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DZD Grants

The DZD Grants are a funding program of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) designed to actively stimulate innovative, cross-site collaborations within the DZD. The program supports ambitious joint translational research projects that bring together complementary expertise, technologies, and infrastructures across DZD partner sites.

DZD researchers are encouraged to apply with a collaborative project that addresses a clearly defined challenge in translational diabetes research and clearly benefits from the added value of cross-site cooperation. The DZD Grants enable research teams to initiate new collaborations or further strengthen existing ones, thereby fostering scientific exchange and accelerating translational progress across the DZD network.

Each DZD Grant provides funding of up to EUR 60,000 per year for a duration of one or two years. Funds may be flexibly used to support personnel costs, consumables, and outsourcing services required for the successful implementation of the project.

Contact

Brigitte Fröhlich: froehlich@dzd-ev.de 

PIs and early career scientists of all DZD Partners, Associated Partners, Project Partners 

  • Funding is provided for collaborative projects involving at least two DZD sites.
  • The coordinating principal investigator (PI) or at least one co-PI must be affiliated with one of the DZD Partner sites.
  • The project must be based on a newly established collaboration or on the initiation of a new scientific topic within an existing collaboration.
  • The applicant is the coordinating PI and is responsible for all administrative tasks associated with the DZD Grant, including reporting obligations. For each participating institution, a co-PI must be designated.

A cost-neutral extension is generally not possible! – A maximum of 30% of the project budget of the first year can be shifted to the second year. After the second year, no further postponement is possible – the remaining budget will be returned to DZD.

  • Application deadline June 30, 2026
  • Decision by September 4, 2026
  • Start of funding period January 1, 2027

  • Latest 3 weeks after positive decision: applicant must provide funding management with detailed description of the project.
  • Latest 2 months after the end of the funding period the applicant must submit a final report, which includes a scientific and a financial part.