Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial Award
Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial Award supports pharmaceutical sciences Ph.D. students researching parenteral drugs to advance science, improve patient and public health, and develop future scientific leaders.
Funder: American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education
Due Dates: November 18, 2026 (Call for applications) | December 11, 2026 (Part 1) | January 29, 2027 (Part 2)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 stipend for one year, September 1–August 31
Summary: Supports eligible pharmaceutical sciences Ph.D. students researching parenteral drugs through AFPE’s pre-doctoral fellowship program.
Key Information: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents researching parenteral drugs.
Description
The Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial Award is a specialized award within the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education’s Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences. It supports students researching parenteral drugs who meet the broader fellowship’s eligibility requirements. The program aims to improve patient and public health by supporting high-performing students with the potential to become scientists and leaders in pharmaceutical industry, academia, government, and nonprofit sectors.
The 2025–2026 recipient’s work illustrates the award’s research scope: continuous manufacturing of complex injectable drugs, including how processing conditions affect liposome structure and drug stability. The project also examines downstream filtering, concentrating, and formulation steps, alongside real-time analytical technologies for monitoring product quality. This is an example of supported research, rather than a separate eligibility requirement.
