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Short-term Fellowships INF provides Short- and Medium-term fellowships for developing country researchers to attend international nutrition conferences, workshops or training courses, emphasizing both learning and networking by strategically identifying key professional development opportunities and by bringing a critical mass of scientists to participate at an international, regional or sub-regional level. Donors include: Kraft Foods, EMF, Unilever and PepsiCo. What Fellows are Saying “This congress…was a great chance to enhance the discussion between participants, to show the new advances in the public health nutrition and to promote the interchange between researchers. It brought me a different point of view about nutrition and public health and the priorities in research in this field around the world. This…was my first international congress abroad. The chance to exchange experiences with different people from around the world is significant and adds a new point of view to me.” -- Ana Carolina de Feldenheimer da Silva Department of Nutrition, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Received an INF/Kraft Fellowship to attend the 1st World Congress of Public Health Nutrition, held in Barcelona, Spain (September 28-30, 2006) “As a result of this programme, my capacity on the methodology of conceiving a research project, research funding and the realization of research project has been improved and strengthened….The national food fortification programme in Morocco presented by Professor Hassan Aguenaou inspired me to undertake a similar programme in Cameroon.” -- Patrice Dijele Ngameni Institute of Medical Research and Study of Medicinal Plants, Yaoundé, Cameroon Received an INF/Unilever Fellowship to attend the (African Nutrition Leadership Programme, held in Ouarzazate, Morocco (May 1-7, 2007)

Short-term Fellowship Partnerships

The INF Short-term fellowship program is supported through grant funding from partnerships with corporate sponsors. Below is a list of these sponsors. If your company is interested in becoming a sponsor of the INF/Short term fellowship program, please visit our Corporate Partnerships page.

INF/Pfizer Fellowships (2011-present)

In 2011 INF received a grant from Pfizer Nutrition to fund our Short-term Fellowship program. So far, we've sent INF/Pfizer fellows to the following conferences:

• Federation of African Nutrition Societies Congress (FANUS), Nigeria, 12-15 September 2011
• 9th International Food Database Conference in Norwich, UK, 14-17 September 2011

INF/Kraft Fellowships (2005-present)

The INF/Kraft Fellowships are short- and medium-term awards to developing country nationals.  The short-term fellowships facilitate participation in international meetings, conferences, and workshops in the areas of nutrition and health, while medium-term fellowships allow for more extended training of emerging scientists in the areas of nutrition and food science, including internships at Kraft Foods in Chicago, IL. 

Conferences attended by scientists who received short-term INF/Kraft Fellowships include:

• Asia Pacific Workshop on Raising the Profile of Nutrition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005
• The 18th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), Durban, South Africa, 2005
• First meeting of the African Graduate Student Network, a satellite meeting to the ICN, 2005
• The 1st World Congress of Public Health Nutrition, Barcelona, Spain, 2006
• The 14th Latin American Congress on Nutrition (SLAN 2006) and Latin American Leadership Skills Workshop for Young Professionals (IV Taller de Entrenamiento para Futuros Líderes de Nutrición para América Latina), Florianópolis, Brazil, 2006
• The 10th Asian Congress of Nutrition and Pre-Congress Workshop on Institutional Research Capacity Strengthening, Taipei, Taiwan 2007
• The 7th International Food Data Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2007
• The 3rd Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC), Cairo, Egypt, 2008
• The 19th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), Bangkok, Thailand, 4-9 October 2009 (Click here to see a photo from the ICN on our news page)
• African Nutrition Leadership Programme, South Africa, March 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

INF/Unilever Fellowships (2005-2009)

The INF/Unilever Fellowships provide developing country nationals with short-term support, enabling them to participate in international meetings, conferences, and workshops in the areas of nutrition and health. 

Conferences attended by INF/Unilever Fellows include:

• The 4th Eastern, Central and South African Foods Course on the Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition, Pretoria, South Africa, 2005
• The 12th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 2005
• The 6th International Food Data Conference: Food Composition Data and the Nutrition Dilemma, Pretoria, South Africa, 2005
• The 18th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), Durban, South Africa, 2005
• The 2nd Congress on Information Technology in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 2005
• The 7th International Graduate Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 2005
• The 6th International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006
• The 106th General Meeting of The American Society of Microbiology, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2006
• Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conferences, Accra, Ghana, 2006
• 1st World Congress on Public Health Nutrition, Barcelona, Spain, 2006
• 13th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Nantes, France, 2006
• Programme de Formation des Leaders Africans en Nutrition (PLAN and Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) Congress), Ouarzazate, Morocco, 2007
• The Micronutrient Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
• African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), North West Province, South Africa, 2008
• The 3rd Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC), Cairo, Egypt, 2008
• African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), North West Province, South Africa, 2009
• West and Central African Post Graduate Course in Food Composition and Biodiversity, Benin, 2009
• 1st Australia/OCEANIAFOODS Training Course, Australia, 2009