Research Grant Program

The Endocrine Fellows Foundation conducts a very successful program by which it provides support to first or second year fellows engaged in significant research.  EFF has received over 1,000 applications since the program’s inception and over 300 grants, totaling more than $2 million, have been awarded.  Applications are reviewed twice yearly in the spring and fall.  The next research grants will be awarded in October 2010.  All interested fellows are encouraged to submit an application no later than September 10, 2010. 

The EFF wants to acknowledge the help of our expert reviewers without whom this program could not be a success.

Three EFF Research Grants are Available

Fellows Development Research Grant Program in Diabetes, Obesity and Fat Cell Biology

This research grant is supported by an unconditional educational grant from Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and provides for clinical grants in the area of cardiometabolic disorders in obesity and diabetes.  Six grants will be awarded at $20,000.00 each.  The object of this grant is to foster career development and to that end this grant is potentially renewable for up to three years, including post-fellowship research.  A grantees fellowship program can progress to junior faculty utilizing the “young investigator award program” supported by this Amylin grant.  Successful grantees will be required to present their research at an EFF scientific forum and publish abstracts of their research in EndoTrends.

Marilyn Fishman Grant for Diabetes Research

This research grant, named in honor of EFF’s long-time executive director, is funded through an unconditional educational grant from the partnership of Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca International.  This grant is limited to studies involving Type 2 diabetes and EFF plans to award up to ten research grants for $15,000.00 each in 2010.  Successful grantees will be expected to present their research at an EFF scientific diabetes forum for fellows and/or publish an abstract of their research in EndoTrends.

The EFF Endocrine Research Grant

Our traditional grant, the EFF grant in general endocrinology is awarded twice a year and is for general endocrine topics including, but not limited to, thyroid, bone, adrenal, pituitary, growth, and reproductive disorders.  Up to ten grants can be awarded in 2010 at $7,500.00 each.  Successful grantees will be expected to present their research at an EFF scientific endocrine-related forum for fellows and/or publish an abstract of their research in EndoTrends.

Download the Current Research Grant Application Forms( You may only apply for ONE grant)

Grant Application Submission is On-Line

To submit your grant application, go to http://endocrinefellows.org/grants/ and register.  Instructions are on this site, but if you have any questions you can contact us at info@endocrinefellows.org .

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Please complete the request for information form, which will do directly to the Endocrine Fellows Foundation at info@endocrinefellows.org.  Submitting this form will add you to our database and ensure that you receive current information about EFF events and activities.