CSHP Foundation

Grant funded by a generous donation from:

Description

• The $5000 grant will help support and facilitate a pharmacist or pharmacy technician initiated environmental sustainability program or initiative within a healthcare systems organization. The project must focus on reducing pharmaceutical wastage, reducing the pharmaceutical impact on the environment and/or increasing climate resiliency of the health system and of patients.  

Objective

• To facilitate environmental sustainability integration and stewardship in healthcare systems in Canada.

Current Criteria for all grants

1. Applicant must be a CSHP Member, Member-in-Training, or Student Supporter for at least 12 months at the time of the grant application.
   • If applying on behalf of a group, principal investigator/applicant must be a CSHP member
2. Grant applicants or a specific project can only receive this grant once.
3. This project is based and will be conducted primarily in an organized healthcare system in Canada.
4. This project does not duplicate funding already held for a grant from the CSHP Foundation and has not received a grant from the CSHP Foundation in the past two years.
5. Application does not duplicate funding already held for this project or a portion of the project. If an additional funding and decision date for that funding source is to be declared.
6. The timeline for the completion of the project shall not exceed 18 months (grant funds provided to successful submission(s) early May 2025 and project start date should be shortly thereafter).
7. Candidate selection will include EDI-related considerations.
8. The successful recipient of the grant competition will be required to share the results of their project at a national CSHP webinar to support knowledge dissemination.  

Required Elements of Grant Submission

A written proposal (no more than 2 pages, Arial, 10 font) to include:

• A brief overview of the sustainable environment initiative or program including:
  • Background and current impact on the environment
  • Rationale and justification for the program, including relevance to the environment and/or patient care.
  • Goals and objectives of the program, including anticipated benefits/impact on the environment.
  • Measurable outcomes and deliverables, including impact on the environment, ability to sustain program after funding source has exhausted.
• A detailed timeline for the initiative/program.
• A detailed budget with description of costs.
  • Funding can be used to fund personnel (i.e. students, analysts), supplies and equipment.
• Curriculum vitae of the principal applicant.  
• A letter of support from the Director of the Hospital Pharmacy that the proposed change(s) will be implemented. 

APPLY: To apply for a 2025 Education Grant, please submit all application documents in PDF format to cshpfoundation@cshp.ca by February 14, 2025. Grant decisions will be announced  as soon as possible.