IDRF has established global research collaborations with the following organizations and consortiums for data sharing and transfer of knowledge:

• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
• Diabetes Epidemiology: Collaborative Analysis Of Diagnostic Criteria in Asia (DECODA), Finland
• DETECT-2-Early Detection of Type 2 Diabetes and IGT, Europe
• INTERACT – Study Group
• Institute of Metabolic Sciences, MRC Epidemiology Unit.
• European Commission
• National Health Service and Harvard University, US
• Imperial College, London, UK
• Staffordshire University, UK
• National Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
• Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai
• Teechnofootbed Sl, Spain
• Hochschule Magdeburg –Stendal, Germany
• Salts Healthcare Limited, UK