Research Programs & Contacts
NIDDK research funding programs are located below, organized by the disease area they cover. Click to expand a disease area, then select a program title for more information, including staff contacts, goals, and activities.
You may find this information useful if you need to:
- speak to someone about funding opportunities in your research area
- learn about NIDDK funding priorities and key people
For NIDDK research activities occurring at NIH facilities in Maryland and Arizona, please visit Research at NIDDK.
- Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Imaging
- Clinical Research in Type 1 Diabetes
- Clinical Research in Type 2 Diabetes
- Clinical, Behavioral, and Epidemiological Obesity Research
- Diabetes and Metabolism HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes Centers
- Diabetes Genetics and Genomics
- Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases Translational Research
- Diabetes: Treatment, Prevention, and Complications
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Diabetic Urologic Disease
- Endocrine Pancreas
- Endocrinology and Hormone Signaling
- Genetic Metabolic Disease
- Kidney Genetics and Genomics
- Metabolic Pathways
- Obesity, Pregnancy, and the Intrauterine Environment
- Pathophysiology of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease
- Digestive Diseases Clinical Research and Epidemiology
- Digestive Diseases Genetics and Genomics
- Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers
- Gastrointestinal Immunology, Inflammation, and Inflammatory Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Neurobiology
- Gastrointestinal Physiology, Development, and Epithelial Biology
- Gastrointestinal, Nutrition, and Liver Research in HIV/AIDS
- Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Nutrient Metabolism, Status, and Assessment
- Accelerating Medicines Partnership for Common Metabolic Diseases (AMP-CMD)
- Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Imaging as applied to Diabetes, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Clinical, Behavioral, and Epidemiological Obesity Research
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Translation Centers
- Diabetes and Metabolism HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disease Translational Research
- Endocrine Pancreas
- Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
- Endocrinology and Hormone Signaling
- Genetic Metabolic Disease
- Metabolic Pathways
- Metabolism, Energy Balance, and Obesity
- Nutrient Metabolism, Status, and Assessment
- Obesity, Pregnancy, and the Intrauterine Environment
- Pathophysiology of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- End-Stage Renal Disease
- Genetic Metabolic Disease
- Kidney Basic Research
- Kidney Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Imaging
- Kidney Clinical Research and Epidemiology
- Kidney Developmental Biology and Aging
- Kidney Disease Centers
- Kidney Genetics and Genomics
- Kidney HIV/AIDS
- Kidney Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases
- Kidney Precision Medicine Project
- Pediatric Kidney Disease
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Clinical and Epidemiological Nutrition Research
- Clinical, Behavioral, and Epidemiological Obesity Research
- Endocrinology and Hormone Signaling
- Gastrointestinal, Nutrition, and Liver Research in HIV/AIDS
- Metabolic Pathways
- Metabolism, Energy Balance, and Obesity
- Nutrient Metabolism, Status, and Assessment
- Nutrition and Obesity Genetics and Genomics
- Nutrition Obesity Research Centers
- Obesity Treatment and Prevention
- Obesity, Pregnancy, and the Intrauterine Environment
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Clinical, Behavioral, and Epidemiological Obesity Research
- Endocrinology and Hormone Signaling
- Metabolic Pathways
- Metabolism, Energy Balance, and Obesity
- Neurobiology of Obesity
- Nutrient Metabolism, Status, and Assessment
- Nutrition and Obesity Genetics and Genomics
- Nutrition Obesity Research Centers
- Obesity Treatment and Prevention
- Obesity, Pregnancy, and the Intrauterine Environment
- Diabetic Urologic Disease
- Genetic Metabolic Disease
- Pediatric Urology
- Urologic Disease Centers
- Urology Basic Research
- Urology Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Imaging
- Urology Clinical Research and Epidemiology
- Urology Developmental Biology and Aging
- Urology Genetics and Genomics
- Urology HIV/AIDS
- Women's Urology
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 ProgramsDiversity
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.
Learn about NIDDK Diversity ProgramsSmall 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 ProgramsHuman Subjects Research
Human Subjects Research
NIDDK provides funding for pivotal clinical research, from preliminary clinical feasibility to large multi-center studies.
Learn about Human Subjects ResearchTranslational Research
NIDDK provides funding opportunities and resources to encourage translation of basic discoveries into novel therapeutics.
Learn about NIDDK Translational Research OpportunitiesMeetings & Workshops
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NIH Common Fund
Learn about current projects and view funding opportunities sponsored by the NIH Common Fund.
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