Investigator-Sponsored Trials & Medical Education Grants
Santen encourages and supports research and educational programs designed to enhance the understanding of eye diseases and the development of innovative solutions for unmet needs in vision care.
We invite you to explore our grant programs below.
Investigator-Sponsored Trials (ISTs)
Santen offers grants to clinicians, scientists, and academic institutions (i.e., sponsor investigators) who are pursuing medically and scientifically sound research on our company’s compounds, products of interest, or current focus areas within eye health.
We generally support research in the following therapeutic areas:
- Retinal diseases and other posterior segment conditions
- Glaucoma
- Dry eye, corneal disorders, and other anterior segment conditions
Investigators outside the United States, please click here
EVALUATION PROCESS
- To be considered for an IST grant, all applicants must provide comprehensive study details, such as scientific rationale, primary/secondary objectives, study endpoints, projected study design, and fair market study budget.
- Study proposals will be reviewed for scientific merit, validity, and alignment with Santen’s scientific research and business strategies.
- Qualified applicants will be notified of decisions and given feedback as appropriate.
- Accepted and approved proposals will begin the IST clinical research process in adherence with industry and local guidelines and regulations.
Thank you for your interest in Santen’s North America IST program. The application portal is temporarily closed to new applications, as we are restructuring the review process and evaluation criteria. Please check back later for updates. Thank you!
Santen Medical Education Grants
Santen offers grants to support medical education programs for healthcare professionals to help enhance their knowledge and skills, advance the quality of patient care, and align with our current areas of focus.
We support:
- Continuing medical education programs
- Independent medical education initiatives
Investigators outside the United States, please click here
RULES & REGULATIONS
- You must submit all required grant application information at least 60 days before the educational program’s start date, or we must automatically decline it.
- Your application should not include the names of proposed or confirmed speakers or any direct or implied reference to products or compounds as this may compromise an impartial review of your request and force us to decline it.
- All submitted proposals must be used to support education programs that comply with all applicable laws, including but not limited to the US Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and any applicable foreign laws/regulations.
- Santen does not control the content of activities funded under independent medical education grants.
- All medical education grant requests must be reviewed by Santen’s Medical Education Grants Committee. As such, Santen commercial personnel do not make commitments for grants.
- The provision of medical education grants is not intended as an inducement to prescribe, refer, or recommend any of Santen’s existing or future products and is not intended as a reward for any previous prescribing activity.
- Santen does not promote the use of products that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration or applicable foreign regulatory agency.
- Grant application submission does not guarantee Santen support.
