Friends of Nevin Scrimshaw Fund

A NEW ERA OF GROWTH
In honor of Dr. Scrimshaw’s groundbreaking work and his commitment to capacity development in the field of nutrition – both past and present – the INF is pleased to announce the establishment of the Friends of Nevin Scrimshaw Fund. This is the first major fundraising campaign in the history of the INF to raise funds for long term and short term fellowships to be awarded to developing country scientists.

The goal of the Friends of Nevin Scrimshaw Fund is to raise funds (5,000,000 USD for 2009-2011) through unrestricted donations and gifts to sustain and expand the focus of INF’s fellowship programs. The proceeds of the Fund will enable the INF to meet critical needs and opportunities for growth.

Donations to the Friends of Nevin Scrimshaw Fund will support the capacity building programs of the International Nutrition Foundation. Donations are being sought at different levels. Institutions are recommended to consider the Benefactor level:

•   Benefactors (Individual/Institution): $50,000 +
  
•   Friends (Individual): $10,000-$49,999
  
•   Sponsors (Individual): $5,000-$9,999
  
•   Associates (Individual): $500-$4,999

Please contact Dr. Nilupa Gunaratna at inf@inffoundation.org for details on how to make a donation. The INF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Foundation incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. All donations to the Foundation are tax-exempt.

For more information, download brochure here.

INF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS
The INF Fellowship Program disburses short-term and long-term fellowships to emerging and experienced developing country scientists who are associated with developing country institutions selected for their potential for formulating and applying solutions to the pressing nutrition and health problems faced by their countries. The INF Fellowship Program addresses issues related to quality of training, human resource development, and retention and reaches out to developing country scientists across the globe.

• Since inception, 546 fellowships (long, medium and short term) have been awarded through funds received from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ellison Medical Foundation, Kraft Foods and Unilever, Inc.

• 2002-current: 73 long term fellowships were awarded to developing country scientists from 16 institutions across the world for doctoral, post doctoral and re-entry grant support.

• 2004-current: 196 short term and medium term fellowships were awarded to developing country scientists from 41 countries across the world.

Dr. Scrimshaw circa 1946

DR. SCRIMSHAW’S
PHILOSOPHY & MISSION

“I attended a lecture while I was in medical school by a missionary doctor that ran a leper colony in Africa. He was very proud of what he had done and, over the years, had treated thirty or forty lepers. At that time, there was no treatment for leprosy - just isolation. While he was there, a young biochemist came from Germany to test a potential drug and found that it was effective. That young biochemist helped hundreds of thousands of people, while the doctor helped thirty or forty.

These things have shaped me….
I try to do things that can impact large numbers of people.”
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WHAT INF SHORT TERM FELLOWS SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM . . .

“This is a wonderful fellowship programme because it provides opportunities for scientists of the developing countries to improve their skills of scientific methodology, present their research findings at international meetings, and expose young scientists to the academic and research environment of the developed countries. A great service is being done by this organization.”

- Pakistani Fellow at the International Food Data Conference, 2005

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“I congratulate INF for the hard work….It was an eye opener and a lesson to us young scientists that we should not be afraid to take risks, and that it takes the initiative of only a few to impact on the whole world. Thank you so much.”

- Kenyan Fellow at the Third Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference, 2008

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