The Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) program provides funding for projects that have outstanding potential to open an area of diabetes-related research to both new and established investigators in a diverse scientific disciplines at IU School of Medicine, Indiana University Purdue University – Indianapolis (IUPUI), and Purdue University. The objective of this program is to foster the development of a community of productive, well-connected investigators whose work leads to advances in the treatment of diabetes and its complications.
The P&F program is directed by Jeffrey Elmendorf, PhD, associate professor of cellular and integrative physiology, biochemistry and microbiology.
Applications for the next round of CDMD Pilot and Feasibility funding are due by April 1, 2024 (letter of intent due by March 4, 2024).