Deadline: 10 January 2015
The Nestlé Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World invites grant applications from departments or institutes from universities, hospitals and other institutions of higher education in low- or lower middle-income countries for research grants. The research grant aims to provide financial assistance for innovative original research projects of nutritional and health relevance to developing countries with a good potential for long term capacity building component as well as a high impact for long term implementation.
The results of the research projects should ideally provide a basis for implementation and action which will lead to sustainable effects in the studied populations as generally applicable to the population at large. These research should also enable institution strengthening and capacity building in a sustainable manner in the host country and further cooperation and collaboration between Institutions in developed and developing countries.
Types of Research Grants
Training Grants – up to USD20,000 for small research project such as a MSc or PhD thesis project or another training endeavor.
Pilot Grants – up to USD20,000 for pilot research that has a high potential to lead to a subsequent full research project grant.
Full Grants (Small & Large) – up to USD50,000 for small research projects & up to USD100,000 per year for maximum 3 years for full grant applications.
Research Topics: Human nutrition research issues dealing with –
- Maternal and child nutrition, including breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
- Macro- and micronutrient deficiencies and imbalances.
- Interactions between infection and nutrition.
- Nutrition education and health promotion.
Projects that do not receive funding
- Low public health relevance
- Doubtful sustainability
- Lacking transfer of scientific, technical and educational knowledge/capacity-building component
- Large budget projects (exceeding US$100,000 per year)
- Nutrition surveys or surveillance studies
- Research and food policy, food production and food technology
- In vitro and/or animal experiments
- Obesity and related diseases
