The i-NutriLife Hub received 13 funding requests in its first call for funding (9 Business Interaction Vouchers and 4 Proof of Concept).
Six projects have been funded (5 Business Interaction Vouchers and 1 Proof of Concept).
The funded projects are:
Awardee | Institution | Sum awarded (i.e. 80% of the full request) | Project | Industry partner |
Ella Baker | University of Southampton | £30720 | Exploring the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of action of Ahiflower oil, a sustainable alternative to marine-sourced omega-3 fatty acids | Nature’s Crops |
Wendy Hall | Kings College London | £23453 | Probiotics and prebiotics for maintenance and optimisation of skin health and function throughout the life course: a scoping review | Yakult |
Stephen Lim | University of Southampton | £30144 | Compliance and palatability of fortified porridge compared to standard liquid-based oral nutritional supplementation in hospitalised older adults with malnutrition: the RELISH study | Adams Vital |
Matthew Pontifex | University of East Anglia | £39696 | Efficacy of transgenic plant derived n-3 PUFAs in the prevention of menopause mediated brain dysregulation | Yield10 Bioscience |
Ana Rodriguez-Mateos | Kings College London | £37620 | (Poly)phenols and probiotics to improve menopausal symptoms via the gut-brain axis | Invivo Clinical |
Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez | University of Stirling | £35492 | Nutritional modification of inflammatory signalling in young and older adults through n-3 PUFA ingestion: a dose response and washout study | Danone Nutricia Research |