We are currently only accepting grant requests for programs or activities that are scheduled to occur prior to October 1, 2013.

Welcome to the Ferring online educational grant request system. At Ferring, we not only strive to empower people to live healthy, fulfilling lives through Pharmaceutical innovation, education and advocacy, we are also committed to supporting the advancement of medicine through healthcare professional education that benefits patients by providing educational grants to qualified organizations. Thank you for considering Ferring as a source of support for your educational initiatives.

Application Criteria

If you are seeking funding for an educational activity related to one of our therapeutic areas, you are invited to submit a request for an educational grant. Ferring will consider funding for healthcare related educational activities that provide valuable information for medical and community healthcare professionals to improve patient care in the following therapeutic areas:

• Infertility – gonadotropin/progesterone treatments and infertility management.
• Orthopaedics – joint viscosupplementation and intra-articular injection technique, osteoarthritis and quality of life.
• Women's Health - Not currently accepting applications. No funding available for 2013.
• Urology - hormone sensitive prostate cancer treatment.
• Gastroenterology - bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy and detection of gastrointestinal disorders.

Please note that we do not accept grant applications for programs or events that have already occurred. The Ferring Grant Review Committee is currently only accepting grant requests for programs or activities that are scheduled to occur prior to October 1, 2013. Please continue to check this page periodically for updates on the availability of funding.

Submission Guidelines

In order to submit your funding request for consideration by the Ferring Grant Review Committee (FGRC), you must complete the application and attach a cover letter which includes a description of your request along with a program agenda/brochure, detailed line-item budget and signed W-9 domestic US form. If your program is accredited for continuing medical education (CME/CE), please attach a needs assessment, learning objectives, and outcomes measurement plan for the activity and a copy of your Letter or Certificate of Accreditation.

Once all of the supporting documents are received, the FGRC will consider your request and will inform you promptly of the funding decision or contact you directly with any questions. The review process generally takes about 45 days. Therefore, if your event is less than 45 days from the application receipt date (including all supporting documentation), your grant request may not be able to be considered or processed by the time of the event. We ask that you please assist us with minimizing the review timeline by providing complete and accurate documentation in a timely manner.

Although Ferring is unable to provide grant support for every request due to the volume that we receive and limited funding available, all completed submissions that meet review criteria will be reviewed and considered. Each grant is evaluated on its individual merit relative to other grant requests in accordance with all established guidelines and policies. Please note that previous support does not guarantee future support. If your request is approved for funding, you will receive written confirmation of approval. Please be advised that even if your application is approved, Ferring may not be able to fund the entire original request amount. Please do not consider any request approved until you have received written documentation from Ferring approving your grant request. Grant applications for programs that have been previously declined by the Ferring Grant Review Committee will not be eligible for resubmission.

Your application must be completed and submitted online. Please fill in all fields as accurately and completely as possible. Incomplete information may result in processing delays. If you do not have electronic versions of the required attachments, you may send them to the Medical Affairs Department at Ferring at the mailing address below. Please reference your Grant ID# as indicated on the submission page.

Notice to Applicants

Each grant request must demonstrate the ability to meet an unmet educational need and encourage improvement in patient outcomes while furthering an educational goal, promoting healthcare education and excellence in patient care and providing effective learning in an efficient meeting format. Grants will be awarded in accordance with FDA’s Guidance on Industry-Supported Scientific and Educational Activities, OIG Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals, ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Education, and all other applicable legal standards related to ethical corporate conduct. Grants will not be provided for the purpose of inducing the provision of services or the promotion, sale or prescribing of any Ferring product.

Please do not submit requests for exhibit or display booths, research studies, charitable contributions, promotional programs, membership fees, corporate sponsorship agreements, social events/entertainment, medical missions to foreign countries, advertisements, medications, equipment, private schools/colleges/universities attended by physicians or their family members or for travel, registration, parking or lodging expenses for non-faculty personnel or individual attendee expenses as they are all outside the scope of educational grant support. Grant requests should be for programs based in the United States.

Grant requests must be submitted by a representative of the organization which is seeking funding. Grants must be awarded to an organization, not an individual or private physician and will be sent to the address stipulated on the W-9.

Contact Us

If you have questions or need assistance in completing your request, please contact the Medical Affairs Department at Ferring at

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4 Gatehall Drive, 3rd Floor
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Phone: (973) 796-1688
Fax: (973) 796-1710
us1grantsandIIT@ferring.com

W9 form must reflect payee information and be signed indicating that the information is factual and true.

We are currently only accepting grant requests for programs or activities that are scheduled to occur prior to October 1, 2013.