Highlight notices are calls for projects to answer a specific research question that has been identified by our Diabetes Research Steering Groups.
They are different from our strategic calls as instead of being funded from a specific fund, the applications to highlight notices are included in our project grants round which run twice per year. Money for our highlight notices is not ringfenced and the applications are in competition with all other applications in the project grant round.
On this page you can find our open research highlight notices and an archive of previous highlight notices.
Open research highlight notice
Improving The Understanding of Diabetes in Underserved Communities to Improve Targeted Interventions and Reduce Health Inequalities
Reducing health inequalities remains a core and enduring commitment for Diabetes UK. This highlight notice builds on our previous call focused on the broad causes and impacts of health inequalities in diabetes, and now focuses on three specific areas where targeted, community-informed research can drive meaningful impact.
Diabetes UK welcomes applications for research which seeks to improve the understanding of diabetes in underserved communities to improve targeted interventions and reduce health inequalities.
We strongly encourage applications which are co-led by people with diabetes/community organisations/researchers from underserved groups.
We welcome ambitious, inclusive, and community-focused research proposals that address these priorities and contribute to reducing diabetes-related health inequalities across the UK.
Read the highlight notice (PDF, 1566KB) and plain English summary (PDF, 70KB).
Leveraging the Insights of Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes to Shape Research
Diabetes UK welcomes applications for research that addresses priority areas identified by children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes. These areas were established through direct conversations with children and adolescents aged 6–17 from across the UK, reflecting the issues they most want research to explore.
Researchers are encouraged to propose appropriate methodologies and study designs to address the following priority areas. Applications from multidisciplinary teams with relevant expertise and, where appropriate, partnerships with industry and technology developers are welcomed.
Applicants are encouraged to show evidence of substantial patient and public involvement in all stages of the development and delivery of their project.
Read the highlight notice (PDF, 530KB) and plain English summary (PDF, 365KB).
Highlight notice archive
2024
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Addressing health inequalities in diabetes. Read the highlight notice (PDF, 262KB) and plain English summary (PDF, 103KB).
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Implementing glucose monitoring technologies in hospitals and care homes for people living with diabetes. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
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Improving access to, and understanding of, support for people with type 2 diabetes who want to put their condition into, or maintain remission. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
2023
- Improving understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of people living with early-onset type 2 diabetes. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
- Identifying and addressing problematic polypharmacy in people with diabetes. In partnership with Polypharmacy UK. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
- Reducing sight loss in people living with diabetes. In partnership with Moorfields Eye Charity, Fight for Sight, and The Macular Society. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
2022
- Understanding the link between COVID-19 and diabetes. Read the highlight notice.
- Understanding the clinical relevance of c-peptide concentrations in type 1 diabetes. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
2021
- Understand the pathogenesis of diabetes that develops atypically, or in minority populations. In partnership with Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
- Diabetes and foot care. In partnership with Great Foundations. Read the highlight notice and plain English summary.
2020
- New glucose monitoring technologies in inpatient care. Read the highlight notice.
- Practice-based pharmacy research into diabetes. In partnership with Pharmacy Research UK. Read the highlight notice.
2019
- Menopause and diabetes self-management. Read the highlight notice.
