Funding Opportunities

Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal R&D funding for diabetes research includes recently announced initiatives and programs from the following agencies:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funds research in health care cost and quality, including diabetes care.
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funds translational research in diabetes.
• National Institutes of Health is the official NIH information source for grants and other funding opportunities from NIH institutes, including those co-sponsored with AHRQ and CDC. 

 Listed below are the funding web pages for individual NIH institutes that support research on or related to diabetes.

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Eye Institute - diabetic eye disease
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - heart disease and vascular health
• National Institute on Aging - gerontology
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - transplantation
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - gestational and type 1 diabetes, endocrinology, and nutrition
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - periodontal complications of diabetes
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - stroke
• National Institute of Nursing Research - patient care, education, health promotion, and disparities
• Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research - behavioral aspects of health issues

Non-Federal Funding Opportunities

• Allen Foundation emphasizes the connections between diet and health, and funds projects that benefit nutritional programs.
• American Diabetes Association supports a variety of grant programs on diabetes, including the research, clinical research, innovative, and development and training awards.
• American Federation for Aging Research supports basic and clinical research in gerontology.
• American Geriatrics Society and its spin-off, the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging, 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.
• Bugher Foundation is dedicated to cardiovascular disease research.
• Johnson & Johnson offers basic research grants and partnerships in various areas of interest, including diabetes.
• 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, including regular research grants, innovative (seed money) grants, career development awards, early career awards, center grants, program project grants, clinical investigations research grants, and conference grants.
• National Kidney Foundation seeks to further the understanding of kidney disease. Grants include the clinical scientist award, young investigator grant, and research grants from the Council on Renal Nutrition.
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation
• Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science occasionally makes limited grants to support collaborative research.
• 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.
• Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation seeks to advance the science of solid organ transplantation and offers conventional and clinical research grants.

To Find More Funding Opportunities

• Consult the GrantSource Library - Carolina faculty and research staff interested in obtaining more information about funding opportunities related to diabetes research are invited to contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu. We would be happy to help you set up a customized COS Funding Alert service for funding opportunities relevant to your specific research interests.
• Search COS - multidisciplinary database containing federal and private grants that address needs related to diabetes research.
• Search InfoEd Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) - multidisciplinary database of federal and private grants

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