Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, a research proposal should meet the following criteria:

• Relevance to the country's nutritional problems
• Originality and scientific quality
• Focus on practical implications of recent scientific knowledge
• Contribution to sustainable development
• Likelihood that the results will be applied for the benefit of the people

Among eligible proposals, preference will be given to:

• Research aiming at developing practical applications of recent scientific knowledge for the benefit of governmental and non-governmental organisations fighting malnutrition, without necessarily being themselves development interventions
• Projects co-funded by other agencies, or for which a NTW financial grant will facilitate obtaining additional funds from other sources
• Projects explicitly contributing to the training and professional advancement of young researchers and/or to strengthening in a sustainable manner the local research capacity
• Projects submitted and carried out by a group of researchers working as a team.