Career Development Award and Early-Career, Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS:

JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independentresearchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of theCareer Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careersand to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF researchemphasis areas.In the five-year term of the award, awardees will focus their research efforts on a subject directlyrelated to JDRF mission goals and research priorities, and position themselves to work at the leadingedge of type 1 diabetes research. These awards are designed to assist exceptionally promisinginvestigators. Although JDRF is especially interested in fostering careers in clinical investigation,Career Development Awards may emphasize either basic or clinical topics.

EARLY CAREER PATIENT-ORIENTED DIABETES RESEARCH AWARDS:

The JDRF Early Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award will provide crucial support toinvestigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes-related clinical investigation. These prestigiousawards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition toindependent faculty or research appointments. The award has a five-year term.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
26 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
Phone:(800) 533-CURE (2873)
Fax: (212) 785-9595
E-mail: info@jdrf.org