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Diabetes Research Grants

Diabetes research is significantly aided by foundation and research grants. Organizations donate money to help diabetes research groups find new cures or exciting breakthroughs to treat diabetes. The foundations raise millions of dollars per year for universities, scientific firms, and research bodies in the hope to find a treatment or cure for all types of diabetes.

  1. American Diabetes Association Research Foundation

    • The American Diabetes Association Research Foundation is the funding arm for diabetes research in the American Diabetes Association (ADA). All money donated to the Research Foundation is allocated to scientific endeavors to find a cure for diabetes. The grants are allocated between three main programs. The first program is the Core Research Program. The Core Research Program distributes funds ranging $100,000 to $1,000,000 to educational institutes and health research facilities studying diabetes. The second grant program utilizes money collected from donations to the Research Foundation and focuses on areas of research specified by the donors. The third program is set aside for general research that the ADA determines as possible fields of diabetes research. The third program utilizes funds at the ADA's own discretion.

      American Diabetes Association

      1701 North Beauregard St.

      Alexandria, VA 22311

      800-342-2383

      diabetes.org/

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

    • The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has nine grant programs that are applied to universities and medical groups studying diabetes research. Central grant programs include the Priority Research Grant, which awards $165,000 to leading research projects in the world concerning diabetes. Potential recipients of grant money from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation may use the funds to study experimental therapies and treatments. Groups can re-apply for the grant after three years. Another grant program is the Innovative Grant, which awards $110,000 to a university or college conducting groundbreaking diabetes research. Applicants can re-apply for the grant once every year. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation also awards postdoctoral students. Grants can range from $43,240 to $53,440. The Foundation awards this grant to young researchers who have earned their doctoral degree and are studying Type-1 Diabetes.

      Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

      26 Broadway

      New York, NY 10004

      800-533-2873

      jdrf.org/

    The Iacocca Family Foundation

    • The Iacocca Family Foundation is dedicated to funding cutting edge diabetes research. The Foundation is run by businessman Lee Iacocca, whose wife died of Type-1 Diabetes. The Foundation invests heavily in hospitals and universities researching both Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes. The Foundation gives out over a half dozen research grants over a research cycle. During the 2008 to 2010 research cycle, $3.5 million was distributed to organizations such as the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

      The Iacocca Family Foundation

      867 Boylston Street, 6th Floor

      Boston, MA 02116

      617-267-7747

      iacoccafoundation.org/index.html

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