How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for an INF Short-term Fellowship, please see the list of conferences that we will be funding below. Follow the instructions as they may differ for each conference.

Short-Term Fellowship Eligibility
In order to be considered for an INF Short-term Fellowship to attend a conference or workshop, you must:

1. Have an accepted abstract to the conference or be accepted to the workshop program
2. Be a citizen of a developing country, employed or studying at a developing country institution
3. Be under the age of 40
4. Have not received an INF Short-term Fellowship previously (does not apply to INF/EMF fellows)

INF gives priority to applicants who:

1. Have an accepted oral presentation
2. Are presenting on or specializing in research relating to protein and amino acids, maternal and child health, growth and development, and nutrition and infection
3. Are young researchers or students from developing countries who have had few opportunties to attend an international conference

2012 Conferences

• African Nutrition Leadership Programme, South Africa, 13- 23 March 2012. For more information, please see the ANLP website: http://www.africanutritionleadership.org
  TO APPLY: The ANLP has its own process for awarding grants, and they will decide who to give INF funding. Please inquire with ANLP organizing committee or during the application process. INF will not accept applications for ANLP funding directly.
  
  
• African Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC), September 30 - October 4, 2012, South Africa. For more information, visit http://www.answeb.org/blog/anec-v-2012
  TO APPLY: Please download and complete the application form and email it along with all required documentation to inf@inffoundation.org by July 31, 2012 . Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  
  
• SLAN Cuba, 11-16 November, 2012, Havana, Cuba. For more information, please visit http://www.slancuba.com/
  TO APPLY: Please download and complete the application form and email it along with all required documentation to inf@inffoundation.org by September 11, 2012. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

2011 Conferences

In 2011, the INF funded Short-term Fellowships to the following conferences:

• African Nutrition Leadership Programme, South Africa, 15-25 March 2011. For more information, please see the ANLP website: http://www.africanutritionleadership.org


• Federation of African Nutrition Societies Congress (FANUS), Nigeria, 12-15 September 2011. For more information, please see the FANUS website: http://www.fanusconferencenigeria.org/
  
  
• 9th International Food Database Conference in Norwich, UK, 14-17 September 2011
  
  
• 10th International Graduate Course on the Production and Use on Food Composition Data in Nutrition at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, 16‐26 October 2011

Conference Photos

The 2011 INF/Pfizer fellows who attended the FANUS conference in Abuja, Nigeria in September. From left to right are Alex Mokori, Dorcus Mbithe, Nicole Eley, Prof. Tola Atinmo (FANUS 2011 president), Muniirah Mbabazi and Brenda Zarhari.

A photo from the 2nd World Congress on Public Health Nutrition in Porto, Portugal, September 2010. Dr. Siti Muslimatun, an INF/EMF fellow (second from the left) is standing with Dr. Scrimshaw (center), with Ratna Chrismiari Purwesti, Dr. Endang L Achadi and Dyah Ayu Inayati.

Congratulations to all the INF/Kraft and INF/EMF Fellows who attended the ICN and made oral or poster presentations!

INF/EMF Fellow Aaron Christian of the University of Ghana, making his oral presentation