Deadline: 16 August 2018
Applications are open for Newton-Paulet Fund to provide funding for high-quality collaborative research projects that focus on the relationship between food, nutrition and health in Peru.
This initiative led by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and CONCYTEC seeks to provide funding for high-quality collaborative research projects that focus on the relationship between food, nutrition and health in Peru. It is carried out under the framework of the Newton-Paulet Fund in science and innovation.
The call seeks to generate scientific and technological knowledge relating to food, nutrition and health, in a multidisciplinary and collaborative manner, by granting funds to create Research Circles that develop projects between organisations and researchers from Peru and the UK.
Contest Priorities
The proposals presented in this contest should be aimed at responding to one or more of the following topics:
- Anemia in Peru, focusing on its causes, prevention and treatment.
- Long-term effects of malnutrition, mainly in the Andean region and the coast.
- Measurement of biomarkers to predict non-communicable diseases.
- Consequences and health impacts of obesity and malnutrition.
- Interventions at the population level, including food behaviors.
- Salt reduction strategies and improvement of the quality of the diet.
- Interaction between the intestinal microbiome and health.
- Use of technology and applications to increase knowledge of diet (digital images captured with 3D scanners, as markers of growth and development of children, among others).
- Nutritional and functional food products (bioactive products), nutraceuticals and characterization of native crops (including aguaymanto, chira, anchovies, native potato, lucuma, sacha inchi, tarwi, among others).
- New crops with better nutritional values (Fe and Zn) and metabolites that have medical applications and agroindustrial waste (polyphenols, omega 3, sulfur compounds, prebiotics) with potential to integrate into new foods.
- Selection of the most promising cereal and legume crops, and validation of the biochemical results with in vivo models to understand the mechanism of action and the metabolites related to the observed bioactivity.
- Identification of critical points for iron fortification.
Funding Information
- The proposals that are selected will be subsidized up to a maximum of S /. 1 800 000 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Soles).
- The projects will have a maximum duration of 36 months and should be initiated between March and April 2019.
Target Audiences
- Peruvian entities that are associated with each other and with eligible entities of the United Kingdom for the presentation of joint proposals. Each proposal must be presented by 3 to 4 Peruvian entities and one or more British entities.
- The Peruvian entities will integrate a Research Circle and must select among them a ‘Applicant Entity’, which will be responsible for the application and administration of the grant resources, if applicable. In addition, each Circle must include at least one public institution and one institution domiciled in a region other than Metropolitan Lima or Callao.
- The Requesting Entities and the other members of the Circles, called ‘Associated Entities’ must be one of the following:
- Public or private university that is licensed or in the process of being licensed by SUNEDU.
- Institute of Higher Education or School of Higher Education that is authorized by the MINEDU or that has received its licensing as ‘IES’.
- Public or private research institute or center
- Non-governmental organization (NGO)
- Company (in collective or social form)
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit Newton-Paulet Fund.