«Promoting and supporting research on diabetes
and metabolic diseases»

For the advancement of diabetes research

In the spotlight

‼️ MEET THE 2026 SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ‼️

 

The Scientific Council of the FFRD has made its decision! 2026 marks its 14th call for proposals 🚀

 

📌  The 2026 FFRD call for projects, it is:

  • nearly 40 applications submitted
  • 9 francophones applications (out of France) and 28 French applications
  • Canada, Morocco, Senegal, Réunion Island and Belgium
  • 13 “first” submissions
  • 7 categories choosen to sort projects
  • 21 international experts sollicited
  • Scoring based on 4 criteria : originality, feasibility, international competititvity and financial consistency
  • Bonus: experts’ feedbacks and comments shared with all the candidates!

 

🎯 Discover the 6 shortlisted candidates! 👀

 

📆 NEXT STEP: Tuesday 15 September 2026 for the interviews and the election of the awardees! 🏆

 

MEET THE SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES!

News

The upcoming events of the FFRD

15
Sep
Awardees election for 2026

The Scientific Council will interview the 6 pre-selected candidates
and select the Awardees of the FFRD 2026 Research Grants

29
Sep
EASD congress in Milan, September 29 to October 2

Let’s meet the FFRD at Village des Associations
Alongside our partner, the SFD

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President’s foreword

The Francophone Foundation for Diabetes Research (FFRD) serves as the “armed wing” of the Francophone Diabetes Society (SFD) with the aim of promoting excellence in diabetes research, a common disease whose prevalence continues to rise. High-level and large-scale research is truly essential to get further insight into the mechanisms involved in the development of diabetes and its complications, as well as to improve their treatment and prevention.

The FFRD supports all research on diabetes.

The FFRD supports clinical, basic, and translational research.

The supported basic research projects address major themes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

covering subjects such as pancreatic beta cells, insulin resistance, and intestinal microbiota.

The clinical research projects, on the other hand, address the themes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as gestational diabetes

and often involve large multicenter cohort studies.

Since 2013, the Foundation has been:

0
years of existence
0
teams of supported researchers
0
euros in annual grants
0
million of euros distributed
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% of expenses allocated to research

The recipients of the year

Jean-François GAUTIER
Jean-François GAUTIER
Paris Cité University, Diabetes and Endocrinology at Lariboisière Hospital in Paris
Clinical Research Project
300 000
Esteban GURZOV
Esteban GURZOV
Signal Transduction and Metabolism Laboratory at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Basic Research Project
300 000

They support us