Health Economics & Outcomes Research and Advocacy Grants

As part of our commitment to advance patients’ access to medical nutrition and consumer care solutions, we proudly support ethical, independent advocacy and research initiatives led by qualified third-party organizations, healthcare professionals, patient advocates and health economists.

Research priorities are related to nutrition intervention

for people suffering from

  • Oncology illness
  • Malabsorption including SBS (short bowel syndrome)
  • Maldigestion including EPI (exocrine pancreas insufficiency)
  • Sarcopenia & frailty
  • Cow's milk protein allergy
  • Neurological disabilities
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment

for people during weight loss journeys, including GLP-1 medications (maintenance of lean body mass and weight, mitigation of side effects of GLP-1 therapy)

for Women’s Health (menopause and peri-menopause symptoms, menstrual and PMS symptoms)

Health Economics and Outcomes Research

  • Cost-effectiveness/consequence analysis
  • Budget impact analysis
  • Real-world evidence generation (e.g. healthcare resource utilization, costs, comparative effectiveness)
  • Patient-reported outcome (PRO) (e.g. quality of life assessments)

Advocacy Projects

  • Access to nutrition solutions (e.g. advocacy campaign)
  • Support for non-clinical guidelines development
  • Quality improvement programs
  • Nutrition care pathway implementation (e.g. inclusion of screening protocols for malnutrition or dysphagia)
  • Healthcare policy research

For clinical research proposals click here: NHSc Medical Hub (applications open in January 2026)