford University
2018 Award Recipients
Andrew Bzowyckyj, Pharm.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City
Jeanne Frenzel, Pharm.D., North Dakota State University
Daniel R. Kennedy, Ph.D., Western New England University
Conan MacDougall, Pharm.D., University of California, San Francisco
Karen R. Sando, Pharm.D., Nova Southeastern University
2017 Award Recipients
Robert D. Beckett, Pharm.D., BCPS, Manchester University
Michelle Z. Farland, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE, University of Florida
Jacqueline E. McLaughlin, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lauren A. O'Donnell, Ph.D., Duquesne University
Gloria Grice
Member Spotlight
In honor of April 2023 being designated as the first annual National Arab American Heritage Month, AACP will be honoring the contributions of Arab Americans to pharmacy education and practice on social media and in our Member Spotlight series. Our latest member spotlight is Gloria Grice, Pharm.D., BCPS, FNAP, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Professor, Pharmacy Practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy. She also currently serves as AACP Speaker of the House of Delegates.