Research funder · United Kingdom
Diabetes UK
British-based patient, healthcare professional and research charity
- Grants since 2016
- 308
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- £46.1M + $2.1M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 1 592
- Funded works, all time
- 5 020
Grants
2023–2026 · training · PhD Studentship
Understanding how Vitamin C enters human fat cells and whether reduced entry promotes type 2 diabetes
Jon Whitehead · University of Lincoln
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
Understanding sex differences in beta cell responses to metabolic stress.
Aileen King · King's College London
2023–2024 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
Antipsychotics and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Young People: A Long-Term Follow-up Population-based Study
Wallis Lau · University College London
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
Does insulin resistance in oxytocin signalling systems drive detrimental food choices?
John Menzies · University of Edinburgh
2023–2024 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
Blood-Flow Restriction Exercise to Manage Type-II Diabetes
Lewis Macgregor · University of Stirling
2023–2026 · training · PhD Studentship
The role of RNA-binding proteins in determining beta cell fate in response to ER stress
Terence Herbert · University of Lincoln
2023–2024 · research · Early Career Small Grant
Immunometabolic disruption of monocytes by gestational diabetes underpins an accelerated inflammatory phenotype
April Rees · Swansea University
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
REAL PRETECTION - Preventing diabetic foot ulcers using real-time foot pressure monitoring and alert technologies
Neil Reeves · Manchester Metropolitan University
2023–2028 · research · Project Grant
C-peptide trajectory in type 1 diabetes pregnancy: a new tool for precision medicine for mothers and babies?
Claire Meek · University of Cambridge
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
Advancing blood vessel organoids to model diabetic vascular complications
David Long · University College London
2023–2026 · training · PhD Studentship
The role of iron homeostasis and ferroptosis in skeletal muscle dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
Lee Roberts · University of Leeds
2023–2027 · fellowship · Fellowship
Age at diagnosis matters: What can the pancreas teach us about Type 1 diabetes?
Pia Leete · University of Exeter
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
Role of median eminence oligodendrocytes in the anti-diabetic action of FGF1
Clemence Blouet · University of Cambridge
2023–2026 · fellowship · Fellowship
GLP-1 Analogues for Steroid Diabetes: Effects and Mechanisms
Katharine Lazarus · Imperial College London
2023–2027 · fellowship · Fellowship
Targeting pericytes through LRG1 to prevent vision loss in diabetic retinopathy
Giulia De Rossi · University College London
2023–2028 · fellowship · Fellowship
Profiling beta cell protein synthesis dynamics in health and type 2 diabetes
Daniela Nasteska · University of Oxford
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
Tackling type 2 diabetes by reducing the chronic release of toxic amounts of fatty acids from adipocytes
Robin Klemm · University of Oxford
2023–2028 · research · Project Grant
Rational optimisation of agonistic INSR antibodies for the treatment of severe insulin resistance
Gemma Brierley · Anglia Ruskin University
2023–2026 · training · PhD Studentship
Targeting the hyaluronan-CD44/RHAMM pathway in obesity-related kidney damage
Li Kang · University of Dundee
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
T1D-Stigma study: looking at the evolution of type 1 diabetes stigma through mixed methods to identify who it impacts and how to reduce it
Nick Oliver · Imperial College London
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
Single cell sequencing of human adipose to investigate diabetes remission mechanisms.
William Scott · Imperial College London
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
Humoral responses to epitopes of GAD65: the effects of age
Kathleen Gillespie · University of Bristol
2023–2028 · fellowship · Fellowship
Bioengineering a cell-based cure for type 1 diabetes
Salem · Imperial College London
2023–2025 · research · Project Grant
UNBIASED: Understanding Inequalities and Barriers to Accessing Diabetes Technology in Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes.
2023–2026 · training · PhD Studentship
MItigating the Risk of developing type 2 diabetes Associated with GEstational diabetes (MIRAGE)
Nerys Astbury · University of Oxford
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
The role of cation-dependent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (M6PR) in β-cells and its potential as therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetes
Aida Martinez-Sanchez · Imperial College London
2023–2026 · research · Project Grant
Resting beta-cells to reduce their metabolic demand and improve enduring glycaemic control
Nigel Irwin · University of Ulster
2023–2028 · fellowship · Fellowship
Leveraging new knowledge from the human pancreas to advance and improve understanding and treatment of Type 1 diabetes
Sarah Richardson · University of Exeter
2022–2023 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
Oncometabolite regulation of the PHD3/CPT1B/VDAC1 axis in diabetic cardiomyocytes
Michael Dodd · Coventry University
2022–2023 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
An investigation of insulin action in human SH-SY5Y neuronal cells to develop neuronal markers of insulin sensitivity
Nicola Morrice · University of Dundee
2022–2023 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
Microglia circadian disruption in progression of diabetic retinopathy
Eleni Beli · Queen's University Belfast
2022–2025 · research · Project Grant
RGD-therapeutics for cardio-metabolic disease
Stephen Wheatcroft · University of Leeds
2022–2023 · research · Early-Career Small Grant
Myeloperoxidase as therapeutic target for enhancing wound healing in people with diabetes
Irundika Dias · Aston University
2022–2026 · research
Identifying new subtypes of syndromic diabetes to provide novel insights into diabetes
Kashyap Patel · University of Exeter
2022–2025 · research · Project Grant
Understanding how sNogo-B protects blood vessels in diabetic kidney disease.
Luigi Gnudi · King's College London
2022–2024 · research · Project Grant
Longevity protein therapy to protect the heart from diabetes
Paolo Madeddu · University of Bristol
2022–2025 · research · Project Grant
GC-globulin as a novel regulator of alpha cell function and glucagon secretion during type 2 diabetes
David Hodson · University of Oxford
2021–2023 · research · Project grant
Is adult health trajectory determined by maternal glucose levels during embryo implantation?
Melissa Westwood · University of Manchester
2021–2024 · training · PhD Studentship
Re-Purposing Anti-Ageing Drugs to Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Holly Wilkinson · University of Hull
2021–2024 · research · Project grant
Impaired maternal β-cell adaptation to pregnancy: effects on glucose homeostasis in mother and offspring
James Bowe · King's College London