The A&T Small Grants Program aims to fund operational research projects that will identify novel approaches and overcome key barriers to improving infant and young child feeding (IYCF) at scale in low-income countries. Awards for small grants will generally be in the range of US$50,000-100,000.

Grant activities can include formal research studies, development and evaluation of pilot programmes, operational research, testing of novel public-private partnerships, evaluation of various approaches to removing obstacles to improved IYCF at the country level, and related work. Add-ons to ongoing larger projects are allowable. All applications will need to specify how the success of the project will be evaluated.

Grants can be awarded to any organisation with a demonstrated interest and commitment to improving IYCF practices, including research organisations, non-government organisations, public (e.g. government) institutions, and private sector organisations. All recipients must have prior experience conducting relevant IYCF activities and must demonstrate prior experience in efficient and effective fiscal management. In the case of partnerships, a lead organisation should be identified that meets these criteria and can submit the letter of interest (LOI) as the prime applicant.

Grants will be awarded to successful applications during a two-step application process that begins with the submission of an LOI. Selected applicants will be asked to submit a full proposal. The LOIs and full proposals will be evaluated by the A&T Technical Advisory Group. Email a cover letter and LOI application to ATresearch@ucdavis.edu
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Press release from Kathryn G. Dewey through the CORE CS Community Listserv on July 21 2009.