Welcome to the Merck U.S. Patient Advocacy (USPA) Independent Grants website
Mission
Our mission is to understand the needs and experiences of patients, caregivers, and family members and provide support for high-quality, innovative educational, and awareness initiatives.
Vision
We aspire to be the most trusted industry partner that amplifies the voice and addresses the needs of the patient in all that we do and the programs we support.
Patients are the cornerstone of the work we do at Merck. We believe that providing support to non-profit organizations through grants and charitable contributions is an important way to help address local, regional, and global health challenges.
Merck offers independent grants that follow internal and external compliance guidelines, rules, and regulations.
The Merck USPA department offers independent grants to support U.S. non-profits who engage in patient advocacy, patient education, and charitable fundraising in the following areas:
- Anesthesiology/Perioperative Care
- Cardiovascular - Heart Failure
- Cardiovascular - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Chronic Cough
- Diabetes
- Hepatology - MASH
- HIV/AIDS
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Immunization – Adult
- Immunization – Pediatric (for children)
- Immunology
- Infectious Disease
- Sleep Disorders
- Oncology (cancer)
- Bladder Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Endometrial Cancer (uterine)
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gastric Cancer (stomach)
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Hematologic/Blood Cancers
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (liver)
- Melanoma Cancer (skin)
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pan-Tumor (Immuno-Oncology)
- Prostate Cancer
- Renal Cell Carcinoma (kidney)
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), known as Merck & Co., Inc. in the U.S. and Canada, offers support through a variety of grant and charitable contribution programs, each of which has its own focus and application process.