Independent Medical Education Program

About this program

Ionis Pharmaceuticals offers a suite of grants and sponsorships to support independent medical education, investigator‑initiated research, early‑career investigators in neurology and cardiometabolic disease, and patient advocacy organizations. Funding is delivered through discrete programs including an Independent Medical Education (IME) Program, an Investigator‑Initiated Research (IIR) program, Neurology and Cardiometabolic Young Investigator Grants (YIG), and a Patient Advocacy Organization (PAO) sponsorship stream. Eligible applicants include academic and clinical investigators and institutions for IME and IIR, early‑career researchers for the YIG awards, and registered patient advocacy organizations for PAO sponsorship. Each program has specific qualification criteria, documentation requirements and submission deadlines that applicants must meet, so prospective applicants should review the program‑specific guidance and compliance policies on the Ionis website before applying.