The Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases (NIDDK) to support research in Diabetes and its complications.  Research grants up to the amount of $30,000 will be awarded for meritorious proposals from candidates whose eligibility is defined by one or more of three criteria:

1.         Junior faculty without past or current NIH support to conduct Diabetes research.

2.         Established non-Diabetes researchers who have an innovative idea relevant to Diabetes.

3.         Established Diabetes investigators who have an innovative idea/approach relevant to Diabetes that represents a distinct departure from their established line of investigation.

It is anticipated that up to four meritorious applications will be funded

 Letters of Intent due October 6 2011

If proposal accepted,

Applications due by November 22, 2011

If you qualify based on one of the three criteria listed above, send a one-page letter briefly stating why and what your research program will encompass along with an abstract page in word via email.  If such is deemed compatible with the goals of the BADERC, instructions for the preparation of a five-page application for a Pilot and Feasibility Research Grant Award will be forwarded to you.  The deadline for the Grant application will be November 22, 2011.  Funding will be effective May 1, 2012.

 Please send Letters of Intent and abstract page (fax or email) to prendable@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
cc: mmunro@partners.org

Joel Habener, M.D.                              Email: JHABENER@PARTNERS.ORG
Director, BADERC Pilot & Feasibility Award Program
Endocrinology Research Center           
Wellman 320                     
50 Blossom St, Thier 320                     Tel. (617) 726-3420
Boston, MA 02114                               Fax. (617) 726-5649