2025 CVS Health / AACP Community Pharmacy Award

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.

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. (See 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.