Vital Strategies Healthy Food Policy Fellowship

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Description

The Vital Strategies Healthy Food Policy Fellowship aims to address a critical barrier to building a healthier food environment—the dearth of research expertise to guide life-saving policies.

The fellowship, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, currently supports outstanding Ph.D. candidates who are residents of Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Uganda or Indonesia and are committed to pursuing a field of study and research that will enable them to contribute to healthier food environments through public policy. Overall, the goal of the Healthy Food Policy Fellowship is to strengthen the focus countries' health systems by developing research expertise—creating a pool of people who are qualified to design, conduct, analyze, present and promote research—to bridge existing research gaps and guide national policies for healthier food environments in Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Uganda and Indonesia.

Rules

Eligibility requirements:

  • Applicant is citizen or permanent resident of Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda or Vietnam
  • Applicant has not started the PhD program for which they are seeking Fellowship support.
  • Applicant intends to return to, remain in, or continue working for the benefit of their country of origin or residence and contribute to healthier food environments and food policy after completing their PhD.
  • Applicant currently has no affiliation with the sugary drink, ultra-processed food, tobacco or industries, or their agents or associates, and has had no such affiliation during the two years preceding this application.
  • Applicant is committed to contributing to a healthier food environment in my country of origin or residence.