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Deadline: February 1, 2027, 11:59 PM Eastern

The IPEC COF Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award recognizes interprofessional teams whose innovative partnerships advance interprofessional education, strengthen collaborative practice, and improve community health.

Awardees receive national recognition through IPEC and the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation and are celebrated during the annual IPEC COF Award Recognition Ceremony.

Learn more: www.ipecollaborative.org/ipe-collaboration-award

Download the 2027 Application Materials:
- Nomination Package
- Submission Checklist
- FAQs
Section 1: Principal Investigator Information
Note: Enter up to three collaborators for official recognition in the award announcement and press release. Additional collaborators should be listed in the Outline of Collaborator Roles and will be acknowledged on the IPEC website.

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1. Principal Investigator (Required.)

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2. I represent the following IPEC Member association. (Required.)

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4. Name of Institution/University (Required.)

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5. Name of School/College/Program/Other (Required.)

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6. Title (Required.)

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7. Work Address (Required.)

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8. Phone Number

Section 2: Collaborator Information
Note: This form allows you to enter up to two collaborators. Additional collaborators should be listed in Application Item #5: Outline of Collaborator Roles and will be recognized on the IPEC website.
Collaborator #1

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11. Collaborator #1: Name (Required.)

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13. Collaborator #1: Title (Required.)

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14. Collaborator #1: Institution/University (Required.)

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15. Collaborator #1: School/College/Program/Other (Required.)

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16. Collaborator #1: Work Address (Required.)

Collaborator #2

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17. Collaborator #2: Name (Required.)

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19. Collaborator #2: Institution/University (Required.)

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20. Collaborator #2: School/College/Program/Other (Required.)

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21. Collaborator #2: Work Address (Required.)

Section #3: Project Information
Complete the fields below.

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22. Project Title (Required.)

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23. Brief Project Description & Overall Impact
Note: Feel free to take this from your cover sheet. Maximum of 50 words. (Required.)

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24. Project Category (select all that apply) (Required.)

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25. Target Population / Community Served
Feel free to take this from your cover sheet. (max 50 words) (Required.)

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26. Public Health Issue Addressed
Note: Feel free to take this from your cover sheet. (max 50 words) (Required.)

Section 4: Eligibility Confirmation
Complete the fields below.

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27. Note: All boxes MUST be checked. (Required.)

Section 5: Award Criteria Confirmation
Complete the fields below.

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28. All boxes MUST be checked. (Required.)

Section 6: Dissemination / Publication Permission
Complete the fields below.

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29. Do you grant permission to IPEC and/or its member associations to publish details regarding your submission? (Required.)

Section 7: Application Materials
File types: Word or PDF; max 25 MB per file

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30. Completed and signed checklist (Required.)

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31. Cover sheet including a brief description with overall impact (Required.)

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32. Two-page project narrative including:
  • Goal of project
  • Public Health Significance (include how community need was determined)
  • Rationale & Approach (including methods, outcome measures & project evaluation)
  • Results/Outcome & plans for publication
*References cited will not count as part of the two page limit (Required.)

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33. Abbreviated curriculum vitae of Principal Investigator (PI) (≤6 pages) (Required.)

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34. Outline of Collaborator Roles (include additional collaborators) (Required.)

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35. Letter of support from Dean/IPE Center Leader (Required.)

Section 8: Optional Supplementary Materials
Feel free to supplement your application by including one or more of the items below.
Word documents and PDFs are acceptable formats.
The file size limit per attachment is 25 MB.
Note: You may compress PDF files at sites like smallpdf.com or pdfcompressor.com.

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36. Check all that apply.

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37. Slide deck (≤12 slides)

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38. Video short

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39. Link to online video

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40. Link to website

Section 9: Additional Questions
You may supplement your application by responding to one or more of the items below.
Note: Responses can be taken from your cover sheet.

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41. Describe your team’s interprofessional composition and rationale (max 150 words)

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42. Explain how the project demonstrates creativity or innovation across disciplines/sectors (max 150 words)

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43. Outline the measurable outcomes or impact metrics collected (max 150 words)

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44. Plans for dissemination beyond IPEC webinar (e.g., journal, poster, CE publication)

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45. Lessons learned / recommendations for other interprofessional teams (max 150 words)

Submission Confirmation

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46. I confirm that all eligibility, criteria, and submission requirements are met.

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