Eli Lilly and Company Charitable Contribution Grant

Eli Lilly and Company Charitable Contribution Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Eli Lilly And Company Foundation
Last Updated: January 22, 2026

Summary

The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation provides grants to organizations focused on advancing patient care through healthcare-related education and initiatives. With a commitment to independence and scientific accuracy, Lilly supports medical education, patient advocacy, and healthcare improvement initiatives. The foundation emphasizes projects that demonstrate sustainability and scalability, ensuring that grant requests align with their high standards and ethical guidelines. Applications should be submitted well in advance to maximize consideration for funding.

Overview

Eli Lilly and Company, doing business as Lilly, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company, owned by Lilly Endowment, founded in1876, and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in 18 countries. Its products are sold in approximately 125 countries. Eli Lilly and Company and Lilly USA, LLC (collectively Lilly) strive to create and deliver innovative medicines that enable people to live longer, healthier, and more active lives. As a component of this goal, Lilly provides financial support to organizations and institutions to support projects that promote excellence in patient care and provide valuable information to healthcare professionals. Our Grants Lilly provides grants and/or charitable contributions for all of our areas of focus through the Lilly Grant Office (LGO). Our commitment is to make grant funding available for independent, fair and balanced, and scientifically accurate initiatives that receive no influence from our organization in either submission, design, or implementation. Regardless of whether continuing education credits are offered for healthcare professional participation, Lilly expects that the same high standards apply for all independent educational activities for healthcare professionals. Lilly adheres to the principles established by the OIG Compliance Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Code on Interactions with Medical Professionals, and European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) Code of Practice. For continuing medical education, Lilly also adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME™) or any applicable governing or accrediting body standards. Additionally, Lilly has entered into partnerships and alliances with other pharmaceutical companies and established grant offices to support continuing medical education for healthcare professionals in specific therapeutic areas. Areas of Focus The focus of the Lilly Grant Office (LGO) will be on healthcare-related continuing education programs, Healthcare Improvement (HCI) initiatives, patient education, and advocacy in the following therapeutic areas: ImmunologyEndocrineNeuroscienceOncology We will also accept grants for select scientific fellowships or charitable contributions as well as grants focused on education related to basic or pre-clinical science aligned with Lilly's medical/scientific strategies. Requests must be submitted at least sixty (60) days prior to the program start date or they will not be considered. It is recommended for organizations outside the United States or for grants with events occurring outside the United States that grant requests be submitted at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the overall program start date.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Lilly provides funding to organizations to support projects that enable the advancement of patient care. The LGO will accept the following grant requests: Medical education grants (priority will be given to accredited programs) that support the lifelong learning and continuing professional development of healthcare professionals (HCPs), with the goal of improved health outcomes for patientsPatient advocacy and consumer education programs (e.g., disease-state education and awareness)Programs focused on education related to basic or preclinical scienceHealthcare Improvement (HCI) initiatives that foster the translation of scientific evidence into routine clinical practice using improvement and implementation science methodologies that lead to measurable improvements in healthcare processes and patient outcomes. HCI is an umbrella term used by Lilly to include Quality Improvement (QI), Improvement/Implementation Science, and applicable Health Services ResearchLilly seeks to support initiatives that demonstrate sustainability and scalability with the potential for widespread transferability and dissemination to other healthcare organizations.On a limited basis, scientific fellowships or charitable contributions The following types of expenses may be funded by the LGO for educational programs:Educational content development Honorarium for medical or scientific faculty, preferably for accredited education only Speaker travel (coach), reasonable expenses for lodging and meals, preferably for accredited education only Room rental related to the educational portion of the program Costs for accreditation Meeting-related expenses including A/V equipment rental (must be detailed in budget) Reasonable meals or refreshments for participants allowable per the country guidelines where the event takes place. In the USA, this is limited to buffet style meals or snacks for 50 or more participants only Outside the USA only: Scholarships for travel, lodging, or program registration fees for HCPs to attend educational conferences through a structured scholarship program established by the organization sponsoring the educational conference; the sponsoring organization shall have sole discretion over the selection of the scholarship recipients and distribution of scholarship funds. The following types of expenses may be funded for Healthcare Improvement (HCI) initiatives:Personnel salaries for tasks related specifically to the initiative, where a detailed breakdown is providProgram development costs Site recruitment and honoraria/stipends Clinic implementation support Dissemination of learnings and/or scaling (e.g. posters, manuscripts, live meetings), including travel specific to this aim Non-capital information technology (IT) Outcomes assessment, analysis and reporting for outcomes not being incentivized or rewarded by any government programs Institutional overhead (up to a maximum of 30% of the total grant request)

Ineligibility

Who should NOT submit applications through the LGO:An individual or solo medical practices.Organizations requesting grants that do not meet the criteria outlined on this website.Organizations requesting grants for clinical or investigator-initiated trials.Organizations looking for a country-specific grant outside the USA (i.e., the organization and target audience are all in a single country).Organizations found to be listed on the Office of Inspector General's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (OIG LEIE) or the General Services Administration Excluded Parties List System (GSA EPLS). Lilly prohibits grant requestors and their educational partners (i.e., third-party providers) from performing promotional activities for Lilly while also contributing to, providing, or accrediting IME funded in whole or part by Lilly, unless there is sufficient separation between the grant requestor's and partner's promotional and medical education business units. The ACCME requires an accredited CME provider be a separate legal entity from the organization that provides promotional services and requires proper firewalls in place between the business units. Proof of documentation may be requested. The following programs and expenses are generally outside the scope of the LGO and therefore may not be funded:Speaker-related fees for speakers or faculty at non-accredited educational programsFor non-accredited programs in the USA, funding may not be used for:Meals at events with under 50 participantsMeals at events with 50 or more participants unless meals are provided in the form of a buffetWebsite development for an educational program that is not accreditedFor all programs, except HCI initiatives, salaries, compensation/benefits, and operating expenses (e.g. overhead)HCI outcomes incentivized or rewarded by any government programsGrants to individuals or solo medical practicesClinical grants, including Investigator-Initiated TrialsParticipant expenses (e.g., program/registration fees, travel) NOTE: Outside the USA, the LGO will not directly fund individual participant expenses; however, we can consider supporting a structured scholarship program established by the organization sponsoring the educational conferenceFirst class airfare Personal travel (including for partners or guests) Entertainment or programs that are primarily entertainment (e.g., class reunions, retirement dinners, staff recognition) Grant requests for programs in a location, venue or with a schedule that detracts from the educational activity as the primary purpose General capital or infrastructure (e.g., office equipment/staff, computer hardware/software, medical library resources) Personal or non-medical education programs (e.g., leadership training, business meetings) Gifts for faculty, organizers, or participantsGrant requests with unreasonable budget line items, for example: Faculty lodging and/or expense reimbursement out of proportion with the number of days the faculty is presentingFaculty dinners not related to content reviewHonoraria or costs in excess of their fair market valueCapital campaigns/building fundsService contracts Religious programs Textbooks and journal subscriptions Advertising, exhibit, and display fees Mass media productions not associated with educational content (e.g., webcasts, journal supplements)