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 living with

  • Oncology conditions
  • 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, perimenopause, menstrual and premenstrual symptoms)

llustrative types of projects

Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

  • 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)
  • 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)