Educational Support Awards

Applicant Process & Requirements:

Application MUST be completed by their respective deadlines above. Recipients will be notified a week after deadlines or as soon as administratively possible
Applicant must be a current APIC member and San Diego & Imperial County Chapter (057) member or a consistent participant/contributor to the chapter. Join here.
If selected, the applicant is strongly encouraged to present for 5-10 minutes at a following chapter meeting on their education experience, lessons learned, etc. Applicant could arrange with the Chapter Board as to which meeting they would like to present at.

Education Award Schedule:

2022 award recipients = expires June 30, 2023
2023 award recipients = expires June 30, 2024

National APIC Conference Award

Term of award: APIC Annual Conference 2023, Orlando, Florida June 26-28. https://www.emedevents.com/c/medical-conferences-2023/association-for-professionals-in-infection-control-and-epidemiology-apic-2023
Award Amount: $2000.00
Number of awards: 1
Application due date: May 26, 2023
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2023 Award Recipient

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Cheryl Richardson Leg Day Award

Cheryl was a much loved and respected Infection Preventionist in California who held many leadership positions at the local, state, and national level. She helped create the annual CACC Legislative Day where representatives from each of the 12 APIC chapters in CA visit the state capitol in Sacramento to help advocate for and educate on Infection Prevention.

Term of award: May 5th “Leg Day” with CA APIC https://community.apic.org/cacc/events/meetings
Award Amount: $750.00
Number of awards: 2
Application due date: April 5, 2023
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2023 Award Recipients

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Standard APIC Award

Term of award: January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
Award Amount: $500.00
Number of awards: 6 (3 for LTCF IPs)
Application due date: December 31, 2023
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