Therapeutic Areas

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the leader in setting the agenda for type 1 diabetes research worldwide, and is the world’s largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

JDRF has developed a set of cure therapeutic goal areas to focus its research funding efforts in the most efficient and effective way possible. JDRF’s cure therapeutic targets hold the greatest potential to lead to breakthrough cures and treatments for type 1 diabetes, and make up the backbone of our research funding strategy.