COMMUNITY GRANTS
Community Grants
Beyond drug development, Harmony Biosciences supports a diverse group of organizations developing new and innovative patient-centric initiatives addressing the unique needs of people living with rare neurological diseases through funding opportunities.
External Funding Opportunities
Harmony Biosciences is committed to providing external funding support for the following requests:
APPLY FOR FUNDINGCharitable Contributions
We provide charitable contributions to non-profit organizations when the request for support relates to: our corporate social responsibility strategy; supporting community activities/programs; or improving patient care in one of Harmony’s therapeutic areas of interest. Support is provided in response to an unsolicited written request made by a non-profit organization where Harmony does not receive a tangible benefit in return from the requesting organization.
Corporate Memberships
We provide corporate membership support to for-profit or non-profit healthcare/patient organizations for the purpose of furthering the mission of the organization and not for the purpose of promoting Harmony products. Personal services may include Harmony employees attending organizational meetings/events or participation on organizational committees, boards, or other formal meetings for the purpose of assisting the organization in achieving its mission and goals.
Corporate Sponsorships
We provide corporate sponsorships to support business, healthcare, and patient organizations’ events/activities/programs for which Harmony may be offered a tangible benefit from the organization receiving the funding.
The funding requests above are reviewed by the Harmony External Funding Review Committee. Applicants will be notified of funding decisions within 45 days. Harmony Biosciences receives many worthwhile requests. Unfortunately, we are unable to fund them all. It is important to note that past support does not guarantee future approval. In addition, submissions can be approved at any amount or quantity that is less than the requested amount.
All funds are paid directly to the requesting organization, and never to an individual.
Should you have any questions about portal navigation or specific questions about support applications, please refer to the following email addresses:
Charitable contributions – philanthropy@harmonybiosciences.com
Corporate memberships or sponsorships – advocacy@harmonybiosciences.com
About Patients at the Heart Award
Harmony Biosciences’ Patients at the Heart Awards recognize and provide funding support to community nonprofits advancing creative, patient-centered initiatives addressing unmet needs of people with rare neurological diseases through broad societal and national impact.
For questions or more information, feel free to contact:
2025 Recipient
“Combining empathy with innovation to improve the lives of people living with rare neurological diseases is a mission that drives everyone at Harmony Biosciences. We are pleased to support a diverse group of organizations that have each developed new and innovative patient-centric initiatives to help address the unique needs of people living with rare neurological diseases, or those in a broader sleep disorder community.”
Medical Education Grants
Harmony may support certain third-party independent, scientific, and educational conferences or professional meetings provided that the conference or meeting content:
- Contributes to the improvement of patient care or to the enhanced delivery of healthcare; and/or
- Promotes or advances scientific and medical knowledge
Medical education grants can be in the form of:
- CME-accredited programs
- Non-CME-accredited programs
- Support of independent initiatives (e.g., treatment guidelines, expert opinion papers, research-based career development grants)
Educational grants cannot be used to support:
- Requests outside Harmony’s therapeutic areas of interest
- Promotional/sponsorship activities or exhibits
- Payment for travel, lodging, or other personal expenses, including time for HCPs attending a medical education conference or professional meeting
- Programs that have already occurred or for which content development has been completed
Read Frequently Asked Questions regarding Medical Education Grants.
No grants, sponsorships, or charitable contributions are offered or provided in exchange for endorsing or prescribing Harmony products or for a commitment to continue prescribing Harmony products. In other words, any quid pro quo is strictly prohibited.
Any funding provided by Harmony will be in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Submit Requests:
Submit requests for medical education grants to grants@harmonybiosciences.com with the following information:
- Objective
- Educational needs assessment
- Budget
- Venue(s)/delivery mechanism (e.g., webinar)
- Accreditation(s) status
- Target audience
- Date and timeline for execution
- Additional sources of funding, if any
No grants, sponsorships, or charitable contributions are offered or provided in exchange for endorsing or prescribing Harmony products or for a commitment to continue prescribing Harmony products. In other words, any quid pro quo is strictly prohibited.
Any funding provided by Harmony will be in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Investigator Sponsored Studies
HARMONY ISS PORTALHarmony Biosciences supports Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) aimed at furthering the understanding of our products and that align with our areas of scientific interest. Such studies may advance disease-related knowledge, improve patient care, or explore unmet clinical needs.
These research studies are initiated and conducted by external investigators with the appropriate (or relevant) scientific background and experience to conduct an independent scientific investigation. Investigator Sponsored Studies may be, but are not limited to, interventional (clinical and non-clinical), observational (epidemiological or outcomes) or survey studies.
The external sponsor-investigator assumes responsibility for the legal and regulatory requirements of the trial and the conduct and management of the study as defined by applicable laws, regulations, and guidance documents (e.g. 21 CFR Part 312, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), and Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP)).
The study proposal, outline, and protocol must be designed and written by the investigator, independent of Harmony Biosciences’ influence.
The Harmony Investigator Sponsored Study submission process includes two phases:
- Phase one requires a requestor to create an account and submit their research concept through the Harmony ISS Portal. ISS concepts are then reviewed by the Harmony research grants committee. After a review has been completed, the investigator will be notified of the decision.
- If the concept demonstrates scientific rigor and aligns with Harmony’s areas of scientific interest, the requestor will be required to initiate phase two by submitting a full protocol and detailed budget. The full protocol should include a rationale, comprehensive study design, defined plan for data capture and analysis, adverse event reporting, and a plan for public dissemination of data. After committee review, the requestor will be notified of a final decision.
Areas of Scientific Interest:
- The role of histamine, the H3 receptor, and the impact of pitolisant on histaminergic neurotransmission, including the effect on other neurotransmitter systems
- Exploratory research regarding the effect of pitolisant in other central disorders of hypersomnolence
- The impact of pitolisant on functional outcomes and/or quality of life in patients with narcolepsy
- The effectiveness of pitolisant on impairments of attention, vigilance, and/or cognition
- The effectiveness of pitolisant in neurological diseases which excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a common and debilitating symptom
- Clinical tools to improve the identification of EDS and facilitate the diagnosis of narcolepsy
Submit Requests:
For any questions, please email
Harmony does not provide grants to individuals unless an individual is acting as a sponsor investigator of an Investigator Sponsored Study.
Any funding provided by Harmony will be in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
HARMONY ISS PORTAL