• Independent Medical Education Grants
• Above Brand Medical Education
• Investigator-Initiated Research Proposals
• Collaborative Research Proposals (by Chiesi Invitation Only)
• Medical Fellowships
• Patient Education Support
• Expanded Access Program (EAP)
• Request for Proposals (RFPs) (by Chiesi Invitation Only)

Chiesi may provide Above Brand Medical Education grants for initiatives in alignment which advance the quality of healthcare and the healthcare profession. Initiatives considered for this Grant award will focus on the advancement of the medical community and the challenges faced by the institutions we serve.

Candidate organizations may include healthcare organizations, medical professional societies, advocacy organizations, or similar. Specifically, initiatives may include, but are not limited to the following themes:

Healthcare Professional Development;
Healthcare Policy Research & Initiatives;
Medical resource allocation: (Shortages (ie. staffing, drug et al), Community Challenges, Socioeconomic Status, and Quality et all);
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; and, Sustainability initiatives as aligned with Chiesi values.

Chiesi can have no say in the faculty, give input, propose topics, etc. Choosing to fund any grant cannot be based on prescribing habits of the requestor or the potential for prescribing our products.

• Funding of fellowship program;
• Scientific conference solely organized for fellow attendees; and/or
• Select research initiatives.

1. Grant submission
1. For research and education proposals we are limited to evaluating proposals that are submitted by US healthcare providers (HCPs) or US healthcare organizations (HCOs) and will be managed and coordinated by US healthcare providers or healthcare organizations.
2. We ask that proposals be submitted to Chiesi through the grant portal at least 90 days prior to the event date to allow for sufficient review time.
3. Proposals submitted less than 90 days prior to the event date will be subject to Chiesi’s discretion for review priority.
2. Proposal evaluation
1. Chiesi USA's Grant Committee meets on a regular basis and reviews proposals based on submission and program date. Chiesi will review your proposal and have a decision returned prior to the start of your program.
3. Notification of decision
1. Once the grant is reviewed by Chiesi USA’s Grant Committee, the decision is sent to the email addresses listed as the grant submitter and primary contact.
4. Award processing
1. If grant application is approved, you will be sent a Letter of Agreement (LOA) which must be returned and fully executed prior to the program start date. Electronic payment information is also required in order to process granted funds.
2. If a research grant request is approved for funding, members of our team will be in touch and will facilitate the LOA process.

Critical Care

• Education:
  

  In collaboration with scientific societies and healthcare organizations, Chiesi is interested in supporting educational programs with the following topics:  

• Antiplatelet selection and IV antiplatelet therapy for complex and high-risk PCI
• Extended use of IV antiplatelet therapy, including in patients who:
  
• Have cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest
• Undergo surgery after PCI
• Are not able to be successfully transitioned to oral antiplatelet therapies
• Periprocedural events and thrombus management in patients undergoing complex and/or high-risk PCI
• Quality improvement projects associated with optimized IV antiplatelet usage such as
• Dosing, duration, and transition to oral antiplatelet therapies
• Operational considerations
• Quality outcomes
• Cost-effectiveness, healthcare resource utilization
• Role of IV antiplatelet therapy in acute neurointerventional procedures

Neonatology

• Education:

• Clinical practices and diagnostic technologies around early identification and early surfactant treatment of nRDS
• Simulation training for neonatal resuscitation, intubation, and surfactant administration
• Creation and implementation of nRDS treatment protocols or bundles of care, such as protocols aimed at improving long- and short-term outcomes in patients with or at risk of nRDS
• Optimal care of preterm infant population subgroups (i.e., late preterm infants, extremely preterm infants) with nRDS

• Research:

• Clinical studies or human factor studies of novel and innovative methods to administer surfactant
• Surfactant therapy in preterm infant population subgroups that are under-represented in clinical trials (such as late preterm infants born ≥ 34 wGA and peri-viable preterm infants born 22-25 wGA)
• Disparity and equity of treatment and outcomes in preterm infants with RDS
• Studies characterizing bedside practice or protocols before, during and after endotracheal tube surfactant administration in ventilated infants

Respiratory

• Education:

• Small Airway Dysfunction and/or Persistent Airflow Limitation leading to increased morbidity and need for focused interventions
• Emerging diagnostic tools such as advanced imaging and biomarker analysis to enhance early identification of respiratory conditions
• Ensuring proper inhaler technique to maximize medication delivery and improve patient outcomes
• Strategies to minimize reliance on Oral Corticosteroids
• Addressing health equity in respiratory care to ensure all patients have access to effective treatments and resources
• Minimize delay to single inhaler triple therapy in appropriate Asthma Patients after exacerbations
• Maximizing patients on single inhaler triple therapy before the use of biologics

• Research:

• Identification of novel biomarkers and utilization in Asthma
• Assessment of Small Airway disease and/or Persistent Airflow Limitation
• Community-based interventions to improve asthma care in underserved populations

• Education:

• Educating patients and communities about smoking, environmental pollutants, and genetic predisposition to reduce COPD prevalence
• Recognition of early symptoms of COPD for timely medical intervention and effective self-management strategies
• Importance of adhering to prescribed medications and treatment plans to improve quality of life and reduce exacerbations
• Addressing health equity in respiratory care to ensure all patients have access to effective treatments and resources.
• Minimize delay to single inhaler triple therapy in appropriate COPD Patient after exacerbations

• Research:

• Cardiovascular risk associated with COPD exacerbations
• Health Disparities in COPD Care
• Identification of novel biomarkers and utilization in COPD

Rare Disease

• Fabry Disease

• Education:
• Early diagnosis for Fabry Disease and recommendations for when to initiate treatment
• Optimized assessment of disease progression in Fabry patients
• Unmet needs in the current management of patients with Fabry disease
• Fabry disease manifestations in female patients
  
• Research:
• Innovative approaches to increasing the diagnosis rate for Fabry Disease
• Clinical or biomarker evidence supporting shorter time to treatment initiation with the goal of improving long-term patient outcomes
• Optimized assessment of disease progression in treated patients
• Validation of new biomarkers of subclinical and clinical disease progression
• Impact of anti-drug antibodies on clinical outcomes with enzyme replacement therapies
• Generating RWE on the tolerability and efficacy of Pegunigalsidase alfa 
• Impact of Pegunigalsidase alfa in different populations and ethnicities
• Impact of Pegunigalsidase alfa on the podocytes

• Alpha Mannosidosis

• Education:
• When to suspect alpha-mannosidosis – clinical and laboratory parameters
• Current management of alpha-mannosidosis
• The role of alpha-mannosidase enzyme replacement as a bridging therapy before or after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation
• Adoption and Implementation of Delphi Guidelines for alfa-mannosidosis patients across different specialties and geographical regions
• Research:
• New approaches to alpha mannosidosis screening and diagnosis
• Characterization of the clinical and immunological profile of patients with alpha mannosidosis
• Understanding the natural history of alpha mannosidosis
• Gender differences in the prevalence, age of onset and progression of alpha mannosidosis
• Genotype, phenotype and biomarker correlates of alpha-mannosidosis
• Healthcare utilization of alpha-mannosidosis patients
• Characterization of disease monitoring practices in the real-world setting
• Biomarkers and clinical monitoring of disease progression and treatment effect
• Understanding current treatment approaches for alpha mannosidosis
• The role of alpha-mannosidase enzyme replacement as a bridging therapy before or after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

• Sickle Cell Diseases (SCD), Beta Thalassemia, and Rare Anemias  

• Education:
• General iron overload and damage
• Iron chelation therapy in thalassemia, SCD, and other rare anemias
• Research

  The following areas of research are currently seen as supporting novel, independent research that advances general knowledge for Chiesi's product for iron chelation therapy (all studies requiring product are to be done with Twice-A-Day formulation):

• Use in SCD and/or thalassemia patients
• Combination therapy with iron chelation therapy
• Use in other hematological diseases, including rare anemias. Examples include aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), hematochromatosis.

• Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID)  

• Education:
• ADA-SCID disease state and available pharmacotherapies
• Management of primary immunodeficiencies and SCID
• Prevention in long term complication of ADA SCID
• Duration of ERT for ADA SCID patients
• Research
• Understanding ADA-SCID: mechanism of disease and complications
• Clinical outcomes in enzyme replacement therapy treated ADA-SCID patients
• Biomarkers and clinical monitoring of ADA-SCID
• Long term outcomes and survival of ADA-SCID patients

• Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)

• Education:
• Early diagnosis and treatment in HoFH
• Under detection and undertreatment in HoFH
• Therapeutic treatment options and lifestyle management
• Research
• HoFH patient finding initiatives
• Long term effectiveness and safety of lomitapide in large real-world studies
• Effectiveness and safety of lomitapide in patients on high doses of lomitapide
• The role of a low-fat eating plan to achieve and maintain a normal BMI and healthy lifestyle
• Assessing the utility of combination therapy in HoFH

• Lipodystrophy

• Education:
• When to suspect lipodystrophy and early diagnosis using clinical and laboratory parameters
• Assessment of the impact of metabolic complications and comorbidities of Lipodystrophy beyond HbA1c and triglycerides
• Treatment of complications of leptin deficiency in lipodystrophy
• What can metreleptin offer before (GL) and beyond (PL) standard of care (SoC) in lipodystrophy
• Research:
  • Natural history of Lipodystrophy in pediatric patients
  • Benefits of early vs late treatment on the progression of comorbidities, assessment beyond lab parameters
  • Assessment of the effects on metreleptin in LD sub-types such as AGL, APL, progeroid LD, BMT associated lipodystrophy.
  • Impact of metreleptin on and validation of LD specific PROs such as pain, fatigue, ability to work.
  • Understanding the clinical impact of neutralizing antibodies against metreleptin
  • Development of robust diagnostic criteria for PL
  • Efficacy, short/long term benefits and safety of metreleptin in other leptin deficient states (e.g., congenital leptin deficiency)
  • Utilization of lipodystrophy severity score in clinical practice

• Acromegaly

• Education:
• Early identification and diagnosis of acromegaly
• Symptoms as a measure of acromegaly disease activity and impact on patient quality of life and productivity
• Benefits, risks, limitations, and burdens of currently available therapies
• Research
• Strategies for earlier identification and diagnosis of acromegaly
• Use of oral octreotide in patients without prior exposure to injectable somatostatin receptor ligands and/or transsphenoidal surgery
• Protocols or other approaches to titration of oral octreotide to minimize patient burden and optimize long-term outcomes including high-dose (>80mg/day) therapy
• Effectiveness and safety of oral octreotide therapy to minimize disease burden in the period leading up to planned interventions or activities, e.g., conception in women of child-bearing potential, radiation therapy
• Use of supplemental oral octreotide in acromegaly patients reporting breakthrough symptoms
• Approaches to mitigate or navigate non-treatment limiting gastrointestinal adverse events on oral octreotide therapy

• Epidermolysis Bullosa

• Education:
• Awareness of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – disease, diversity and severity of illness
• Pathophysiology and escalation of disease
• External wound manifestations
• Complexity of disease and multidisciplinary team management
• Inflammation, fibrosis and squamous cell carcinoma
• Unmet needs in the management of patients with EB and current and future treatment directions
• Impact of disease on persons living with EB, their family and carers
• Daily management and quality of life
• Research:
  • Understanding and documenting the natural history and burden of the severe subtypes of EB
  • Definition and measurement of outcome measures relevant to EB
  • Impact of treatment on cellular activity, biomarkers and cytokines
  • Clinical outcomes in the short and longer term for patients with severe subtypes of EB
  • Wound chronicity, age and size of wound relevance to management and treatment options
  • Healthcare utilization of people living with EB
  • Other EB subtypes and relevant rare and/or dermatological conditions

1. Are you currently accepting grant request applications?
   1. Grant submission process please contact us.grants@chiesi.com
   2. Expanded Access Program, please contact US.EAP@Chiesi.com
      
      
1. Chiesi USA is always accepting grant requests through our grant portal at www.Chiesi.versic.com/login. For additional questions:
2. To be eligible for grant, must company be an American company (we are an international company, but have offices in the USA).
1. For research and education proposals, we are limited to evaluating proposals that are submitted by US healthcare providers (HCPs) or US healthcare organizations (HCOs) and will be managed and coordinated by US healthcare providers or healthcare organizations.
   
   
3. Are you accepting grants pertaining to education/research in a particular therapeutic area?
1. Chiesi USA reviews all submissions received through our grants portal at www.chiesi.versaic.com/login. Please review our Areas of Interest page to find a complete listing of current focus areas. Please note that you may still submit a proposal pertaining to an unlisted focus area for review.
   
   
4. May I submit a grant request for an activity that has already started/occurred?
1. Chiesi USA is unable to provide funding for events where the program date has already occurred per the ACCME guidelines. We ask that all educational programs seeking support (educational CME, fellowship support, patient education/advocacy) be submitted at least 90 days prior to the event date to allow time for internal review and processing.
   
   
5. When are grants requests reviewed and when should a submitter expect to hear back regarding a decision?
1. Chiesi USA's Grant Committee meets on a regular basis (typically at least one time per month) and reviews proposals based on submission and program date. We ask that proposals be submitted to Chiesi through the grant portal at least 90 days prior to the event date to allow for sufficient review time. Chiesi will review your proposal and have a decision returned prior to the start of your program.
   
   
6. What if I submit a proposal that requires a funding decision well in advance of the program date?
1. Should you have a proposal that requires notification of approval well in advance of the program date, please plan accordingly and submit the proposal a minimum 90 days PRIOR to the funding decision deadline. In addition, once the proposal has been submitted, please send an email notification to us.grants@chiesi.com clearly stating the date you need Chiesi's decision by.
   
   
7. Are there certain expenses which you will not provide funding for?
1. Chiesi USA reviews all grant proposals and awards funding based on the educational merit of the programs. Awarded funding is earmarked to cover the costs of the education components of the program which typically do not include, but are not limited to, the following: lavish meals, travel and lodging costs, purchase of equipment, gifts, registration fees for attendees, and recreational activities.
   
   
8. Must I sign the Chiesi USA grant agreement/LOA? What if I have my own or would like to make changes to the Chiesi template?
1. In order to receive funding, all organizations must sign the Chiesi USA Letter of Agreement prior to the program start date. We do not accept other institutions LOAs for educational or research programs. Should you wish to request changes to the LOA, please note that this will extend the timeline for execution as all LOA change requests are considered and reviewed by our legal team.
   Any changes to the LOA or program content made by the requestor (agenda, budget, speakers) without Chiesi’s awareness result in a withdrawal of funding.
2. If the research grant request is approved for funding, members of our team will be in touch and will facilitate the LOA process.
   
   
9. When may I expect to receive the awarded grant funds?
1. The LOA will be considered executed when signed and returned to Chiesi USA. The LOA must be returned prior to the start of the program. Payment(s) will be made upon Chiesi receipt of a fully executed agreement.