AIHP Glenn Sonnedecker Prize
Please be aware that the Institute is pausing the 2024 Glenn Sonnedecker Prize to reevaluate it for the future. The pause will take place for one year, during which time the AIHP will evaluate its overall grant-making operations and its awards programs to align with the Institute’s mission and current activities. Please check back for further updates or subscribe to AIHP social media channels for announcements.
Previous Winners of the Sonnedecker Prize
Background
Originally established in 2015, the AIHP Glenn Sonnedecker Prize honors Professor Glenn Sonnedecker, a distinguished historian of pharmacy, the longtime Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, and the founding editor of the Institute’s academic journal, Pharmacy in History, which changed its name to History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals in 2021. 
Glenn Sonnedecker examines an artifact with visiting scholar Halil Tekiner in 2015
The former Executive Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy from 1957-1973 and 1981-1985, Glenn Sonnedecker is an influential historian of pharmacy. Sonnedecker received his PhD in History of Science and History of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin in 1952, and he taught at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy from 1952 to 1986. In addition to being the founding editor of AIHP’s academic journal, he has been the editor or author of more than a dozen books and pamphlets and 100+ articles on the history of pharmacy.
Prior to 2021, the Sonnedecker Prize was awarded annually for the best original article published during the previous year on the history of some facet of pharmacy practice or pharmacy education in the United States (including the Colonial Period). Articles published (including electronic appearance) in peer-reviewed journals were eligible for consideration. Award winners demonstrated originality of scholarship and clear contribution to the study of the history of pharmacy. The AIHP Board of Directors adopted the current protocol for the Sonnedecker Prize in August 2020.
AIHP PhD Research Support Grant Program
The Institute is pausing the 2024 AIHP PhD Research Support Grant program to reevaluate it for the future. The pause will take place for one year, during which time the AIHP will evaluate its overall grant-making operations to align with its mission and current activities. Please check back for further updates or subscribe to AIHP social media channels for announcements.
Read a list of previous recipients of AIHP’s PhD Research Support Grant with their funded research topics.