The following types of request will not be considered by Genentech:

• Grants to individuals or group practices
• Retroactive support, including enduring materials (enduring materials based on a previously-completed live activity)
• 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)
• Operating expenses that are not directly and exclusively dedicated to the educational activity being applied for (e.g. equipment, salaries, benefits, journal subscriptions, etc.)
• Promotional exhibit or display space/fees (please contact your local Genentech representative regarding requests for exhibit fees)
• Stand-alone entertainment or social events
• Staff/professional development
• Advertising space
• Grant requests from applicants who have received past grant funding, but have not provided required reconciliation information or have not returned unused funds
• Grant requests for programs that take place in a location, venue or in a schedule that detracts from the educational activity as the primary purpose
• Grant requests that contain unacceptable budget line items, such as:
  • Funding for 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
  • Funding for faculty dinners not related to content review
  • Honoraria or costs in excess of fair market value

Other Genentech Grants & Charitable Contributions Genentech regularly provides grants for a variety of activities other than Independent Medical Education (IME) for healthcare professionals. Please visit the Genentech Grants Portal for additional information on other types of grants and charitable contributions supported by Genentech; these include:

• Charitable contributions
• Patient advocacy programs
• Fellowships
• Clinical research and development support
• Health science education (elementary schools through the graduate level)