Call for Fel­lows

Call for Fellows: Economics of Infant Nutrition

Overview

Are you an ear­ly ca­reer re­searcher with an in­ter­est in the eco­nom­ics of child de­vel­op­ment, in­fant nu­tri­tion, or breast­feed­ing? The Lars­son Rosen­quist Foun­da­tion Cen­ter for Eco­nom­ics of Breast­feed­ing (LRF CEB) is now ac­cept­ing ap­pli­ca­tions for Pro­ject De­vel­op­ment Fel­lows.

The aim of the pro­gramme is to bring to­geth­er ju­nior re­searchers from around the world to help push for­ward the re­search fron­tier in the eco­nom­ics of in­fant nu­tri­tion. Pro­ject De­vel­op­ment Fel­lows will be award­ed up to CHF 5,000 in start­ing funds and be­come af­fil­i­ates of the LRF CEB. They will re­ceive sup­port to de­vel­op their projects to ap­ply for larg­er funds, train­ing in how to con­duct suc­cess­ful re­search, and reg­u­lar feed­back from ex­perts and a com­mu­ni­ty of oth­er Fel­lows.

About the LRF CEB Project Development Fellowship

To be el­i­gi­ble for the Fel­low­ship, ap­pli­cants must sub­mit a project pro­pos­al. This can be for an ear­ly-stage or more well-formed idea and must be re­lat­ed to the eco­nom­ics of in­fant nu­tri­tion. Nov­el and risk-tak­ing pro­pos­als are en­cour­aged.

Fel­lows will be ap­point­ed for one cal­en­dar year, from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, and meet quar­ter­ly on­line to share their progress with peers and ex­perts.

The fel­low­ship will start with an in-per­son kick-off work­shop in Zurich in mid-June 2025. Costs of at­ten­dance will be cov­ered by the LRF CEB and the work­shop will give fel­lows the chance to meet in per­son and present their ideas. Through­out the ap­point­ment pe­ri­od, par­tic­i­pants will re­ceive reg­u­lar feed­back and train­ing in grant writ­ing, pro­pos­al de­vel­op­ment and de­sign­ing im­ple­mentable, scal­able re­search. Fel­lows will re­main af­fil­i­ates of the LRF CEB once their term ends.

Eligibility

All eco­nom­ics re­searchers are el­i­gi­ble to ap­ply, but we will give prece­dence to ju­nior re­searchers (PhD stu­dents and post-doc­tor­al re­searchers with less than three years of post-PhD re­search ex­pe­ri­ence). The pro­vid­ed fi­nan­cial sup­port should be viewed as seed fund­ing to be used to­wards the de­vel­op­ment of the re­search idea, with the aim to sup­port lat­er, larg­er fund­ing ap­pli­ca­tions from oth­er or­gan­i­sa­tions.

Please note that re­searchers who have re­ceived funds from any in­fant for­mu­la com­pa­ny or as­so­ci­at­ed foun­da­tion or re­search in­sti­tu­tion are pre­clud­ed from ap­ply­ing to the LRF CEB Pro­ject De­vel­op­ment Fel­low­ship (list of for­mu­la com­pa­nies).

Application

Prospec­tive ap­pli­cants must sub­mit a five-page project pro­pos­al and a bud­get doc­u­ment­ing how the start­ing funds will be spent. The pro­pos­al can be for an ear­ly-stage or more well-formed idea. Ap­pli­ca­tions for both ex­per­i­ments and ob­ser­va­tion­al stud­ies are wel­come. We rec­om­mend re­view­ing the ad­join­ing White Pa­per for in­spi­ra­tion. The pro­posed project pe­ri­od may ex­tend be­yond May 31, 2026, but sup­port from the Fel­low­ship pro­gramme is not guar­an­teed af­ter this date.

Ap­pli­ca­tions should be sub­mit­ted on­line by 23:59 GMT on Fri­day 31st Jan­u­ary 2025. Guide­lines on how to ap­ply can be found in the Ap­pli­ca­tion Guide­lines doc­u­ment. De­ci­sions will be com­mu­ni­cat­ed with­in a few weeks of the dead­line.

Contact

For ques­tions re­lat­ed to this ap­pli­ca­tion, the iden­ti­fied re­search pri­or­i­ties, or the ap­pli­ca­tion and re­view process, please con­tact de­von.spi­ka@econ.uzh.ch.

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