The European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) was created by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) to provide funding initiatives in all areas of diabetes research. The aims of EFSD are to encourage and support research in the field of diabetes, to rapidly diffuse acquired knowledge and to facilitate its application.

The EFSD European Research Programme on "New Targets for Diabetes or Obesity-related Metabolic Diseases" is intended to stimulate and accelerate European research focusing on the identification and molecular understanding of new targets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or obesity-related metabolic diseases. The Programme is supported by an educational research grant from MSD.

To achieve the goals and objectives of this Programme, EFSD invites applications by issuing this "Request for Applications" (RFA), which indicates areas of research emphasis.

Proposals may include but are not limited to:

• Mechanisms of glucose-dependent insulin and glucagon secretion
• New targets for improving adipose tissue insulin resistance
• The role of lipid droplets in the etiology of metabolic fatty liver disease
• Regulation of liver fat content by gut hormones and/or the microbiome

The duration of each award may be one year or longer, depending upon the needs of the project and as justified in the application.

Applications for an EFSD New Targets for Diabetes or Obesity-related Metabolic Diseases grant are invited from single non-profit institutions or groups of such institutions from Europe and associated countries (link below). The principal investigator and any co-investigators must be employed full-time at a non-profit institution and the study must be performed at their place of work. 

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