Please select the country of incorporation of the requesting organization

Applications must be submitted by or on behalf of a legal entity/organization, as opposed to individuals (i.e. no funds/products will be provided to individuals, but only to organizations)

E.g., hospital; NGO; for-profit organization; professional society; university…

A payment or in-kind support to a health care organization or researcher to conduct research involving LivaNova’s products or health care topics relevant to LivaNova’s therapeutic areas.

To be considered:

The research must be independently designed and conducted by a health care organization or investigator, and

• Involve one of LivaNova’s products, or
• Involve LivaNova’s therapeutic areas of the head or heart.

Examples:

• Investigator Initiated Research (“IIR”)
• General medical research involving the head or the heart and related to the therapies treated by LivaNova

A payment or in-kind support to a health care organization for use in advancing the genuine medical education of health care professionals on clinical, scientific, and/or health care topics relevant to LivaNova’s therapeutic areas.

To be considered:

• The request must be made by an organization.
• LivaNova must not be involved in the organization or development of the program.
• The program must comply with the applicable industry code of conduct.
• LivaNova should not be in a position to easily identify the ultimate beneficiary (i.e., LivaNova should not be told the name of the fellow chosen or the amount of LivaNova’s funds being provided to a specific heath care professional).
• The purpose or focus should be education and not marketing, advertising, or promotion.

Examples:

• Health care professional educational conferences
• Payments to health care organizations to defray the cost of sending their staff to educational conferences
• Payments to conference organizers to defray the cost of inviting health care professionals to educational conferences
• Scholarships and Fellowships

A payment or in-kind support provided to an organization for the purpose of marketing, advertising, or promotion of LivaNova’s products.

To be considered:

• The program must be appropriate, independently organized, and not be perceived to weigh negatively on LivaNova’s brand.
• The amount requested must reflect the fair market value of the marketing, advertising, and promotional opportunity that LivaNova will receive in return.
• The purpose or focus of the sponsorship should be marketing, advertising, or promotion of LivaNova’s products.

Examples:

• Sponsorships of health care professional educational conferences where LivaNova receives the opportunity to exhibit, tickets for attendance, logo placement on handouts and website, etc.
• Sponsorships of galas or charitable events where LivaNova receives acknowledgment as a sponsor and logo placement
• Sponsorships of industry sessions/satellite symposia at health care professional educational conferences where LivaNova is given the opportunity to provide a promotional speaker to speak on a LivaNova product

A payment or in-kind support provided to an organization for a documented charitable or philanthropic goal.

To be considered:

• The request must be made from a legal non-profit organization.
• The request must be 100% charitable and philanthropic in nature.

Examples:

• Products donated for mission trips
• Payments to assist in an organization’s philanthropic initiatives