CPF Scholarship Application – Connecticut Pharmacists Association

The Connecticut Pharmacists Association & The Connecticut Pharmacists Foundation Scholarship Awards were established to support promising students pursuing careers in the field of pharmacy.

Seven scholarships of $1,000 each are awarded annually and presented at the CPA Annual Conference Awards Banquet in September.

APPLICATION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY

Scholarship applicants must be enrolled in an accredited school or college of pharmacy (not necessarily in Connecticut) as a P1, P2, P3 or final year student at the time of application. Pharmacy students who graduate in May 2025 would not be qualified.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants must submit application materials by July 15, 2025.

Using the form below, please submit the following materials

Completed application form with essay
Curriculum vitae
*PLEASE NOTE: Letters of recommendation are no longer a part of the application process. However, applicants may include contact information for personal and professional references or sponsors.

Your Name *

First

Last

Your Email *

Phone *

Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Your School of Pharmacy *

Please tell us about your career goals/post-graduation plans. *

Academics and Related Qualifications

Please list all the degrees you have earned and expected degrees, where you earned these degrees, and your expected and/or past graduation dates. *

CPA-Member status and activities: Are you a current CPA member? Please share more information about your involvement with CPA (including events you attended, committee involvement, etc.). Include positions held and list events you attended that were not part of a school or academic requirement. *

Leadership, Awards and Honors, Community Involvement

Professional Involvement and Leadership: Please list all organizations you have been involved with in pharmacy school; please include any leadership positions you held and the dates you held these positions; please include any notable organization event or achievement you were actively involved in. *

Awards and Honors: Please list all the awards and honors you received during pharmacy school (please DO NOT include Dean's List or Other Scholarships); please include the name of the award, the organization that gave you the award, the date your received the award, and the recognized activity. *

Professional Contributions: Please list all posters, publications, and presentations you have developed during pharmacy school.Please include the title/subject, the name of the journal/conference, the location, and date. *

Extracurricular Experiences

Community Service: Please list all community service activities you completed during pharmacy school. Please exclude any program which is part of an educational requirement. Please include the type of service, sponsoring group, the dates, the number of hours completed, and the name and contact information of your supervisor. *

Work Experience: Please list all your work experiences during pharmacy school (this may include non-pharmacy work that could help prepare you for a pharmacy career; please DO NOT include IPPE and APPE rotations or other academically credited work). *

Are there other accomplishments/activities you would like to note in your application? Please list any activities not included in your application or essay (i.e. varsity or club sports, musical or other performance, RA,, etc.) *

Skills & Certifications: Please list all the certifications you hold (if applicable), the certification number, date you earned the certification, and the expiration date of the certification. Please exclude any certificate obtained in pharmacy education (i.e. CPR, BLS, immunization, etc.)

Please include any additional information you would like to share that was not included in your application or essay.

Please list any personal and professional references or sponsors and their contact information. Please include: their name, title/organization, e-mail address, phone number, your relationship to them, and how long you have known them for.

Essay *

Please insert an essay including the following information in 500 words or less (we suggest you draft it in a word processing app and then copy/paste the final version here). * WHAT/WHO INSPIRES YOU TO ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY? * WHY SHOULD YOU BE CONSIDERED FOR A CPA SCHOLARSHIP? * WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS? * HOW DO YOU VIEW GROWTH AND CHANGES IN THE PHARMACY PROFESSION?

Upload a recent copy of your CV (*Please upload your CV in a Word Doc format) *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Date *

BY CHECKING THIS BOX I AFFIRM THAT ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CPF IS ACCURATE AND CORRECT *

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