Grants and donations FAQ - the rest of the world

COVID new message: Merit that dominate during this challenging time to continue our business, we are now accepting applications request and charitable donations.We will try our best to reply to your enquiry and problem, but our response time may be delayed, because we are trying to cope with this challenging period, we will return to normal approval process in the future.

The common problems in education, charity, and research funding

1 - what is the education funding?
Education, science, education funding to make real independence of benefits or decision meeting, in order to promote scientific knowledge and medical advances and help provide effective medical care resources.Despite the Merit of the appropriations committee will consider all medical education activities for HCP proposal, but approved plan will be handled in accordance with the highest priority.Such funds are usually not restricted, which means that when there is no Merit have any opinion about the content of the education activity or teachers provide these funds.Education funding to provide:

  • Sponsored Merit related meetings, conference and other education plan of organization;
  • Merit related consultation, travel and fee the cost of hospital and medical institutions

* MeritDon'tFinance main concern is the nature of education, mainly for entertainment program, for example, such as retirement dinner, graduated from medical school activities or homecoming, or staff activity.Non-medical education program (e.g., leadership training and business meeting) is seen as out of scope, provide funds for capital or operating costs request also is such.

2 - how to use education grants?
Sponsoring organizations may require professional education grants to pay:

  • Attendees of the general conference expenses
  • All the staff cost
  • A moderate amount of catering and conference
  • Other specific project events and activities

3 - funding application process is used for the activity or provide exhibition space for Merit in the plan?
Don't.Merit will consider the appropriations committee according to the specific circumstances of sponsorship opportunities and exhibitors space, marketing and legal department will usually review and support the activities of the relevant terms and conditions of the owner.Due to the exhibitors or booth arrangements usually involve pay for advertising costs, so the arrangement is beyond the scope of the appropriations committee consideration.

4 - about charity fund - the charity requests is involved in the medical service providers have effect?
If the request from the medical service providers (such as hospitals or other medical services to provide personnel or institutions), the charity funds will be bound by the appropriations committee.Does not involve HCP request, such as wishing, reconnaissance, or other projects, usually will be submitted to the Merit of the CEO to make a decision.

5 - the Merit of the applicant, the sales representative can make applications on behalf of the applicant's relevant preparatory work?
Can't.According to theAdvaMed code of ethics,Sales representative shall not on behalf of clients to prepare and submit an application for funding.The sales representative can guide the applicant to obtain information from the link belowwww.narrowshealth.com/about/grant-request, and provide the applicant with the related electronic and paper printing materials, for example, now you are reading this fund and common problems.This reflects our commitment to global compliance policy, as well as the sales representative will not have all the necessary information and documents of the filing of the actual situation.Sales representative if any funding request with a third party involved in illegal activities related to donate, will be subject to disciplinary action.

6 - who will decide whether to approve or reject the application?
The appropriations committee to review and determine education funding application.

7 - the Merit of the applicant, the sales representative will ensure that its application has been approved?
No.According to theAdvaMed 道德规范和 Merit 政策，我们不允许销售或营销人员参与 Merit 的拨款委员会或对其评估施加影响。

8 - the appropriations committee in the review application when considering what?
Appropriations committee's decision is based on several factors, including:

  • Application is meet and match scheme of Merit standards and Merit of global compliance policy
  • Events, activities, or quality, content, scope and scale of the plan, including other sponsors, requiring Merit support budget part, and the number of health care theme and possible relevance of the participants
  • Funded by the available budget

9 - if the applicant is a important Merit of the customer, the applicant can thus expect its application has been approved?
Can't.According to theAdvaMed 道德规范和 Merit 政策，任何决定都将基于所讨论的资助申请具体个案所具有的优势。不得考虑客户与我们公司已做或可能做的业务量。

10 - whether the applicant will be told that their application was refused or reduce the specific reason?
According to the practice, Merit do not provide concrete feedback about our appropriations committee decision.The appropriations committee rejected or reduce some of the reasons include support request:

  • Obviously limited, general education agenda or focus on the theme of the non-professional participants
  • Golf resort, theme parks, or the place such as luxury resorts, marketing program and activities of these places do not seem to balance to leisure or social activities.
  • Use Merit product activity supplies, disease status, the connection between the symptoms and/or treatment of limited or no link
  • Activity budgets and document contains details of inadequate, reflect the activity of exaggerated spending or huge profits, or suggests that spending may doesn't accord with our compliance parameters or Merit of internal funding budget constraints
  • Directly or indirectly involved in the past or the future business opportunities or a personal relationship with the Merit of the request, may be seen as attempts to unduly influence the committee

11 - if the appropriations committee approved amount is less than the required amount, the applicant may submit to the appropriations committee or others to not grant applications approved amount?
Can't.Appropriations committee for approval of the same event, activity or plan a number of funding.If the amount of the amount less than the application of the appropriations committee approved, it is determined according to the above standards.At last, the Merit of internal other groups or individuals may not act as the appropriations committee within the jurisdiction of the events, activities, and project financing.

12 - how long can apply for organization in advance to apply for funding?If there is a must submit activities related application deadline?
Early to submit an application for funding will not automatically disqualified, but most of the funding application is submitted 2-6 months before the event.Because of the Merit of the appropriations committee meets to pending applications every month, so any applicationNot later than 4 weeks prior to the start of the activity.