Eligibility & How to apply to the Nestlé Foundation

Eligibility Criteria to apply for Nestlé Foundation Research Grants

• Applicants can be departments or institutes from universities, hospitals other institutions of higher education.
• Applicants must belong to low-or middle-income countries.
• Joint applications from more than one institution (especially South-South) are encouraged.
• Projects involving North-South collaborations are also considered if following criteria are fulfilled-
  1. The Principal Investigator is from the South and the proposal has relevance to nutritional problems of the South.
  2. The majority of the budget is earmarked for the South.
  3. Demonstration on the completion of the project of institution and capacity building in a sustainable manner in the South.
• Application needs to demonstrate a training and human resource and capacity building component for the developing world.
• There should be key role of graduate students or young investigators in the project. S/he should be either a Principal Investigator (PI) or the Co-PI.
• Established investigators if apply, should address innovative and exceptionally well justified research questions in developing countries.
• Applications from individuals who are non-affiliated researchers and not attached to research or academic institutions can be considered only in very special cases.
• All submitted grant projects must be accompanied by the ethical approval for the study by all involved institutions.

How to apply?

• Interested applicants should first submit a letter or intent with brief description of project they plan to undertake along with estimated budget.
• All submissions should be made electronically by e-mail using a MS Word File (doc).
• If the Foundation finds the project compatible to its funding policy, applicants will receive an invitation to submit full grant proposal.
• The full grant application should not exceed 20–25 pages A4 (US Legal) format.

Application Sections

1. Introduction
2. Research Plan
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Budget Appendix

For more information, please visit Nestlé Foundation Research Grants.

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