Deadline Date:
April, 2017
The AAFP Foundation’s 2017 Immunization Awards Program will present two award categories:
- 2017 Adolescent Immunization Awards support quality-improvement projects that aim toward improving immunization rates in people 11-21 years of age for the following vaccine-preventable diseases: influenza; tetanusdiphtheria-pertussis; human papillomavirus; and meningitis. This year marks the first time that the AAFP Foundation will be providing immunization awards to support FMRPs to improve immunization rates in adolescents.
- 2017 Senior Immunization Awards support quality-improvement projects that include a community-based component, which aim toward improving influenza and pneumococcal immunization rates in people age 65 and older. The AAFP Foundation has been providing Senior Immunization Awards since 2014. Support for the 2017 Adolescent & Senior Immunization Awards is provided by Pfizer Inc. Each award provides $11,200 in support. Up to ten awards will be presented to Family Medicine residency programs (FMRPs) to be used to enhance residents’ quality improvement and/or community health training, while improving targeted immunization rates in either Adolescent (age 11-21) or Senior (age 65 and older) populations, especially those who are medically underserved.
For more information, please visit: http://www.aafpfoundation.org/foundation/our-work/grants-awards/all/immu...