EFSD offers support in all areas of diabetes research through a wide range of joint and stand-alone initiatives. Funding is available throughout the year.

In 2000, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes e.V. (EASD) increased its commitment to stimulate diabetes research in Europe by creating the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD). The Foundation is closely related to the EASD; it is governed exclusively by the Board of the EASD, which itself is under the close supervision of the General Assembly of the EASD.

EFSD operates on a strictly non-profit basis under the control of the relevant authorities for charity and taxation in order to support diabetes research.

The EASD, as an academic non-profit association, benefits from the possibilities offered by the legal status of its Foundation to advance diabetes research by various methods. Since its inception, EFSD has committed over Euro 100 million to diabetes research in Europe by various funding means. In the last five years, the Foundation has become a significant European funding agency for diabetes research, and is continually striving to enhance awareness in Europe of the severity and magnitude of this devastating disease.

Grant programmes offer funding for researchers working in Europe and associated countries, but Travel Fellowships are open to scientists worldwide. All applications are subject to peer review by a panel of leading experts.

Further information on EFSD programmes is available under Programmes and Reports.

If you have any queries regarding EFSD activities, please contact the Foundation for details:

European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
Rheindorfer Weg 3
40591 Düsseldorf, Germany

Tel: +49 211 758 469 0 / Fax: +49 211 758 469 29

Email: foundation@easd.org