"Promoting and supporting research on diabetes
and metabolic diseases"

For the advancement of diabetes research

In the spotlight

‼️ DISCOVER THE 2025 WINNERS ‼️

 

The Scientific Council of the Fondation Francophone pour la Recherche sur le Diabète – FFRD – has made its decision! 2025 marks its 13th call for projects with nearly 40 Francophone applicants…

 

🚦 Since 2013, it means a total of:

  • 404 projects received
  • 171 experts solicited
  • 87 candidates interviewed
  • 33 Francophone recipients
  • Nearly 9 million Euros distributed!

 

🙏  The FFRD thanks its faithful partners and donors and is proud to dedicate more than 80% of its expenditures to diabetes research in Francophonie !

 

📆  Openning of the next FFRD call for projects in February 2026…

🎯  Promoting and supporting diabetes research, its mechanisms, prevention, managemnet, comorbidities and complications…

For the advancement of diabetes research and TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE DISEASE 🩸

 

DISCOVER THE 2025 🏆 WINNERS!

News

The upcoming events of the FFRD

14
Nov
World Diabetes Day
27
Nov
Board Meeting

Finalization of the calendar for the Board of Directors
Overview of 2025 and projections for 2026
Validation of the 2026 calendar

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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.

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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:

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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
ULCB Center for Diabetes in Brussels (Belgium)
Basic Research Project
300 000
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They support us

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