Diabetes Research Network
The NIHR Diabetes Research Network is part of the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network, and forms part of the UK Clinical Research Network. The Networks support and deliver high quality clinical research studies.
The primary goal of the NIHR Diabetes Research Network (DRN) is to achieve benefits for people with diabetes, or at risk of developing diabetes, through excellence in clinical research. The aims of the network are:
"to facilitate the conduct of randomised prospective trials and other well-designed studies of diabetes, including those for prevention, diagnosis and treatment"
To read more please visit our about us page.
Diabetes UK - User Representative Research Grants Advisory Group (URRGAG) member
The Diabetes UK User Representative Research Grants Advisory Group is your opportunity to help ensure that Diabetes UK funded research is relevant and important to people with diabetes.
Interested? For more information, a role description and an application form contact Anna Morris on 020 7424 1835 or email anna.morris@diabetes.org.uk. The deadline for applications will be 15 February 2012.
The Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation
'Help Diabeates' – a groundbreaking campaign takes new approach to diabetes research
Professor David Matthews
Help Diabeates is an NIHR Diabetes Research Network (NIHR DRN) initiative that aims to encourage people with diabetes to get involved in research.
Together we could help reduce the impact of diabetes on the population.
Professor David Matthews, Co-Director of the Diabetes Research Network and Professor of Diabetes Medicine at The Oxford Centre for Diabetes said:
“This is a refreshing approach to recruit patients to a ‘consent for approach’ database. It means that diabetes patients are agreeing to be contacted in the future if a study becomes available which might suit them. It also means that clinical trials can be set up much faster which is ideal for diabetes research.”
Diabetes Research Wellness Foundation
Non-Clinical Research Fellowship 2012 Call for Applications
Applications are invited from post-doctoral researchers working or intending to work in the field of diabetes. Awards are given for research related to causes, cures or complications of diabetes for a period of up to 3 years, in a recognised institution or department in the UK to a maximum of £55,000 per year, to include a salary, consumables and some support costs.
NIHR Central Commissioning Facility - Calls and Competitions: Research for Patient Benefit
The Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme is an NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) responsive funding programme open to researchers in the NHS, which operates three competitions per year. To obtain an application form, potential applicants should complete a registration of intention to submit (ROI) by the specified dates. Completed applications must be submitted by competition deadlines in order to be considered at the next Regional Funding Committee meeting.