ARLINGTON, Va., October 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) has released new requests for applications (RFA) for the Fall 2022 Grant Cycle investigate and expand the field of knowledge to improve the lives of people living with diabetes. Critical topics for research include supporting the behavioral and mental health of people with diabetes, combating the epidemic of juvenile-onset type 2 diabetes, and improving the lives of women living with diabetes. Each theme offers multiple award mechanisms, including: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Junior Faculty Development, Innovative Core Awards, and Innovative Scientists or Translational Sciences.
“We’re looking for impactful projects that can usher in the next generation of scientific advances and improvements in diabetes care,” he said. Robert Gabby, MD, PhD, Scientific and Medical Director of the ADA. “These RFAs align directly with the ADA’s mission to cure and prevent diabetes and improve the lives of all people living with diabetes.”
“We are excited to launch these very timely RFAs and look forward to competitively reviewing and funding the most promising research proposals,” he said. marlon pragnell, PhD, vice president for research at the ADA. “We are following a two-stage process, with the exception of postdoctoral fellowship applications, to ease the application process. The first stage will be a relatively short letter of intent. Then the most promising proposals will be invited to apply. complete. Please share with your colleagues!”
Brief descriptions of each priority:
Supporting the psychological and emotional needs of people with diabetes
It requests proposals to fund translational research to more effectively deliver personalized, patient-centered psychological and emotional care that considers the context of the person with diabetes, as well as their individual values and preferences. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, strategies to improve communications and interactions with patients, problem identification, psychosocial screening, diagnostic evaluation, intervention, and intervention scalability. For the purposes of this RFA, research proposals that focus on possible physiological and biological underpinnings of psychological conditions are out of scope.
Addressing the youth-onset type 2 diabetes epidemic
It calls for proposals to address key knowledge gaps in youth-onset type 2 diabetes in order to understand, prevent, treat and ultimately induce remission of the rapidly growing number of people affected. Applications that focus on low socioeconomic disadvantaged families where the burden of disease is higher are strongly encouraged. Clinical and translational research will be emphasized.
Improving the lives of women with diabetes throughout life
Solicit research proposals to better understand clinically important sex and gender differences to optimally inform prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for women throughout the lifespan and the development of sex-specific clinical guidelines where warranted . While this call is broad in scope, covering basic clinical research, significant emphasis will be placed on clinical diabetes research and translation.
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About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization fighting to turn the curve on the diabetes epidemic and help people living with diabetes thrive. For 82 years, the ADA has fueled discovery and research to treat, control and prevent diabetes while working tirelessly to find a cure. Through advocacy, program development, and education, our goal is to improve the quality of life for the more than 133 million Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes. Diabetes has brought us together. What we do next will make us Connected for Life. To learn more or get involved, visit us at diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383). Join the fight with us on Facebook (American Diabetes Association), Spanish Facebook (American Diabetes Association), LinkedIn (American Diabetes Association), Twitter (@AmDiabetesAssn), and Instagram (@AmDiabetesAssn).
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