Equipment Placement

Please note the following general guidelines for equipment placement:

• Equipment is for non-clinical, non-human use only in North America
• Requesting organization must be tax exempt or government affiliated
• Organization should be an accredited ophthalmology program (ACGME or CanERA)
• Individual physicians and/or private practice groups are not eligible
• An academic organization should not have received the same type of equipment within the last 24 months.
• Requests are limited to one unit per model
• Approval of equipment placement will be communicated only when an actual piece of equipment is ready for delivery
• Availability of equipment is limited and placement will be priority based on assessment of educational need
• Commercial associates do not make determination of educational need or placement of equipment

The submission must include the following information:

• Organization’s name, address, phone number that coordinates with the tax identification number
• Program Director at requesting organization with phone number and email address for follow up

Next steps:

• Request is reviewed by the IME Grant Office
• Notification will be provided within 5 business days determining whether request will be accepted for consideration
• Status of requests will be provided to applicants in January, April, July, and October
• Accepted requests will remain active unless notified otherwise by requesting party

A request does not guarantee the approval and/or placement of equipment