About Funding
Cytokinetics supports grants, independent medical education, charitable donations, and sponsorship in the following therapeutic areas: heart failure and HCM.
Funding applications are accepted throughout the year. Requestors are required to submit a complete application online at least 60 calendar days prior to the program date or funding decision deadline (whichever occurs first). If your organization plans to submit multiple funding requests for different programs throughout the calendar year, it is preferred that all requests be submitted at one time. Please contact grants@cytokinetics.com for additional questions.
Funding Guidelines and Criteria:
- Organization must have an open membership policy
- Requests must be submitted through the formal online application process
- Sponsorships cannot be made to or on behalf of individual Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) or group practices
- Third-party implementation providers must not be owned or controlled in whole or in part by a practicing physician or other HCP
Your organization must not be:
- A political or sectarian organization
- An individual, group practice, or private physician office
- Supporting a religious purpose
- Promoting a Cytokinetics product or influencing formulary decisions
Funding cannot be used for:
- Operating expenses that are not directly and exclusively dedicated to the educational activity being applied for (e.g. equipment, salaries, benefits, journal subscriptions, etc.)
- Travel, lodging or registration expenses for non-faculty healthcare professionals to attend an educational program (there are certain exceptions for healthcare professionals in training: i.e. medical students, fellows, etc. to attend major medical society meetings)
- Cost of entertainment or recreational activities or to compensate for time spent at meetings by attendees
- Compensating healthcare professional partners or guests
- Faculty lodging and/or expense reimbursement out of proportion with the number of days that the faculty is presenting
- Gifts/prizes for faculty or attendees
- Requests for food only
- Expenses on faculty dinners not related to content review
- Honoraria or costs in excess of fair market value
- Developing clinical practice guidelines (e.g. statements that include recommendations intended to help practitioners make appropriate health care decisions for specific clinical conditions)
- Advertising or creation of advertising materials related to a Cytokinetics product
- Development or production of promotional items related to any Cytokinetics product
An organization with a written policy to discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender expression and/or identify, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other protected status is ineligible for funding.
Registration:
- If you do not already have a Username and Password, click “Create your password” to navigate to the registration page.
- Input your registration information, including email address, contact information, and tax ID/charity ID (if applicable).
- Enter your organization’s legal name. Do not use abbreviations or acronyms.
- Once all the information has been completed, click “Submit.”
- If your registration is accepted, you will receive an email with a link from CyberGrants to activate your email. If your registration is not accepted, please contact grants@cytokinetics.com for further questions.
To expedite processing of your funding request form, Cytokinetics suggests the following:
- Review the Funding Guidelines and Application Process before requesting funding
- Complete your funding request form
- Confirm the funding request form is complete, including all required attachments (Incomplete funding request forms will be rejected)
- Read FAQs for answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Questions on the funding request form require the requestor to provide information about:
- Requesting organization contact information and organization description
- Program objectives
- Proposed outcome from program
- Proposed use of funds
- Program budget
- Cover letter or proposal documentation
- U.S. tax identification documentation, if applicable
- Payee information
All funding requests must be submitted using the online portal.
- To access the funding request again for updates or to submit a new funding request, simply log in to your account portal and navigate to the Welcome Page tab on your screen.
- Operating expenses that are not directly and exclusively dedicated to the educational activity being applied for (e.g. equipment, salaries, benefits, journal subscriptions, etc.)
- Travel, lodging or registration expenses for non-faculty healthcare professionals to attend an educational program (there are certain exceptions for healthcare professionals in training: i.e. medical students, fellows, etc. to attend major medical society meetings)
- Cost of entertainment or recreational activities or to compensate for time spent at meetings by attendees
- Compensating healthcare professional partners or guests
- Faculty lodging and/or expense reimbursement out of proportion with the number of days that the faculty is presenting
- Gifts/prizes for faculty or attendees
- Requests for food only
- Expenses on faculty dinners not related to content review
- Honoraria or costs in excess of fair market value
- Developing clinical practice guidelines (e.g. statements that include recommendations intended to help practitioners make appropriate health care decisions for specific clinical conditions)
- Advertising or creation of advertising materials related to a Cytokinetics product
- Development or production of promotional items related to any Cytokinetics product
FAQ
Funding requests are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year.
For U.S. organizations, a minimum of 60 calendar days is required to evaluate and decide upon any funding request; please plan accordingly. Funding requests from non-U.S. organizations require additional time for evaluation.
No, all funding requests must be submitted online by the requesting organization. If you have issues or questions about your application, please contact grants@cytokinetics.com.
Yes. However, funding requests are reviewed individually. Funding of any one program is not contingent upon previous activity nor does previous activity guarantee future support.
No. Cytokinetics does not fund activities that have already occurred.
An email update will be sent upon submission of a funding request to confirm Cytokinetics’ receipt of the funding request and after committee review to notify the requestor of either an approval or denial of the request. At any point in the process, the requestor will receive notification if an application is missing required documentation or further information is needed to complete the funding request review.
Changes to the topic, target audience, or other material aspect of a submitted funding request will be reviewed on a case by case basis. If you need to make such a change, please email the request to grants@cytokinetics.com.
If your organization plans to submit multiple funding requests for different programs throughout the calendar year, it is preferred that all requests be submitted at one time. Please contact grants@cytokinetics.com for additional questions.
Cytokinetics receives more funding requests from outstanding organizations than the Grants and Giving Program can fund. While it is not possible for every organization to receive funding, those that are in alignment with Cytokinetics’ guidelines and mission are given careful consideration.