Our 2023-2028 Research Strategy builds on the success of the previous strategy and defines a clear approach for how we will maintain momentum in contributing to the progression of coeliac disease research. 

Since 2005, we have committed over £3.5M worth of funding to research and supported several important projects. Our Research Strategy Board provides research related experience and expertise to advise on how we can best optimise our resources to support and fund research related to coeliac disease and the gluten free diet, guided by our Research Strategy. Our Research Strategy Board advises our Board of Trustees on the best practice for reviewing and awarding research grants and any necessary policies relating to our Research Strategy, including intellectual property rights, data sharing, ethics, patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE). 

We strongly encourage PPIE in research. This means involving and engaging patients and the public to allow those who are intended to benefit from the research to have a voice. It is important as it enriches research in a way that cannot be achieved by any other means. Further details can be found in our PPIE Policy. 

We are confident that our research strategy will have a significant impact, improving the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and care of people with coeliac disease and ultimately lead to a world without coeliac disease. 

With your help we have identified a top ten list of research priorities for coeliac disease. Our robust priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance brought patients, their carers and healthcare professionals together. 

It was important that everyone had the opportunity to have their voice heard; no one understands coeliac disease better than those who live with the condition and those who care for them. 

Our Research Awards Panel is a group of experts who help us review research funding proposals and who make recommendations for funding based on feedback from both peer and lay reviewers. The panel advises our Board of Trustees on which research funding proposals should be awarded funding.