Our Mission

We encourage and support groundbreaking diabetes research and promote the next generation of leading diabetes researchers.


Open Calls

EFSD Application Requests and Deadlines


EFSD & JDS Reciprocal Travel Research Fellowship Programme

Application Deadline | July 24, 2025 Learn more


EFSD and Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme

Application Deadline | September 1, 2025 Learn more


About EFSD

Explore our Key Activities and Offerings

Applications

Find out about our current Requests for Applications, our Programme Portfolio and more.

Recipients

Find resources on EFSD funding programmes and grant recipients driving progress in diabetes research.

Rules & Regulations

General Rules and Regulations for EFSD Grants and Felllowships.

How We Make a Difference

EFSD Recipient Research Impact

Learn more about EFSD-funded scientists, their breakthroughs, and how EFSD support is shaping the future of diabetes research.

Meet Domenico Trico

EFSD Future Leaders Mentorship Programme for Clinical Diabetologists Recipient (2018)

Meet Fatoumata Samassa

EFSD/Lilly Young Investigator Research Award Programme Recipient (2023)

Meet Roel Bijkerk

EFSD/Novo Nordisk Foundation Future Leaders Award Recipient (2023)

Meet Sanna Lehtonen

EFSD/Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme Recipient (2021)

Collaboration & Support

The European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes is most grateful to the following for their generous support:

Japan Diabetes Society

Reciprocal Travel Research Fellowship Programme

Sanofi

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

Novo Nordisk Foundation

EFSD and Novo Nordisk Foundation Future Leaders Award Programme

Novo Nordisk A/S

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

EASD Rising Star Symposium and EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme

Lilly

EFSD & Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme

EFSD & Lilly Young Investigator Research Award Programme

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Find out more about EASD and its official journal, Diabetologia

Applicants to EFSD programmes are encouraged to become paid EASD members. Visit MyEASD to join or manage your membership. The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) is a non-profit scientific association, founded in 1965, dedicated to advancing diabetes research and sharing knowledge.

Join EASD

Diabetologia is the Journal of the EASD and publishes original clinical, translational and experimental research within the field of diabetes. We are interested in papers that convey new information or insight into any aspect of the condition, ranging from basic science to clinical applications.

Diabetologia Journal