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Grants for 2025

In 2025 the Diabetes Research Foundation awards grants for a total of 600 000 Euros. The grant application period is between the 2nd and 31st of January 2025.

Two-year grants (25 000 – 60 000 Euros a year) for significant research ventures for at least Associate Professors
One-year grants (10 000 – 27 000 Euros)
Personal grants / work grants (1-6 months) that are primarily to be awarded to young researchers

Additional information regarding one and two-year grants

The grant is paid in its entirety to a research account in either the university or the research department. The general expense recommendation by the Diabetes Research Foundation is ten (10) percent at the most. The decision regarding the amount of general expenses (overhead) is to be stated in the application.

Additional information regarding the personal grants (work grants)

If a personal grant is applied for at least four months of work, the researcher is obliged to take out Mela insurance. You can find more information on Mela’s website(avautuu uuteen ikkunaan, siirryt toiseen palveluun).

The higher amount in parentheses is paid to the grantee if the grant is paid continuously for at least four months.

The personal grants for 2025 are awarded based on degree as follows:

student, 1 800 Euros a month (2 000 Euros a month)
Lic. Med, M.Sc., 2 200 Euros a month (2 400 Euros a month)
M.D., PhD, etc. 2 600 Euros a month (2 800 Euros a month)
docent, 3 000 Euros a month (3 200 Euros a month)

The personal grants will be paid in one transaction.

Application form

From the beginning of 2025, strong identification will be introduced in our grants online service. You can then log in to the service either with your personal bank credentials, mobile certificate, or with the user ID which you have created earlier.

We recommend electronic identification with bank credentials or a mobile certificate for all users of the system. If you have previously logged into the service with a username, and you want to use bank credentials or a mobile certificate in the future, you can transfer your previous applications, usage reports and any grants awarded to you from your old username.

Prepare your grant application under the application period (January each year). Use our electronic application form and follow the instructions carefully.

The application form can be found from:
https://diabetes.apurahat.fi/haku/UserLogin.aspx?kieli=englanti(avautuu uuteen ikkunaan, siirryt toiseen palveluun)

If you encounter problems when logging in, ask for advice: hakemustuki@datalink.fi.

Application instructions

The following attachments are needed. Only one merged PDF attachment is allowed.

Research plan, follow the structure on Instructions_part_1.pdf
Resume of research group leader or personal grant applicant, follow the structure on Instructions_part_2.pdf
List of publications (without IF, JR, TC), follow the structure on Instructions_part_3.pdf
Ethical committee approval (human and animal research)

You must complete (as accurately as possible) a separate cost estimate form in addition to the condensed cost estimate on the actual application form. If you are applying for a one-year personal work grant (for example dissertation researchers), you don’t need to complete the separate form.

The budget must state how the grant will be divided for example into working grants, as well as into equipment and other costs, and for how many months the working grants are sought.

The application should clearly state the intended use of the grant. If the grant is intended for thesis work, the application should state at which stage the thesis work is.

The applications to the foundation are of a high standard, and we are not able to support all applicants. To ensure that as many good applicants as possible can receive receive our research grant, we prioritize applicants who have not received a grant from us in the year before the year of application or the two previous years before the year of application (two-year grants).

Additional information

For further information regarding the applications or the application process, please contact the Diabetes Research Foundations scientific secretary Valma Harjutsalo, 044 076 2707, valma.harjutsalo@helsinki.fi

If you have any technical questions, you can contact technical support at hakemustuki@datalink.fi.

Application handling

The data in the application documents form a personal register that is kept, preserved and filed by the Diabetes Research Foundation. Applicants have the right to check and correct incorrect entries in the registry. Contact the foundation if you want to use the right. The information and documents are given to the experts who assess the applications.

Through the electronic application form, you can give your consent to the data being registered by the foundation.

We publish the names and research topics for all beneficiaries on our website and in our printed annual report.

The Diabetes Research Foundation’s Privacy Policy(avautuu uuteen ikkunaan)