Definition of Patient Education

Patient education has an impact in several areas of long-term patient management. Patient education increases patients' understanding of diabetes, it can prevent or delay complications and reduce the number and duration of hospitalisations, which in turn can improve quality of life and glycaemic outcome. Different methods of teaching people self-management practices and providing appropriate support may improve the effectiveness of diabetes self-management in the long term, with substantial potential benefit not only on quality of life, but also on health care costs.

   Mechanism of Support and Review

Research will be supported through the award of grants, each of up to Euro 200,000. The duration of each award may be one year or longer, depending upon the needs of the project and as justified in the application. The Programme Board, at the suggestion of the Review Committee, may at its discretion recommend an award in a lin a different amount from that requested, but which is considered more appropriate for the proposed studies.

   Research Grant Applications

Research grants for the purposes of this Programme are up to Euro 200,000. All budgets are to be prepared in Euro. For countries in which the Euro is not yet the common currency, the exchange rate (between the Euro and the local currency in the country where the work is to be performed) used for calculating the Euro budget must be mentioned under "Budget Justification".

Application forms may be downloaded here

All applications must be prepared on the official application form and completed in strict accordance with the detailed instructions to be found on these forms. Applications which do not comply with the instructions given in the application form will not be considered for review.  

Please send your application as one complete PDF e-mail attachment to the following address before 12:00 noon (CET) on the deadline date:

 Please send your application in PDF form as an email attachment by 12:00 on the deadline date, to the following address:

                                                                          Foundation@easd.org 

   Review Considerations

Completed applications will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria stated below for scientific/technical merit by an appropriate scientific committee convened by EFSD.

Review criteria are as follows:

• Significance: Does the study address an important problem in keeping with the goals and focus areas of this Programme? If the aims of the application are achieved, how will scientific knowledge be advanced? What will be the effect of the proposed studies on the concepts or methods that drive this field?
• Approach: Are the conceptual framework, design, methods and analyses adequately developed, well integrated, and appropriate to the aims of the project? Are they supported by preliminary data? Does the applicant acknowledge potential problem areas and consider alternative tactics?
• Innovation: Does the project employ novel concepts, approaches or methods? Are the aims original and innovative? Does the project challenge existing paradigms or develop new methodologies or technologies?
• Investigator: Is the investigator appropriately trained and well suited to carry out this work? Is the work proposed appropriate to the experience level of the principal investigator and other researchers, if any?
• Environment: Does the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Do the proposed experiments take advantage of unique features of the scientific environment or employ useful collaborative arrangements? Is there evidence of institutional support?
• Budget: Is the requested budget appropriate for the proposed study?

     Reporting Requirements