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Coming together to celebrate the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge
2023 has already been a big year for the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge. To take stock and celebrate the progress we’ve made and the momentum that has already been built, yesterday we gathered tho…
Novel Insulins symposium registration opens
We are delighted to announce an upcoming half-day symposium on Monday 15 May, which will kick start the Novel Insulins section of the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge.
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invests £5 million to kick off the race towards a cure
We’re excited to reveal the first research projects funded by the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge. £5 million of funding will support a trio of exceptional scientists to develop new and improved tr…
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge funding calls now open
The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge has opened two new funding calls. We’re calling for ambitious and innovative proposals that will accelerate research into the root causes of type 1 or treatments…
Professor Simon Heller shares his hopes for the Grand Challenge
We spoke to Professor Simon Heller, world-renowned diabetes specialist and Chair of the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge Scientific Advisory Panels, to find out about his research journey and hopes …
Leading international scientists appointed to advise on the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge
“We’re so hopeful for a future free of the challenges of type 1 diabetes” – Libby’s Story
Biggest-ever philanthropic gift to diabetes research brings type 1 cure closer
Putting people affected by type 1 diabetes at the heart of research.
The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge brings together scientists and the type 1 community to drive forward progress in areas that matter most to people with type 1.

