The Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award is presented annually to one college or school of pharmacy, demonstrating a major institutional commitment to addressing unmet community needs through education, practice, and research.
The award consists of a commemorative sculpture honoring the institution’s extraordinary social commitment and a $5,000 honorarium.
2025-2026 Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award Application Package
Colleges and schools of pharmacy who have received the Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award within the last five years are not elgible to apply for the 2025-2026 Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award.
The award nomination package, which can be coordinated and assembled by faculty members involved in community service practice, education, and/or research, is not to exceed 16 pages and should contain the following in the order provided below. A cursory overview of the applications will be performed internally by AACP staff to ensure the applicant has met the requirements and followed directions. If not, the application packet will not be considered for the award and will be returned to the originator.
A cover letter, on the institution’s letterhead and signed by the pharmacy college/school Dean making the nomination. The letter should include a narrative description (not to exceed six pages) of the nominee’s community programs, including Part 1: a history of the institution’s commitment to programs and the impact on faculty and students; descriptions of the programs and their impact on the institution and the community; how the programs relate to the institutional mission and how they integrate/relate to teaching, service, and research; Part 2: A description of the program(s)and the participation of faculty and students; and a description of how the activities are funded and administered and how they will be advanced and sustained. Part one and two should be distinct in that part two does not provide redundant information to part one. The Dean is also to describe how the $5,000 honorarium will be used.
* Some suggestions for the Part 1 information include answers to the following: What is the history and mission of the college/school? If service is part of that mission how does this program go beyond those expectations? Introduce program: background and why the focus of this program is on this particular population. Programs impact on the institution, college/school and community. Part 2 should not be redundant to Part 1 and should describe the program(s) in further detail.
Support letters (no more than five letters, one page each maximum), including several from community leaders from outside the institution, describing the programs and their impact on the community.
Evaluation of the impact of the programs on the community(ies) served and on participating faculty and students (maximum two pages).
A modest selection of news clips from the public press (maximum three pages).