Diabetes Australia 2017 Grant Round Applications Now Open 21 March 2016 Diabetes Australia is pleased to announce the 2017 Grant Round is now open for applications. The Diabetes Australia Research Program has invested $26 million in 388 diabetes research projects across Australia over the past nine years. This year the Diabetes Australia Research Program should provide over $3.5 million to vital diabetes research projects across Australia. Applications for the 2017 Grant Round are now open and projects across all areas of diabetes research will be considered. Projects focused on self-monitoring & self-management of diabetes, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and diabetes, and behavioural research are encouraged. Grants may be awarded in the following categories: two $150,000 Millennium Awards – one for type 1 diabetes and one for type 2 diabetes; and an unspecified number of General Grants, up to $60,000 per grant Applications close Friday, 6 May 2016 For application forms and more information, please visit the Program Management page.
Media releases 18 August 2026 500k Shane Warne Legacy Health Check milestone on the first day of international diabetes congress The Western-Pacific’s largest diabetes and metabolic health congress has opened with a Community Day in Melbourne, delivering the 500,000th Shane Warne Legacy health check to highlight the importance of cardiometabolic health screenings, and the urgent nature of the type 2 diabetes epidemic facing the region. Continue Reading
Media releases 17 August 2026 Diabetes Australia to deliver Insulin Pump Program supporting children and young people Diabetes Australia has been appointed to deliver the Commonwealth-funded Insulin Pump Program (IPP). Continue Reading
Media releases 14 August 2026 Beyond blood glucose: New national partnership to measure how Australians with diabetes are really doing For the first time, the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index will be used to build the most complete picture yet of how diabetes affects Australian’s lives beyond clinical outcomes and health system costs, thanks to a partnership between Diabetes Australia, Deakin University, and the Australian Unity Support Foundation. Continue Reading
