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Gore Grants Program

Education and research support for quality outcomes

W. L. Gore & Associates, recognizing the importance of grants to improved patient care and the advancement of medical technology and treatment, has established a grants program to support valuable research grants.

Research grants – Monetary or in-kind support of bona fide, independent medical research with scientific and clinical legitimacy, well-defined goals, objectives and milestones.

The most common types of support available through the Gore Grants Program are the provision of funding and products. In rare cases, upon request, equipment or other in-kind services may be provided.

Grant requests must align with one of the therapeutic areas in which Gore is interested and/or involved:

  • Cardiac – Treatment and management of structural and congenital heart disease, including cardiac reconstruction/repair and septal defect occlusion

  • General Medical – Treatment and management of hernias, biliary disease, foregut disease, bariatric surgery, general surgery, as well as plastic and reconstructive surgery needs

  • Vascular – Treatment and management of aortic, peripheral artery (PAD), venous and/or A/V access (dialysis access) disease

Application Process:

  1. Application – Requests for support of research programs may be completed and submitted via our online portal. Please utilize the grant application links (at the bottom of the page) to submit. The grant application must be completed in English, however as necessary, attachments may be provided in local language.

    • Applications must be received no less than eight weeks prior to the date of the program. If an application is received for a program with less than eight weeks, it will not be eligible for review.

    • All applications will be initially reviewed for completeness and against Gore Grants Program criteria within three business days of receipt. If further information is needed prior to review by the grants committee, the requestor will be notified. If no additional information is needed, the requestor will receive a notification that the grant application will be submitted for grants committee review and the approximate review date.

    • Do not submit any confidential information in your grant application – We can only accept non-confidential information as part of the grants process. The grant application, attachments, protocols (summary or final) and any other information and communications concerning your grant request/application must reveal nothing to Gore that you would expect us to keep confidential.

    • No express or implied relationship, confidential or otherwise, is established by the submission of a grant request/application to Gore or by consideration of Gore of the submitted grant request/application.

    • No obligation of any kind is assumed by, nor may any be implied against Gore, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, including any obligation to maintain any information supplied in a Grant request/application or in communications concerning a Grant request/application as confidential.

    • Please note by providing your individual contact information (including any information subject to data privacy laws), you must consent to the use of that information by Gore. This information may be transmitted internally between Gore businesses in different countries, including the United States.

    • If you withhold your consent, do not send Gore any of your individual contact information. Use non-individual contact information if you still wish to submit a grant application.

    • If you do consent, and you provide your individual contact information with the grant application, Gore will use this information to respond to you about the review and status of the grant application. You may ask Gore to delete your individual contact information at any time. Consult the Gore data privacy policy for further information.

  2. Review – The Grants Committee meets on a periodic basis (every four weeks). The Gore Grants Committee reviews all grant applications based on objective criteria and industry standards.

  3. Outcome – All requestors will be notified of the outcome within five business days of the Grant Committee meeting.

  4. Agreement – If a grant request has been approved, the requestor will be sent a grant agreement for signature. Grant support may only be provided once Gore receives a signed grant agreement from the requestor.

  5. Reporting – Gore will publicly report, as required for national, federal, state or local laws, regulations and industry codes, the amount and type of grant support provided. After completion of the educational or research program, grant recipient must provide verification that grant support was fully utilized for the intended and approved purposes via the Grant Program Report Template. Any funds or support not fully utilized must be returned to Gore.

For more information on how to submit a research grant, contact the Gore Grants Program Coordinator; scowan@wlgore.com.

 

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