APTR provides its members with access to crucial sources of funding from the association, federal, and private agencies throughout the field of prevention and public health.

We have been a pioneer in supporting and encouraging research, education, and training projects in the area of prevention and public health.  Through partnerships with federal and private funding sources, we are a primary link to the academic prevention community. 

A variety of projects have been supported by funds administered by APTR, including:

• Research and demonstration project funding of more than $75 million has been awarded through the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement for more than 200 investigators from schools of medicine, public health, nursing, veterinary medicine, and public health; state and local health departments; teaching hospitals; and other prevention research institutions.
  
  
• Interprofessional prevention education project mini-grants were award through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to 14 universities across the nation.

• Scholarships for leadership training have been awarded to nearly 300 students from121 schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, and dentistry through the APTR-ODPHP Cooperative Agreement.