JDRF Research E-Newsletter
Research Department news
JDRF’s presence at the Society for Neuroscience meeting and
co-sponsorship of the "Hypoglycemia and the Brain" workshop
are just two of the initiatives JDRF has taken to enhance
research on complications of diabetes. In fiscal year 2000,
JDRF funded $22.6M toward complications research.
Research and Training Grant applications are reviewed twice
a year, in November and May. Applications are reviewed
through JDRF’s two-step process: first by the JDRF Medical
Science Review Committee (MSRC), a peer review similar to
that of the NIH, and then by JDRF’s Lay Review Committee
(LRC), who review applications for relevance to the mission
of the Foundation and relevance to current research priorities
set forth by the JDRF Task Force. At the FY2001 November
review, which recently took place in New York,279 applications
were considered in Final Review (by the MSRC and the LRC), of
which 77 were recommended to the JDRF Board to consider for
funding.
Dr. Joe, the Diabetes Doctor