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Funding Opportunities

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has announced its FY2012 application deadlines for Innovative and Training Grants, including post doctoral fellowships and career development awards.

Flying with Type 1 Diabetes

The TSA has provided a list of permitted items allowed to pass through the security checkpoint when flying. These items include “all diabetes related medication, equipment, and supplies” as well as “water, juice, or liquid nutrition.”

UF’s Champion for Kids with Diabetes

"Camp makes a huge difference," said Silverstein, the camp's longtime medical director. "Each child thinks he or she is the only person in the world struggling with the disease. Then there's a whole cabin full of kids who also have to take insulin injections and check their blood glucose levels and have to worry about low blood glucose with exercise."