Application Guidelines and Instructions:

General EFSD Rules and Regulations

EFSD Research Grant Application

EFSD Albert Renold Travel Fellowship

Young Investigator Award Programme and Rising Star Fellowship

Future Leader Awards

EFSD Grant Programmes:

EFSD and Boehringer Ingelheim European Research Programme on "Multi-System Challenges in Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease"

• Grants for basic and clinical research on the inter-organ crosstalk and related pathophysiology in diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic disease
• Accepts applications December - 27 May

EFSD and Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme

• Grants for basic and clinical research on diabetes
• Accepts applications July - 1 September

EFSD and Novo Nordisk A/S Programme for Diabetes Research in Europe

• Grants for basic and clinical research on diabetes
• Accepts applications November - 1 February

EFSD and Sanofi European Diabetes Research Programme on autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes

• Grants for basic and clinical studies
• Intended to stimulate and accelerate European research aimed at improving understanding of any aspect of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes, its pathogenesis, screening and monitoring, its clinical course and its interventions
• Accepts applications February - 2 May

More specific information about a programme’s focus, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, review criteria, expected timeline and more are provided in its Request for Application which is published on this webpage during the time when the programme accepts applications. It is essential that applicants always refer to the most current announcement.

EFSD Programmes for Young Investigators:

EFSD Albert Renold Travel Fellowship Programme

• Travel research fellowships for up to 3 months for PhD students and Postdocs worldwide
• Accepts applications February - 17 June

EFSD and JDS Reciprocal Travel Research Fellowship Programme

• Travel research fellowships to or from Japan (up to 12 months)
• Accepts applications February - 1 July

EFSD and Lilly Young Investigator Research Award Programme

• Young investigator research awards for basic and clinical research projects on diabetes
• Accepts applications November - 15 February

EFSD and Novo Nordisk Foundation Future Leaders Award Programme

• Career development awards of 5 years for basic and clinical diabetes research
• Accepts applications December - 18 March

EASD Rising Star Symposium and EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme supported by Novo Nordisk

• Research Fellowships for basic and clinical research projects on diabetes and the opportunity to present during a multidisciplinary research symposium at the EASD Annual Meeting
• Accepts applications November - 15 February

Young investigators are also welcome to apply for EFSD grant programmes!

Exact eligibility criteria and more specific information about a programme’s focus, funding amounts, review criteria, expected timeline and more are provided in its Request for Application which is published on this webpage during the time when the programme accepts applications. It is essential that applicants always refer to the most current announcement.