Endocrinology
Diabetes UK - Sir George Alberti Research Training Fellowship [OPEN]
Enables graduate healthcare professionals to work towards a PhD or MD in diabetes and develop a career in research.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship (award type)
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
Academy of Medical Sciences - Springboard for Biomedical Scientists [OPEN]
This grant supports early-career researchers to undertake small research projects, helping newly independent biomedical scientists to launch their research careers.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
2 years
Submission deadline
Resource
National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - transparency and open data
NPDA collects data from paediatric diabetes units from across England, Wales and Jersey and reports annually. This page has information about the data collection process and analysis, our privacy statements and data protection impact assessment and how you can access NPDA data for research.
News
‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare
24 December 2017
School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.
Committee
Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology CSAC
The College Specialty Advisory Committees (CSACs) supervise the development and delivery of sub-specialty training and assessment standards. CSACs are sub-committees of our Education and Training Quality Committee, which helps the College set these standards within a training programme that is recog...
News
RCPCH welcomes Welsh Government’s move to support pupils with medical conditions
9 October 2017
Wales took a large step forward this week to improving the support given to children with medical conditions during the school day, including diabetes and epilepsy.
News
Local Government Association calls for urgent action on childhood obesity following increase in children with Type 2 diabetes
14 August 2017
Ahead of the first anniversary of the publication of the Government’s childhood obesity plan the Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for urgent action to tackle childhood obesity, given the rising rates of children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Although not every case of Type 2 diabetes ...