Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date in Canada and around the world. It has raised more than $1.3 billion (U.S.) for diabetes research since its inception in 1970, including $156 million in 2008 to over 1,000 grants, centres, and fellowships in 22 countries.