American Diabetes Association
Limited Submission
Please follow the Mizzou process for limited submission funding opportunities.
Internal Deadline: 3/9/2026
Eligibility
- Early-career diabetes investigators: MU can nominate 2 total from 2 categories:
- Initiator must be a postdoctoral fellow or research fellow within 7 years of training. Cannot holda K99/ROO grant.
- Accelerator most hold faculty positions.
- Accelerator applicants may currently hold independent NIH funding, but must not have applied for, or received, an R01/U01 renewal or a second R01/U01 award.
Description
The Accelerator Award is designed to support exceptional, independent early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves as promising investigators and are in the beginning stages of establishing successful, sustainable diabetes research programs.
Keywords:
diabetes, endocrinologic diseases, metabolic disorders, obesity, gestational, prediabetes, insulin resistance, management, cure, prevention Type 1, Type 2, drug development, biomarkers, population health, intervention, therapeutic, technology, device, AI or machine learning, fundatmental, basic, clinical, preclinical, translational, public health
Application due:
05/19/26
Award amount:
$325,000 - $1,625,000