IPE Collaboration Award

Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award​

In January 2017, the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and IPEC announced the Public Health Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award, a joint effort to recognize interprofessional health education teams that have significantly impacted the community through multidisciplinary collaboration on a program geared toward improving health knowledge, awareness, and behavior. 

In October 2020, the fifth cycle of the award launched with support from the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health (COF) and renamed the IPEC/COF Excellence in IPE Collaboration Award to reflect this important collaboration. For the award criteria, deadline, and additional submission details, see below.

The Excellence in IPE Collaboration Award presents an opportunity to showcase multidisciplinary efforts to impact community health. This Award is presented to a team of health-professional school based collaborators (faculty, administrators, and/or students) who have innovatively addressed a public health issue while making a lasting impact on the community’s health. In addition to including team members representing multiple professions, the proposed project should aim to establish a relationship between interprofessional practice and outcomes (community practice, public health education, and/or research).

This award will consist of an overall winning team who will receive their award from IPEC and COF at the Annual Summer IPEC Meeting in Washington, DC. Additionally, the winner(s) will present an IPEC webinar discussing their project and findings. There will also be one (1) honorable mention in each of five (5) focus areas.

Presentation of Award

Each year, IPEC and COF will announce the winners of the Excellence in IPE Collaboration Award at the Annual Summer IPEC Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The principal investigators of the program receiving the award will be recognized at the Summer Meeting and highlighted in IPEC press releases. as well as on the IPEC and COF websites. A plaque will be provided to the award winners. Certificates will be given to the honorable mention finalists.

Call for Applications

The 2024 Award cycle is now open.

Click here for more details and to apply.

Important Dates

The 2024 IPEC/COF Award timeline is as follows:

  • Applications Open: October 2, 2023
  • Applications Close: February 2, 2024
  • Notifications: April 1, 2024

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to download the FAQs relating to the 2024 IPE Collaboration Award.

Previous Winners

Click here to view past awardees and honorable mentions of the USPHS IPEC Award.

News

JULY 31, 2023
IPEC and COF Celebrate the Winners of the 2023 Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award 

View full news release and complete list of 2023 winners here.

APRIL 19, 2022
IPEC Announces Winners of the 2022 Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award 

View full news release and complete list of 2022 winners here.

APRIL 21, 2021
2021 National Awards for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Announced by IPEC and PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health (COF) 

View full news release and complete list of 2021 winners here.

OCTOBER 16, 2020
IPEC and COF Announce New Co-Sponsorship for 2021 Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award

View full news release here.

APRIL 13, 2020
2020 USPHS IPEC Award Winner and Finalists Recognized for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice with Underserved Populations 

View full news release and complete list of 2020 winners here.

APRIL 30, 2019
2019 USPHS IPEC Award Winner and Finalists Recognized for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice with Underserved Populations 

View full news release and complete list of 2019 winners here.

JULY 9, 2018
IPEC and USPHS Honors 2018 Public Health Excellence Award Recipients

View full news release and complete list of 2018 winners here.

MAY 22, 2017
IPEC Announces Inaugural USPHS Award Winner and Finalists Recognized for Excellence in Interprofessional Education

View full news release and complete list of 2017 winners here.

Contact

For questions about the award, please email [email protected].