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Guidelines


Our guidelines

There are always going to be patients to treat and people who want to get well. It is the job of healthcare to make that happen. That’s why Cook Medical provides financial and product support to organizations that are looking for ways to better serve patients and healthcare providers. All requests must meet your own institutional, local, national, and regional requirements to be considered by Cook Medical.

We consider requests for charitable donations, grants, and products to do the following things:

  • Promote patient and public education and disease awareness
  • Support charitable efforts, including:
    • Patient education or medical advocacy by groups for disease awareness
    • Product donations for impoverished persons as part of a recognized, experienced program for such care (e.g., Doctors Without Borders)
  • Advance medical education through fellowship programs
  • Third-party educational conferences
  • Promote the advancement of medical technology in
    • Aortic Intervention
    • Critical Care
    • Endoscopy
    • Interventional Radiology
    • Lead Management
    • Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
    • Peripheral Intervention
    • Surgery
    • Urology
    • Reproductive Health

Disclosure: It is Cook Medical’s policy to comply with laws around the world that apply to public disclosure of certain transfers of value to healthcare professionals. We have one global program that covers external applicable standards.

Bribery: It is a long-standing policy of Cook Medical and a part of our company values that we do not buy business or tolerate bribery.

Cook Medical does not provide “unrestricted” grants outside the scope of the requestor’s written application and budget that is submitted for review. If the request is approved, the designated purpose for which it was reviewed is the only one for which the grant may be used. For more information, see the question number 15 on the FAQs page.

Cook Medical does not consider requests for products that are:

  • Not commercially available
  • Stock items on backorder
  • Non-stock items
  • Custom-made items
  • Items that will be used or demonstrated for use in an off-label indication
  • Not approved and licensed for sale in the country where the product will be used
  • Products that require a pharmaceutical license

Cook Medical charitable donations and grants provided to healthcare professionals are subject to specific requirements according to the type of arrangement:

Charitable donations

Grants for charitable programs

These donations are for programs that serve charitable purposes, such as medical care for underserved patients, or patient or public education. Donations must be for bona fide charitable purposes, and can be made only to charitable organizations or other non-profit entities with bona fide charitable and/or philanthropic purposes. These donations are also available for events where proceeds are intended for charitable purposes.

Product donations for charitable programs

These donations are for programs that serve charitable purposes, such as medical care for underserved patients, or patient or public education. Donations must be for bona fide charitable purposes, and can be made only to charitable organizations or other non-profit entities with bona fide charitable and/or philanthropic purposes. These donations are also available for events where proceeds are intended for charitable purposes.

Requests for product that will be used at third-party educational conferences or programs for healthcare professionals should be made on the Cook Product Donations for Third-Party Educational Use application.

Educational grants

Grants for third-party educational conferences

These grants are for use by educational institutions, professional societies, or other third parties to request financial support for educational conferences, seminars, or professional society meetings that they are organizing.

Cook Medical is not permitted to sponsor educational conferences or programs that are organized by healthcare institutions that restrict attendance to their own healthcare professionals who are not in training. (Grants cannot be used for exhibit fees or other fee-for-service arrangements.)

  • The meeting must be bona fide and educational, scientific, or policymaking.
  • The meeting must promote scientific knowledge, medical advancement, and the delivery of effective healthcare.
  • The meeting must be independent of Cook Medical, meaning Cook Medical cannot select speakers or control content, methods, or materials.
  • The meeting must follow the Standards for Commercial Support as established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME.org) to avoid losing continuing medical education accreditation in the US or from any other entity that accredits continuing medical education.

Requests by third-party conferences or educational institutions for grants to provide scholarships to healthcare-professionals-in-training should be made on the Conference Grants for HCPs-in-Training application.

Product donations for third-party educational use

These grants are for products that will be used at third-party educational conferences or programs for healthcare professionals. Cook Medical cannot control the program content. (These product donations cannot be used for Cook Medical-organized product training or for institutions that are training their own staff only.)

Cook Medical does not consider requests for products that are:

  • Not commercially available
  • Stock items on backorder
  • Non-stock items
  • Custom-made items
  • Items that will be used or demonstrated for use in an off-label indication
  • Not approved and licensed for sale in the country where the product will be used
  • Products that require a pharmaceutical license

Conference grants for HCPs-in-training

These grants are only awarded to educational institutions or professional societies that wish to support the educational advancement of healthcare-professionals-in-training (HCPs-in-training), defined as medical students, interns, residents, fellows, and nursing students. The requesting institution or society is responsible for selecting the beneficiaries of the grant. Some governments and institutions have their own requirements for making these selections.

Keep the following things about educational grants in mind:

  • Educational grants are provided to training institutions or conference sponsors to support healthcare professionals who are in training and who have been selected by the training institution or conference.
  • Educational grants will be given only for the support of legitimate expenses for bona fide educational activities.
  • Grants must be consistent with conference standards.

Note: Cook Medical cannot review applications that are submitted by individual HCPs-in-training or provide grants for education directly to HCPs-in-training. Institutions must apply for educational grants.

Grants for fellowship or residency programs

These grants are for accredited fellowship or residency programs offered by healthcare institutions for HCPs-in-training (defined as medical students, interns, residents, fellows, and nursing students). The requesting institution or society is responsible for selecting the beneficiaries of the grant. Some governments and institutions have their own requirements for making these selections.

Research grants

Cook Medical is not currently accepting research grant applications.

Outside our scope of review

Items that generally fall outside the Cook Medical Charitable Donations & Grants Program

  • Unrestricted grants to individuals or group practices – all grants are restricted to specific, documented requests as they have been approved
  • Disaster relief (e.g., earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, fires, mudslides)
  • Personal travel
  • Mass-media productions that are not associated with educational content (for example, CD-ROMs, webcasts, journal supplements, etc.)
  • General development (for example, individual leadership training)
  • Travel fellowships for healthcare professionals (HCPs)
  • Capital campaigns or building funds
  • Website or social media development that is not associated with an accredited educational program
  • Service contracts
  • Religious programs
  • Entertainment (for example, sporting events, concerts, retirement dinners, etc.)
  • General capital or operating expenses (for example, office equipment or staff, computer hardware or software, medical library resources, etc.)
  • Textbooks and journal subscriptions
  • Exhibits