🎬 Review of the FFRD symposium on the Beta Cell “live”!
Experience the FFRD symposium on “Beta Cell” as if you were there! This event took place during last year’s SFD congress in Toulouse, highlighting fundamental…
"Promoting and supporting research on diabetes
and metabolic diseases"
For the advancement of diabetes research
‼️THE 2025 FFRD CALL FOR PROJECTS IS ONGOING ‼️
… until Monday 12 May only!
🚦 Promoting and supporting research on:
For the advancement of diabetes research so that the burden of the disease can reduce…
Experience the FFRD symposium on “Beta Cell” as if you were there! This event took place during last year’s SFD congress in Toulouse, highlighting fundamental…
Reception, analysis, and categorization of applications
Definition of different categories/themes
Sorting of projects before sending to experts
Selection of international experts for review
Appointment of 2 rapporteurs within the CS
Submission of projects to international experts for review
3 experts consulted per category/theme”
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 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: