CPTI Advocacy Training Grants

Advocacy Training Grants

CPTI supports 4 pediatric faculty-resident pairs annually to attend the AAP Advocacy Conference. Following the conference, the faculty-resident pairs are required to implement an educational project in collaboration with their AAP chapter to strengthen the advocacy skills of their trainees. The AAP chapter will receive up to $1,000 in grant funds to support this advocacy project.

The conference will provide faculty and residents with many opportunities to strengthen their advocacy skills, through:

• Learning from distinguished speakers and advocates
• Capitol Hill visits
• Advocacy skills and issues sessions
• Building relationships with other pediatrician advocates

Attendees will learn about the federal and state legislative processes, acquire skills and techniques to successfully impact Congress and state legislatures, and develop strategies to effectively utilize the media for child health issues. Grantees will then share and apply these skills as they develop and implement their educational projects to strengthen the advocacy skills of their peers and colleagues at their residency programs.

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Application Details

Application Guidelines
The AAP Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) Advocacy Training Grants provide support for 4
pediatric faculty-resident pairs (8 people total) to attend the AAP Advocacy Conference (formerly called
the Legislative Conference). This year’s conference will be held on March 2-4, 2025, in Arlington, VA. In
addition to the conference, faculty and resident pairs will attend an orientation for their grantee
cohort on the evening of Saturday, March 1st, prior to the start of the conference.
Following the conference, the faculty-resident pairs will be required to implement an educational
project to strengthen the advocacy skills of others in their program and enhance their residency
program’s advocacy training/curriculum. The project must be implemented in collaboration with their
AAP chapter. Up to $1,000 in grant funds will be issued to support this educational activity.
AAP ADVOCACY CONFERENCE
The 2025 conference will provide faculty and residents with many opportunities to strengthen their
advocacy skills, through:

• ➢ Learning from distinguished speakers and advocates
• ➢ Capitol Hill visits
• ➢ Advocacy skills and issues sessions
• ➢ Building relationships with other pediatrician advocates
• Attendees will learn about the federal and state legislative processes, acquire skills and techniques to
• successfully impact Congress and state legislatures, and develop strategies to effectively utilize the

media for child health issues. Grantees will then share and apply these skills as they develop and
implement their educational projects to strengthen the advocacy skills of their peers and colleagues at
their residency programs.
GRANTEE ORIENTATION SESSION AND COACHING
A mandatory orientation will be held on Saturday, March 1st, for grantees to discuss their projects and
network with CPTI leadership to share ideas and resources. Grantees will continue to have opportunities
to connect with this cohort throughout the grant period.
Virtual meetings will be held for cohort members to share their progress and learn from each other at
various times throughout the grant cycle.
KEY BENEFITS OF GRANT
➢ Registration fees for the 2025 AAP Advocacy Conference, hotel stay, and up to $375 for
transportation to the Conference for each recipient will be covered.
➢ Up to $1,000 available to support an educational advocacy project.
➢ Opportunities for pediatric faculty, residents, and AAP chapters to collaborate on child
advocacy.
➢ Collaboration with CPTI leaders experienced in implementing resident advocacy education and
with advocacy-focused faculty and residents from other institutions.

EDUCATIONAL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
After attending the AAP Advocacy Conference, each faculty-resident pair must collaborate with their
AAP chapter to implement a project that will train others at their residency program on advocacy skills,
especially those crucial for impacting policy change and address health equity issues. The target
audience for the project should primarily be residents but may include faculty, medical students and
fellowship trainees, community pediatricians, and community-based organization leaders.
Projects must build sustainable advocacy curricula and include a component on developing legislative
advocacy skills, such as effective communication with policy makers or the media, coalition building,
and negotiation. When possible, projects should be linked to advocacy topics active in the grantee’s
state to provide a relevant, real-life learning experience. Projects should include activities that are
interactive and offer the opportunity for hands-on advocacy skills practice.
Components of the educational projects may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• ➢ Skills workshops, such as engaging with media or letter writing.
• ➢ Community meetings/presentations with child advocacy groups.
• ➢ Grand rounds or noon conferences.
• ➢ Curricular enhancements such as development of online modules or recurring educational
• experiences.
• ➢ Presentations or panel discussions on public policy issues related to specific child health equity.
• ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION CRITERIA
• All applications will be reviewed by representatives from the CPTI leadership team.
• Applicants must demonstrate the following prerequisites:
• ➢ Pediatric faculty and residents must be members of both the national AAP and state AAP

chapter. Canadian chapter members are welcome to apply.
➢ Faculty-resident pairs must apply in collaboration with their AAP chapter.
➢ Residents must be able to demonstrate that they are either continuing residency training during
the grant period (March 5, 2025 - March 31, 2026) as a resident or chief resident, or that they
will remain working with the chapter on project activities following graduation.
➢ Fellowship trainees are eligible to apply but must demonstrate how their activity would engage
the core pediatric residency program.
➢ Applicants must be available to attend the entire AAP Advocacy Conference on March 2-4, 2025,
and the grantee orientation on March 1st. Applicants must commit to periodic virtual meetings
with other grantees during the grant cycle.
➢ Only 1 application per residency program may be submitted; however, more than 1 application
is allowed per chapter.
➢ Residency programs that received an Advocacy Training Grant in 2023 or 2024 are not eligible.
Refer to the current list of grantees to check eligibility.
➢ Chapters that received an Advocacy Training Grant in 2023 or 2024 are eligible to apply but
should partner with a different local residency program.
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Priority will be given to applications that:

• ➢ Demonstrate knowledge of the importance of advocacy for community-level policies.
• o Include work on identified health disparity issues in their community or state.
• ➢ Illustrate how the proposed project will address a need in the pediatric residency program’s
• advocacy training by developing the legislative advocacy skill set of its trainees.
• o Should include elements that will be sustainable in the residency program’s advocacy
• curriculum beyond the grant period.
• ➢ Demonstrate how the project will lead to enhanced partnership activities between the residency
• program and the chapter.
• o Include specific, measurable objectives to assess the success of project outcomes.
• REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINE
• A final report, including a financial report, on the grant will be due to the AAP no more than 60 days
• after completion of the educational advocacy activity.
• Please consider the following while developing your proposed timeline.
• ➢ The timeline should directly reflect the project activities as described in the application.
• ➢ The timeline should include anticipated dates of implementation for each activity of the project
• (see example below).
• ➢ All educational advocacy projects should be completed with enough time for analysis of
• evaluation data and completing the final report.
• Timeline Example:
• Educational Project Activity Anticipated Completion
• Date
• Noon conference on Legislative Advocacy 101 and local legislation
• related to children impacted by the opiate epidemic; collect pre- September 2025
• participation surveys
• Workshop practicing use of social media regarding the impact of
• October 2025
• the opiate crisis on child health
• Workshop on building effective partnerships with key stakeholders November 2025
• Feedback/evaluations of project activities compiled February 2026
• Grant activities end date March 31, 2026
• Final report due to AAP May 31, 2026
• USE OF GRANT FUNDS AND BUDGET
• Chapters will be required to serve as the fiscal agent for the grant funds supporting the educational

projects. Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded.
Please consider the following while developing your proposed budget:

• ➢ Registration for the AAP Advocacy Conference will be handled separately and should not be
• included in the budget for the educational project.
• ➢ Budget line items should directly reflect the project activities as described in the application.
• Each item should include a description and formula to justify how the amount requested was
• determined.
• ➢ No salary or indirect costs will be considered.
• ➢ A speaker honorarium, if budgeted, must not exceed $500.
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➢ Grant funds cannot be used for lobbying activities to influence legislation; engaging in
electioneering or political campaign activities; paying honoraria to elected officials, government
officials or employees; producing or disseminating propaganda as defined in Section 4945(d)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code; or engaging in other activities restricted under the Code.
Budget Example:

• Activity Description/Formula Amount
• Promotion (flyers, posters) 100 copies @ $.25 each $25
• Meeting/training materials 100 copies @ $.25 each $25
• Meal provided at workshops 25 people x $15/person x 2 workshops $750
• Travel for AAP chapter leaders to $.575/mile x 100 miles round trip x 2
• $115
• present at workshop people
• Total amount requested: $915
• APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Applications are due by Friday, December 6 (Midnight ET). Grant recipients will be announced in
January 2025.
Requirements for the online application:

• ➢ Responses to application questions will be limited to the stated maximum word counts.
• ➢ Attachments must include, and are limited to, the following:
• • 1 letter of support from AAP chapter
• • 1 letter of support from pediatric residency program director
• GRANT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE

Assistance for applicants is available and strongly encouraged. If you have any questions or would like
to discuss your ideas for the educational project to ensure they align with the intentions of this
opportunity, please contact Courtney Day, Manager, Community Health and Partnerships at
cday@aap.org.

2025 Advocacy Training Grants
Application Guidelines
The AAP Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) Advocacy Training Grants provide support for 4
pediatric faculty-resident pairs (8 people total) to attend the AAP Advocacy Conference (formerly called
the Legislative Conference). This year’s conference will be held on March 2-4, 2025, in Arlington, VA. In
addition to the conference, faculty and resident pairs will attend an orientation for their grantee
cohort on the evening of Saturday, March 1st, prior to the start of the conference.
Following the conference, the faculty-resident pairs will be required to implement an educational
project to strengthen the advocacy skills of others in their program and enhance their residency
program’s advocacy training/curriculum. The project must be implemented in collaboration with their
AAP chapter. Up to $1,000 in grant funds will be issued to support this educational activity.
Applications and required letters of support are due by Friday, December 6, 2024 (Midnight ET).
AAP ADVOCACY CONFERENCE
The 2025 conference will provide faculty and residents with many opportunities to strengthen their
advocacy skills, through:
➢ Learning from distinguished speakers and advocates
➢ Capitol Hill visits
➢ Advocacy skills and issues sessions
➢ Building relationships with other pediatrician advocates
Attendees will learn about the federal and state legislative processes, acquire skills and techniques to
successfully impact Congress and state legislatures, and develop strategies to effectively utilize the
media for child health issues.