Request types that we support
Jump to request type: Independent Medical Education - Independent Patient Education - Charitable donations - Independent Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support - Additional request types
Jump to request type: Independent Medical Education - Independent Patient Education - Charitable donations - Independent Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support - Additional request types
Independent Medical Education is funding to an independent third party to support the development or implementation of clearly defined medical or education programs or activities for health care providers that foster increased understanding/knowledge of scientific, clinical or health care issues that contribute to the enhancement of patient care.
Examples
May include live presentations (e.g., symposia, regional/local programs, teleconferences, live webcasts) or enduring materials (e.g., printed materials, programmed tests, podcasts, slide kits, monographs, and web-based instructional materials).
Allowed
Not allowed
Patient Education is programs designed primarily to advance disease state or treatment education to the patients/consumers and/or care partners.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed
Charitable donations support 501(c)(3) or other nonprofit organizations for specific nonprofit purposes. For nonprofit providers (e.g. hospitals) of their related foundations, the nonprofit purpose must specifically relate to support for low-income persons or families, indigent/homeless persons or families or underserved or uninsured persons or families.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed
Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support is operational meeting support of third-party scientific and educational conferences or professional meetings for scientists or other related professionals.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed
Other request types include independent educational research, fellowships, scholarships and independent screening programs and health fairs.
Educational research grants assist in data collection and analysis geared toward determining patient or public health care trends. They foster increased understanding/knowledge of scientific, clinical or health care issues that will contribute to the enhancement of patient care through educational methodologies, activities or initiatives.
Examples
Screening programs and health fairs include financial assistance to independent third parties to support costs associated with the third party’s Health Screening Programs to assist patients with self-assessment.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed
Fellowships are financial assistance provided to a university, medical school or nonprofit organization for fellowship programs to support educational or research activities of healthcare providers in training. AbbVie may not participate in the selection of the recipient.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed
Scholarships include financial assistance for medical students, residents, fellows and other healthcare providers in training to attend major educational, scientific or policymaking meetings of national or regional specialty medical associations. Must be given to an academic or training institution that selects recipients of funds.
Examples
Allowed
Not allowed