Grants

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All Grants

The IMMANA Competitive Research Grants are aimed at accelerating the development of innovative and interdisciplinary methods, metrics and tools to advance the scientific understanding of the linkages between agriculture and food systems and health and nutrition outcomes, in order to better inform policy and programmatic actions to improve nutrition outcomes in low and middle-income countries.

This workstream of the IMMANA programme is led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. So far, 23 research grants of up to £250,000 have been awarded, 15 in Phase one (rounds 1 and 2) and 8 in Phase two (round 3).  Please note that the 4th round of grants is closed to further applications. The Round 4 full proposal application process is now open (to successful concept notes only), and will close on 8 June 2022. Applicants have already been notified, however, if you have any questions about this, please email [email protected]

Round 4

Project Title

Principal Investigator

NUTRI + 4 AID: NUTritional Postharvest Loss Estimate for Humanitarian Aid

Aurelie Bechoff, Natural Resources Institute

Political Economy Analysis of Food Industry (PEAFI) - unpacking the influence of the food industry on adolescent consumption of ultra-processed foods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fiorella Picchioni, NRI, University of Greenwich
Methodological Development for External Food Environment Surveillance Systems (EFESS) around Two Secondary Cities in Kenya Nilupa Gunaratna, Purdue University
NutriShed: Adapting Foodshed Analysis for Nutrition Security Planning Richmond Aryeetey, University of Ghana School of Public Health
Using complex systems methods to analyse informal food safety nets in Lebanon Cécile Knai, LSHTM

 

Round 3

Project Title Principal Investigator
A validation study of a dietary assessment instrument capturing ultra-processed food consumption in multiple countries Carlos Monteiro, University of Sao Paulo
Activity Spaces and Household Exclusion from Food Environments Chittur Srinivasan, University of Reading
Development of holistic metrics for food and water insecurity and school-age child function for nutrition-sensitive programmes Andrew Prendergast, Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health and Queen Mary University of London
Measuring Food Consumed Away From Home in a rapidly transitioning world Elodie Maitre d’Hotel, CIRAD
The Food Environment Toolbox: Tools to Measure Natural and Built Food Environments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Shauna Downs Rutgers School of Public Health
Using causal mediation models to examine multi-sectoral health and nutrition program impact paths and moderation by agricultural interventions and equity Kenda Cunningham Helen Keller International
Validating the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index in East Africa Erin Lentz, University of Texas at Austin
Validation of ICTs for understanding women’s time use, dietary diversity and hygiene practices Kate Wellard Natural Resources Institute

 

Round 2

Project Title Principal Investigator
Agri-food: Development and validation of a rapid assessment tool to identify nutrient gaps in local food systems and help design nutrition sensitive interventions for agriculture projects Elaine Ferguson, LSHTM
Aquatic Food for Health and Nutrition (AQN): A metric for assessing the impacts on nutrition and health of agroecosystems producing farmed seafood Dave Little, University of Stirling
ENRICH: Enriching vegetable consumption by using reliable, cheap and fast consumer-generated data: a proof of principle study for real-time and in-situ method and metrics to assess vegetables intake by targeted consumers in Nairobi, Kenya Ruerd Ruben, Wageningen University
His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households Jennifer Twyman, CIAT
HWISE: A novel tool for the assessment of household-level water insecurity: scale refinement, validation, and manual development Sera Young, Northwestern University
New Keys for Old Black Boxes: Developing Methods to Improve Nutrition Assessment by Measuring Energy Expenditure Giacomo Zanello, University of Reading
NUTRI-P-LOSS: Nutritional Postharvest Loss Estimation Methodology Aurelie Bechoff, Natural Resources Institute
Using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to understand the relationships between labour-saving agricultural innovations, women’s time use and maternal and child nutrition outcomes Kate Wellard, Natural Resources Institute

 

Round 1

Project Title Principal Investigator
Developing an innovative approach to measuring the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and testing critical linkages from farmer livelihoods to nutrition Andrew Jones, University of Michigan
Indicators of Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa (IANDA)

Anna Herforth and Jennifer Coates, Tufts University
Leveraging value chains to improve nutrition: collaborative learning initiative on methods and metrics for improving the identification, design and evaluation of interventions Aulo Gelli, IFPRI
Probabilistic Causal Models for Nutrition Outcomes of Agricultural Actions Eike Luedeling, ICRAF and ZEF
Surveillance of Climate‐Smart Agriculture for Nutrition (SCAN) Todd Rosenstock, ICRAF
The Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI): Measuring nutritional empowerment to better link agriculture to nutrition

Sudha Narayanan, IGIDR and Erin Lentz, University of Texas
Women’s empowerment in livestock-focused agriculture: Identifying and understanding pathways to impact for maternal and child nutrition in East Africa Amy Webb Girard, Emory University