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Minimum
Eligibility Requirements for
Educational Grants |
What can and cannot
be funded?
- Educational grants may
be given only for legitimate
educational or scientific
purposes. Grants must also
comply with internal company
policies and guidelines,
which reflect the requirements
and mandates of the Office
of the Inspector General
Guidance, the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical
Education Guidelines and
the PhRMA Code on Interactions
with Healthcare Professionals.
- Grants may be given for
live educational programs,
as well as educational publications
and other types of enduring
materials (e.g. interactive
web, CD rom, audio tapes,
etc.) provided that the programs
or materials are advertised
and open to a broad audience
beyond members of the requesting
institution. Fellowships
or career development awards
may be considered in limited
circumstances.
- Grants cannot have any
strings attached. Grants
cannot be tied, in any way,
to past, present, or future
prescribing, purchasing,
or recommending (including
formulary recommendations)
of any drug. Any documentation
that is a part of or accompanies
a grant request suggesting
that the grant is tied,
in any way, to past, present,
or future prescribing, purchasing,
or recommending of any drug
will cause the grant request
to be declined.
- Grants cannot be used to defray the grant requestor�s ordinary operating expenses (i.e. overhead expenses of activities that the requestor is already required to perform or customarily performs, including business meetings, or education that is a routine and required part of an educational program,
e.g. �grand rounds� with internal speakers etc.)
- Grants sought for the purchase
of journal subscriptions,
or similar items are generally
not permitted as these items
may be considered gifts
or as part of operating
expenses.
- Grants cannot involve
payment for travel, housing
expenses or time spent for
doctors attending third
party educational events,
unless (i) the individuals
involved are medical students,
residents, fellows, and
other healthcare professionals
in training, (ii) the grant
permits individuals selected
from this group by the academic
or training institution
receiving the grant to attend
major educational, scientific,
or policy-making meetings
of national, regional, or
specialty medical associations,
and (iii) such individuals
are not attending the event
for the purpose of making
or attending presentations
relating to Company products.
- Grants may not be used
to fund payments for exhibit
space, consulting or other
services or goods provided
to the company, company
promotional activities or
events, or any program where
any of the speakers are
company employees.
- Grants may not cover the
costs of entertainment or
recreational events.
Who
can and cannot receive funding?
- Accredited continuing
education providers, health-related
academic societies and organizations,
education vendors, teaching
hospitals, educational institutions
and other groups within
the United States and Puerto Rico who have
the potential to provide
high quality education to
advance healthcare are eligible
to apply for an educational
grant.
- In order to avoid any
conflict of interest, the
company does not support grants
to any of its customers,
including HMOs, PPOs, GPOs,
etc., or any doctor or group
of doctors in private practice.
The only customers or potential
customers that may be eligible
for a grant are teaching
hospitals and educational institutions
whose mission includes public
health education.
- Applicants who have received
past grant funding, but have not provided a budget reconciliation
for the past program (if
program end date has
passed, and was at least
90 days ago) are
not eligible for funding.
Budget
guidelines
- Grants must be limited
to a reasonable estimate
of the cost of the grant-funded
activities.
- Grants may be issued to
support only the costs associated
with the development, delivery
or evaluation of the educational
program, resources, or materials.
- Grants may not cover solely
the cost of meals. It is
acceptable for a portion
of a grant to cover meals/refreshments
only if the meals/refreshments
are (i) modest and conducive
to discussion among faculty
and healthcare professional
attendees, and (ii) allow primary focus to
remain on the educational portion
of the event funded by the grant.
- Recipients of funding
are required to submit a
completed program reconciliation
form within 90 days of the
program end date and
return any unused funds.
- Written explanation will be required
if actual attendance is less than 70% of
the "Estimated Total Program Participation"
section of the grant application.
- Sanofi Vaccines reserves the right to request
return of funds if the actual program deviates
substantially from that described in the grant
application.
Application
Requirements
- The information submitted
by the grant requestor must
include a reasonably detailed
description of the program
or activity for which funding
is requested, including
educational need, general
subject matter, learning
objectives, instructional
methods, evaluation plan,
time, place, speaker qualifications
and institutional affiliation(s),
and anticipated invitees
or audience.
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