• JDRF is the world’s leading nonprofit, non-governmental contributor to diabetes research.
• JDRF’s mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of medical research.
• JDRF structures its research on a business-world model to ensure that resources are spent most effectively to accelerate progress toward finding a cure.
• JDRF is the only major diabetes organisation focused exclusively on research.

• Insulin is not a cure for diabetes nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating effects: kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputation, heart attack, and stroke.
• Researchers are closing in on finding a cure for juvenile diabetes, and progress here could help scientists find a cure for other autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
• JDRF’s research is driven by three broad goals: restoring normal blood glucose, preventing and reversing diabetes-related complications, and preventing diabetes and its recurrence.
• Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than US$1 billion to diabetes research around the world, including more than US$122 million in FY2006. In FY2006, JDRF funded 500 centers, grants, and fellowships in 20 countries.
• Since the year 2000, JDRF has funded around A$97 million of diabetes research within Australia, with funding of around A$15 million in FY2006.

• JDRF was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with juvenile diabetes - a disease which strikes children suddenly, makes them insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications.
• Volunteers help define research priorities, select research grant recipients, lead advocacy efforts, and provide guidance to overall operations.
• JDRF has 116 chapters and affiliates worldwide, whose volunteers have helped to raise more than US$1 billon for diabetes research in the last three decades.
• Most importantly, JDRF volunteers help raise funds through our Walk to Cure Diabetes, Jelly Baby campaign and other community activities.

In our mission to find a cure we collaborate with all Diabetes Stakeholders, including:

• Individuals with diabetes and their families
• World-leading diabetes researchers and academic institutions
• Foundations, corporate partners, individual donors, and volunteers
• Government agencies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
• Biotech/pharmaceutical companies