Research & Funding

NIDDK conducts and supports innovative and pivotal basic, clinical, and translational research while fostering research training and mentoring opportunities to create new knowledge and improve health.

Current Funding Opportunities

Open Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) including RFAs and PAs with NIDDK contacts.

Research Programs & Contacts

Learn about research goals and speak to someone about opportunities in your research area. NIDDK research funding programs and centers are organized by disease area.

Research at NIDDK

Intramural Research at NIDDK

Human Subjects Research

NIDDK provides funding for pivotal clinical research, from preliminary clinical feasibility to large multi-center studies.

Funding Process

Research Training & Career Development

Funded Grants & Grant History

Research Resources

Access NIDDK-supported data sets, protocols, and services including technology transfer.

Technology Advancement

Additional Research Programs

Research Training

NIDDK supports the training and career development of medical and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and physician scientists through institutional and individual grants.

Learn about NIDDK Research Training Programs

Diversity

Diversity Programs

The NIDDK offers and participates in a variety of opportunities for trainees and researchers from communities underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise. These opportunities include travel and scholarship awards, research supplements, small clinical grants, high school and undergraduate programs, and a network of minority health research investigators.

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Small Business

Small Business Programs

NIDDK participates in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These programs support innovative research conducted by small businesses that has the potential for commercialization.

Learn about NIDDK Small Business Programs