Grants and donations FAQ - Europe, the Middle East and Africa

The common problems in education, charity, and research funding

1 - what is the education funding?

Education subsidies to make truly independent benefit, education, science, or decision meeting, the meeting to promote scientific knowledge and medical advances and help provide effective medical care.Despite the Merit of the EMEA compliance committee will consider all medical education activities for HCP proposal, but a certified project will receive the highest priority.Such grants are usually not restricted, which means that they are not to the content or the teachers education activities have any input.Education subsidies provided to:

  • Sponsored performance related meetings, conventions and other education organization of the project;
  • 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 can apply for a professional education subsidy to pay:

  • Attendees of the general conference expenses
  • The right amount of food
  • Other specific project events and activities

3 - funding application process is used for the activity or provide exhibition space for Merit in the plan?

No.Merit will consider the EMEA compliance committee according to the specific situation 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 this kind of arrangement is outside the scope of the EMEA compliance committee.

4 - how philanthropy, charity requests is involved in health care providers is important?

If the request is from health care providers (such as hospitals or other health care personnel or entity), you can only provide charity funds to charity, and bound by the EMEA compliance committee.Does not involve HCP request, for example, Make a Wish, Scouting, or other projects, usually will be submitted to the Merit of the CEO to Make decisions.

5 - the performance of the applicant, the sales representative can represent the applicant ready to grant application?

No.withMedTech Europe business ethicsSales representative shall not on behalf of clients, preparing and submitting grant applications.The sales representative can be in the applicant can lead to the following website for informationwww.narrowshealth.com/about/grant-request, and provide the applicant with the electronic and printed materials, such as the FAQ.This reflects our commitment to global compliance policies, as well as sales representative does not have all the information and files needed to submit a request the reality of the reality.Sales representative for grants the request with a third party any prohibited activities related to donate under disciplinary action.

6 - who will decide whether to approve or reject the grant application?

The EMEA compliance committee review the EMEA or education related to the EMEA grant application and make a decision.

7 - the performance of the applicant, the sales representative can ensure the grant application has been approved?

No.withMedTech Europe business ethicsAnd Merit policy, we don't allow sales staff to participate in the Merit of the EMEA compliance or trying to influence the assessment committee.

8 - the EMEA compliance committee in the review the grant applications when considering what?

The EMEA compliance committee decision based on multiple 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 important good clients, where the applicant can expect the grant application has been approved?

No.withMedTech Europe business ethicsPreferential policy, any decision will be based on specific controversial grant applications.May not consider the customer has been or may be related to our company to conduct business.

10 - will inform the applicant of its grants support request has been rejected or reduce the specific reason?

For our EMEA compliance committee decided to provide concrete feedback practice is not a Merit.The committee to reject or reduce part of support requests include:

  • Obviously limited education agenda, general topic or focus on 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
  • Activities and support file contains the details of the insufficiency in, reflect the cost of exaggerated profits or large activities, or suggests that costs may with our compliance parameters do not match the appropriation budget constraints or Merit
  • 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 EMEA compliance committee approved amount is less than the amount of the request, the applicant can ask EMEA compliance committee or other qualified person to resubmit an approved amount of grant applications?

No.The EMEA compliance committee will not approve for the same event, activity, or plan a number of funding.If the committee approved the amount less than the required amount, is decided according to the standard for approval.At last, the Merit of any other group or individual shall not be for the EMEA compliance committee within the jurisdiction of the events, activities, and plans to offer aid.

12 - how early request organizations may apply for funding?Whether there is a must submit grant applications related to the activities of the deadline?

Nothing can automatically cancelled early to submit the grant applications, but most grant applications are submitted two to six months before the event.Due to the Merit of the EMEA compliance committee monthly meeting decided to grant applications pending, so you must submit any moneyNot later than activities began in the first four (4) weeks.