Request for Proposals: End Diabetes Awards Fund (Canada)

Diabetes Canada accepts funding proposals from all four pillars of health research, to ensure that they are funding the best in biomedical, clinical, health services, and/or population health research towards the vision of a world free of the effects of diabetes.

Objectives

• To support researchers in the discovery of biomedical, clinical, health services, and/or population health factors that lead to the onset and progression of all types of diabetes and related complications.
• To develop solutions aimed at the prevention, management, or finding a cure(s) for diabetes and its complications.
• To address challenges in diabetes health services, and design and implement solutions that improve healthcare delivery, health policies, and access to care for all communities and populations affected by diabetes.

Funding Information

• Applicants can request up to $150,000 per year for up to three years, for a total of $450,000 per grant.
• Diabetes Canada aims to award $6 million through the 2025 End Diabetes Awards.
• The maximum amount that can be requested is $150,000 annually for a period of up to three years, with no renewals.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Nominated Principal Applicant must be an independent researcher. The Nominated Principal Applicant and Co-Applicant(s) must have an academic or research appointment with a Canadian post-secondary, academic, or research institution.
• Nominated Principal Applicants are only eligible to hold one End Diabetes Award at any time.
• If a previous End Diabetes Award will be completed and the work as outlined in the grant fully completed by December 2025, the Nominated Principal Applicant may apply for a 2025 End Diabetes Award.
• If a previous Award is still underway or will require a no cost extension into 2026, the Nominated Principal Applicant is not eligible to apply for a new award. Partnered grants awarded through another funder are not included in this limit.

Review Criteria

• Research Question
• Methods
• Impact
• Feasibility

Application Requirements

• Project title and lay title
• Lay Summary for Public (350 words max.)
• Plain Language Project Summary (500 words max.)
• Roles and responsibilities of Nominated Principal Applicant and Co-Applicant(s) (250 words max. for each role)
• CVs for Nominated Principal Applicant and Co-Applicant(s) (5 pages max., following the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) tri-agency CV template(This link opens in a new window))
• Research proposal (5 pages max.)
• Research proposal appendix – relevant tables, charts, figures, photographs, and accompanying legends (5 pages max.)
• Project references
• Summary of research proposal (1 page max.)
• Plan for people with diabetes lived experience engagement, and knowledge mobilization (500 words max.)
• Impact for people affected by diabetes (250 words max.)
• Response to Reviewers – for resubmissions only (2 pages max.)
• Budget Information (2 pages max.)
• Other optional application materials include: Letters of collaboration and support, relevant publications (max. 3), questionnaires and consent forms, etc.

For more information, visit Diabetes Canada.