SRP Diabetes Blue Sky Grants

This initiative is for projects in diabetes and metabolism research for well-defined innovative pilot projects that aim to demonstrate proof of principle. The project should be of a "high risk – high reward" type that cannot yet attract funding from conventional funding agencies. The aim should be to obtain proof of principle and thereby provide the basis to obtain other funding. The project should not be a continuation or expansion of already funded projects. Preliminary data is not required in the proposal, but the underlying concept, premise or hypothesis must be plausible and testable, and the proposal must be focused with a well-defined goal that is achievable within the timeframe and amount of the award. Grants are for one year and amounts to 500 000 SEK + 25% INDI. The applications are evaluated by an external committee covering different expertise within the field of diabetes and metabolism. The application period opens on 13 November 2026 and closes on 17 January 2027 See the call text 2026 below for further information. Please follow this link to apply: SRP Diabetes - BLUE SKY GRANT APPLICATION FORM - Call 2026 – Fill out form If it does not open, you may copy and paste this URL on your browser: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/m2mY3KQ390 Takuya Sekine , Assistant Prof. at MedH, " Reprogramming islet β-cell destructive pathogenic T cells into protective resident T cells" Eduardo Linck Machado Guimaraes , Research Specialist at CMB, "Targeting Fibroblast Plasticity to Reverse Diabetes-Associated Erectile Dysfunction" Erdinc Sezgin , Associate Prof. at Dept. of Women's and Children's Health, "Body-wide propagation of metabolic disorders by immune cells, exosomes and lipoproteins" José Dias , Research Specialist at FyFa & CMB, "Sequencing-Based Mapping of Insulin Receptor Activation States at the Cell Membrane" Ali Mahdi & John Pernow , Researcher and Professor at MedS, "Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulation for red blood cell and cardiac protection in type 2 diabetes" Peder Olofsson & Carolina Hagberg , Professor and Associate Prof. at MedS , "Hepatoportal Neuro‑Immune Circuits in Glycemic Control" Dimitri Van Simaeys , Research Specialist at MMK, "A Pilot Study Establishing Tissue-Targeted Control of Antigen Presentation in Pancreatic Islets" Michele Solimena, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden Dominique Langin, I2MC INSERM Touluse Allan Vaag, Lund University Andrea Natali, University of Pisa Pawel Kozielewicz: Group leader at Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology, receives a grant for "Proof-of-concept studies to propose an orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR61 as a novel target in metabolic disorders" Ana Teixeira: Group leader at Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology receives a grant for “Mapping Insulin Receptor Activation States at the cell membrane” Malin Flodström Tullberg: Professor at Dept of Medicine Huddinge receives a grant for “Microsampling and ultrasensitive detection of islet autoantibodies in skin interstitial fluid for screening and early detection of type 1 diabetes” Jens Magnusson: Group leader at Dept of Laboratory Medicine receives a grant for “Autonomous gene circuits for precise differentiation of pancreatic β cells” Daniel Dautan: Postdoctoral fellow at Dept of Clinical Neuroscience receives a grant for “Relationship between Type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, a Vagal nerve investigation” Thomas Contesse: Postdoctoral fellow at Dept of Neuroscience receives a grant for “Unravelling the function of lateral hypothalamic GLP1R neurons in obesity” Michael Czech, University of Massachussetts Michele Solimena, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden Dominique Langin, I2MC INSERM Touluse Maria Craig, UNSW Sydney Main menu Education Doctoral education Research About KI If you are Student Staff Go to News Calendar Student Ladok Canvas Schedule Student e-mail Course and programme websites Student at KI Staff Staff portal Contact and visit Karolinska Institutet University Library Support research and education Jobs at KI Karolinska Institutet Innovation Contact the press Office Karolinska Institutet 171 77 Stockholm Phone: +46-(8)-524 800 00 Org.nr: 202100-2973 VAT.nr: SE202100297301 About this website Accessibility report Manage your cookies © Karolinska Institutet - a medical university