2025 CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Award
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Description

The CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Award for Student Pharmacists will be awarded to 21 outstanding student pharmacists who face financial barriers in their pursuit of education. For the 2025-26 academic year, scholarship applicants must be enrolled as a (P1) or (P2) in a 3-year OR 4-year Pharm.D. program; OR enrolled as a (P3) or (P4) in a 0-5 OR 0-6 Pharm.D. program at an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) member institution. Selected awardees must demonstrate leadership, academic success, and a commitment to care for patients in underserved communities. Each awardee will receive a single $20,000 scholarship. 

Goal of the Program

The CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Award is intended to support students who will care for the needs of patients in underserved communities, the profession, and the public, both within and outside healthcare settings. The purpose of the scholarship is to reduce financial barriers for student pharmacists in pursuit of a Pharm.D. degree who are committed to addressing health disparities and the well-being of individual patients in communities across the United States.  

Eligibility Requirements

  • For the 2025-26 academic year, scholarship applicants must be enrolled as a (P1) or (P2) in a 3-year OR 4-year Pharm.D. program; OR enrolled as a (P3) or (P4) in a 0-5 OR 0-6 Pharm.D. program.

  • Students must be able to demonstrate that they face financial barriers in their pursuit of education. To qualify, students must have filed or be claimed as a dependent on the most recent Federal Income Tax Return Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ with an adjusted gross income that falls below the Low-Income Level listed below. The Low-Income Level is based on 200 percent of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines and used to determine what constitutes a low-income family. (Table 1)
  • Student must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
  • Students must demonstrate leadership, academic success, and a commitment to advancing the pharmacy profession and patient care. 
  • GPA for current degree program must be 2.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale. Applicants from schools with other grading systems are still eligible to apply for the scholarship.
  • Students must submit a completed application by the deadline.
  • A student may only receive the CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Award once.

Table 1: 2024 Low-Income Levels

Persons in Family or HouseholdIncome Level
1

$30,120

2

$40,880

3

$51,640

4

$62,400

5

$73,160

6

$83,920

7

$94,680

8

$105,440

*For each additional person, add $10,760