FAQ – United States

The LGO will consider all proposals; however, programs that align to the guidelines and therapeutic areas of interest as outlined in the Applying for a Grant page of this site or in the Areas of Focus section of our portal will receive highest priority.

The following are out of scope for the LGO:

The LGO will consider proposals for all medical educational activities for health care providers; however, accredited programs for health care providers will receive the highest priority.

The LGO will not fund budget line items such as, but not limited to, the following:

Generally, when supporting an educational activity, the LGO will consider funding the following types of expenses:

The grant review committees consider many factors in determining which programs to support including, but not limited to, the quality of the instructional design and scientific evidence, strategic alignment, evidence-based educational needs, budget and audience.

Lilly could consider multi-support for guideline development through an unsolicited grant. An organization's conflict of interest policy and process for developing guidelines must be publicly available including guideline-panel membership.

There may be instances in which the requester of a grant needs to propose changes to the previously approved activities. Following are examples of modifications where a Change of Scope form would be required:

If an approved grant needs to be modified, the requestor should obtain a current Change of Scope form from lillygrantoffice@lilly.com . Upon completion of the required information, communicate the requested change via email to lillygrantoffice@lilly.com .

The Lilly Grant Office will consider the change of scope for alignment with original scope of the activity and the resulting decision will be communicated to the requester. Approved changes may require an update to the letter of agreement. Changes which are denied may require return of funds.

Lilly provides grant funding to various organizations as a part of our mission to enhance patient care and improve the healthcare system. By adding transparency to our educational grant funding and charitable contributions, we are making available to the public the nature of the relationships between our company and these organizations.

Lilly will disclose to the public all educational grants and charitable contributions made by the Lilly Grant Office (LGO) to U.S.-based organizations. The company will update the website quarterly to include all new grant funding provided during that period. Via the website, the company will post the names of every organization receiving funding from Lilly in each quarter, including the grant amount and program title.

We also disclose grant information per guidelines or requirements of the U.S. Physician Payment Sunshine Act ("Open Payments") - subpart of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 and certain state laws.

Yes, we disclose grant information per guidelines or requirements of the following:

The Lilly Grant Office and all partner offices are independent of Lilly’s sales and marketing organizations. Sales and marketing personnel have no role in the grant review and approval process. All Lilly personnel must respond to inquiries regarding a grant request by providing the requester with the LGO email address ( lillygrantoffice@lilly.com ) or the LGO website address ( https://www.grantoffice.lilly.com ). The requester is entirely responsible for submitting a grant request to the LGO, and all Lilly personnel are prohibited from contacting the LGO on behalf of any requester. Lilly personnel cannot solicit grant funding requests and should provide the above listed LGO contact information if grants are brought up in an unsolicited manner by a customer or requester.

Consistent with company policies, applicable FDA regulations, and rules of the ACCME and other accreditation groups, Lilly as a commercial supporter is not permitted to control the content of Continuing Medical Educational activities funded through grants. The LGO applies this policy to all educational activities funded through the Grant Office. Thus, it is possible that educational programs funded via the LGO will discuss off-label uses of our products. However, such content would have been independently determined by the grant recipient and, per above policies, Lilly would have no input.

The LGO receives, evaluates, and approves the vast majority of the grant requests the company receives. However, the Lilly Foundation and country-specific Lilly offices also provide grant funding.
Further information can be found at the Lilly Foundation.

Outside of the U.S., grant requests for single-country educational programs and events are submitted to the Lilly office responsible for operations in that country for evaluation and funding consideration.

Lilly has guidelines and criteria in place to ensure we do not fund activities that would create a conflict of interest for Lilly or the funded organization.