Grant Application Guide

We support investigator-initiated studies, fellowship and educational programs.

In order to be considered, you must register and submit a completed application with all supporting documents through the links listed in each section. Once your proposal is submitted, an email confirmation will be sent. If further information is required, you will be contacted by the Grant Program Manager.

Investigator-Initiated Studies Program

Research support

The IIS Program provides support for research that advances scientific and medical knowledge about Medline products and generates promising approaches to medical care. Our support of projects can include direct funding to cover all or a portion of study-related costs, product and study design input. Proposals are competitively reviewed; acceptance is based on scientific, medical and health economic merit and alignment with Medline’s strategic business interests. Application deadlines are March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year. All requests received during the application period will be reviewed after the deadline. If the Scientific Review Committee approves an application, execution of an agreement is required for disbursement of funds, which includes milestones and publishing expectations.

  • Advanced Wound Care: Research investigating use of products for prevention of wounds, pressure injuries, moisture associated skin damage, skin tears, surgical site infections, and incontinence associated dermatitis as well as patient comfort associated with product use
    • Evaluation of wound care products with negative pressure wound therapy
  • Anesthesia: Research focusing on pain management, flow rate and placement, drug dispersion, and pressure infuser assessment for anesthesia and pain management products
  • Diagnostics: Diagnostic device research for products including blood pressure devices, portable and home-use glucose meters, blood collection devices, remote patient monitoring devices, Doppler-guided devices for vascular access, and anatomic diagnostic devices (ears, nose, throat devices)
    • Evaluate the performance characteristics of diagnostic devices
  • Environmental Cleaning : Research evaluating the performance characteristics, efficacy, and health, operational, and economic outcomes associated with cleaning and disinfection devices and products
  • Exam Gloves: Research evaluating the performance characteristics of gloves, hand hygiene enhancement and compliance while using gloves, and evaluating environmental sustainability including waste and cost savings
  • Fluid Management Systems: Research evaluating the performance characteristics of fluid management devices (ex. Pressure transducers, fluid injection devices), efficacy of invasive, remote blood pressure monitoring techniques, and assessing radial access intervention techniques and associated clinical outcomes
  • Foot and Ankle/Orthopedic: Research investigating novel techniques, uses, and indications for foot and ankle products
  • Infection Prevention/Infection Control: Research projects focusing on the use of pre-operative decolonization bundles for the potential to reduce surgical site infection outcomes
  • Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals: Nutritional products and feeding device research including nutritional content, performance characteristics, and environmental impact
  • Operating Room: Research evaluating the performance characteristics for surgical devices and patient warming devices; Research investigating novel uses of OR instrumentation
  • Patient Repositioning and Offloading : Research projects focusing on the prevention or reduction of pressure induced patient injuries as well as healthcare provider injuries associated with repositioning patients
  • Personal Care: Research evaluating performance characteristics including impact on infections and skin conditions associated with personal care product use; research accounting for nurse and patient satisfaction with product use
  • Reprocessed Single-Use Devices: Research evaluating the performance characteristics, efficacy, and environmental impact of reprocessed devices
  • Respiratory: Research evaluating the performance characteristics, healthcare outcomes, and satisfaction of device use for respiratory products including oxygen therapy devices, nebulized medication delivery systems, airway management devices, air delivery systems, and oxygen therapy devices
  • Skin Antiseptics: Infection prevention and infection control research utilizing skin antiseptics to evaluate the potential for preventing surgical site infections and hospital-acquired infections and cost analysis associated with product use
  • Skin Health: Skin care management research focusing on pressure ulcer prevention, post-operative infection prevention, protecting the skin from injury and tears associated with incontinence, and prevention of bacterial infections in skin folds
  • Tissue Regeneration: Research evaluating tissue regeneration and wound healing of acute and chronic wounds, including burns, venous leg ulcers, and pressure ulcers, in which fractional full-thickness skin grafting was used to promote healing
  • Urology: Urological product research including performance evaluations, clinical/health economic outcomes associated with product use, and device usability, performance and preference
  • Vascular Access and Bundle Kits for Insertion and Maintenance: Research involving peripheral IV insertion bundle kits and infection prevention bundle kits

Fellowship Grant

Advancing education and training

Fellowships play an important role in ensuring that fellows are trained in the latest medical procedures and technologies.

Applications for awards are submitted by teaching institutions, community hospitals, medical societies, and associations that have a bona fide fellowship program and selection process to determine fellowship recipients. Fellowships are not contingent upon the use, purchase, recommendation of Medline’s products. The fellowship application deadline is March 31st of each year. Applications will not be reviewed by the Committee until after this date and grants will be awarded for fellowships once per year.

Educational Grant

Supporting education and patient care

Financial and product support is available for educational programs and activities that promote health care provider education, enhance the quality of patient care, and align with Medline’s therapeutic and clinical interests.

Education proposals that may be considered for financial support include accredited education activities, independent education activities, web-ex programs, publication/monograph development, national/regional scientific and medical congresses and symposia, and patient/caregiver education relating to medical or public health information/needs. Grant recipients maintain independence with respect to the content development and delivery of the funded program or activity. Application deadlines are March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year. All requests received during an application period are reviewed competitively and awarded after the deadline. Please keep these deadlines in mind to ensure your application will be reviewed before the event date.

For questions regarding IIS, Fellowship, or Educational requests, please contact us at grantrequest@medline.com.

For questions regarding Community Impact Grants, please contact our Social Responsibility Group at  socialresponsibility@medline.com.