Quality Improvement Grant
This type of medical grant is Pfizer funding to support independent projects for systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in healthcare services and the health status of individuals and targeted patient groups, and do not relate to a Pfizer asset. Quality improvement considers aspects of quality such as clinical competence, outcomes and process assessment, programme evaluation, quality indicators, and quality assurance using methodologically rigorous protocols with an endpoint goal of readiness for application to practice.
Independent Medical Education (IME) Grant
This type of medical grant is Pfizer funding to support independent accredited medical education activities or initiatives which serve to maintain, develop or increase the knowledge, skills, and/or professional performance of a healthcare professional (e.g. continuing medical education, continuing health education, continuing education).
General Research Grant
This type of medical grant is Pfizer funding to support a general research project focused on the development or refinement of specific and defined medical knowledge that does not include the study of a Pfizer asset. It includes health services research, registry development and/or queries and outcomes research unrelated to a Pfizer asset.
Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR)
This is a type of medical grant that supports an independent research study where the investigator and/or organisation is the sponsor of the study, and where Pfizer provides financial and/or non-financial support for the development or refinement of specific and defined medical knowledge relating to a Pfizer asset.
This global programme is open to all researchers who are interested in conducting their own research. This grant type is used as support for pre-clinical and clinical studies (including interventional and non-interventional), that involve a Pfizer asset.
Global Competitive Grants Programme
This involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a specific area of interest, sets timelines for review and approval, and uses a review panel (either Internal Review Panel or External Review Panel depending on the nature of the call) to make final grant decisions. Healthcare Organisations are invited to apply where their application addresses specific gaps in research, practice or care as outlined in the specific RFP. Please note that not all RFPs may be open to applications from UK Healthcare Organisations.
Providing goods, equipment, third party services or benefit in kind support to aid healthcare, scientific research or education.
Providing funding to support healthcare, scientific research or education.