Welcome to
Social Impact and Sustainability and
the Merck Foundation Grant Portal
Philanthropy is critical to helping us to fulfill our company’s commitment to improving access to health around the globe.
We are working to support sustainable solutions to key global health challenges and to strengthen communities where our employees live and work.
The Social Impact and Sustainability office (SIS) and our company’s Foundation provide funds to support eligible 501(c)(3) or other nonprofit organizations, both inside and outside the United States, for philanthropic purposes related to health and community-based charitable programs.
Before registering or starting your application, please review our Grant Application Guidelines to determine if your request is eligible for funding consideration. Please also view our Grant Submission Instructions to obtain important information which will aid in completing your application.
Please Note:
- SIS and the Foundation do not accept unsolicited proposals - requests are by invitation only.
- Submission of an application does not guarantee funding.
- SIS and the Foundation
do not accept requests from organizations who have been invited to apply via the Medical Affairs teams. Organizations who have been invited to apply via Merck Research Labs (MRL) or Patient Advocacy (PA) representatives should apply via the
MRL portal or
PA portal. Note:
Medical Affairs requests which are submitted through the SIS portal will be declined.
To Apply (Invited Applicants)
Please note, that requests must be submitted twelve (12) weeks prior to program or event start date in order to allow for sufficient review time.
Note that proposals which are submitted more than twelve (12) weeks prior to program or event start date will not be reviewed until 12 weeks prior to program or event start date.
Proposals are accepted starting February 1st for fundraisers/events and February 15th for charitable programs, with the last guaranteed submission date for grant review/processing/funding being October 1st of the current year.
Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ, USA), operates as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada
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