Call 2008 - call is now closed
Diabetes UK is seeking research proposals in the area of:
Novel interventions for the complications of diabetes
Diabetes UK invites research proposals for the early testing and exploration of new ways to prevent, halt, or reverse complications associated with diabetes.
This call is to support ‘first in human’ trials and ‘proof of concept’ studies, and excludes proposals based on in vitro or model systems. Interventions may include: drug or cell based treatments; devices and instruments; surgical, dietary, or novel applications of existing therapeutics.
Diabetes UK invites applications in the following areas:
- Retinopathy
- Neuropathy
- Nephropathy
- Complications related to the skin or feet
- Microvascular complications
- Macrovascular/cardiovascular complications
Principal applicants must hold an established NHS, academic or research post and be in receipt of a salary for the duration of the award. Collaborations with industrial or overseas partners are strongly encouraged, although the grant must be administered by a recognised UK university or NHS foundation.
Co-applicants may be from overseas or work in the private sector. Applications that bring together basic and clinical scientists are especially encouraged.
Awards will be for a period of up to five years duration. No funding limit has been set for individual projects and an unspecified number of projects will be funded within the available budget.
Applications will be assessed on current evidence for supporting further development of the intervention, scientific methodology and proposed statistical power to make valid conclusions about the intervention, the track record of the study team, value for money and the potential for outcomes to lead to new strategies for managing complications associated with diabetes.
Timeline
Call is now closed.
Decisions by: Late December 2008
Applications should be submitted to research@diabetes.org.uk.
Further details are available by calling 0207 424 1076