Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
GCDTR investigators have access to an extensive listing of diabetes-related funding issued industry funding sponsors.
- Allen Foundation emphasizes the connections between diet and health, and funds projects that benefit nutritional programs.
- American Association of Diabetes Educators supports research in the profession of diabetes education.
- American Federation for Aging Research supports basic and clinical research in gerontology.
- American Geriatrics Society and its spin-off, the AGS Health in Aging Foundation, support research in areas related to gerontology and senior health care issues, including diabetes.
- American Health Assistance Foundation is interested in the health concerns of seniors, focusing on Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and heart disease, including diabetes as an associated factor.
- American Heart Association supports research in heart disease.
- American Society of Health System Pharmacists supports research in the safe and effective use of medication, especially for chronic conditions.
- American Society of Nephrology funds clinical and basic science research in the field of nephrology through a variety of grants.
- American Society of Transplantation funds work in transplantation, including clinical and basic research and, of special note, a one-year R01 bridge grant.
- American Urological Association funds research that improves patient care and outcomes in various areas of urologic disease.
- Baxter awards grants for innovation, exploration and application of research to advance the knowledge of renal insufficiency and its treatment.
- Bugher Foundation is dedicated to cardiovascular disease research, including hypertension related to diabetes. *Currently the foundation is not accepting grant requests.*
- Johnson & Johnson offers basic research grants and partnerships in various areas of interest.
- Joslin Diabetes Center brings individuals with unique and interesting perspectives to study broad areas of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and related complications in collaboration with Joslin faculty.
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation offers a wide variety of grants in diabetes research.
- National Kidney Foundation seeks to further the understanding of kidney disease, offering a clinical scientist award, young investigator grant, and research grants from the Council on Renal Nutrition.
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation supports new research on oral and maxilliofacial surgery (including oral diseases associated with diabetes).
- Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation awards grants and fellowships for basic or clinical research on autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and/or autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) funds research on the Prader-Willi Syndrome.
- Prevent Blindness America focuses on public health issues and clinical research relating to eye diseases.
- Retina Research Foundation is dedicated to reducing blindness caused by retinal disease, and offers basic research grants, research project awards offered in conjunction with other organizations, and career development awards.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds research and programs in health care. Some applicable interests include childhood obesity, health disparities, and quality health care.
