Precision Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases RFP

The long-term goal of the Precision Nutrition initiative is to be able to answer the IBD patient’s key question, “what should I eat,”  based on the patient’s personal response to different foods, so that diets can be tailored to the individual clinical, biological and lifestyle characteristics of the patient. 

P​​​​​​roposals should focus on one or both of the following approaches:

1. Patient-based prospective studies to identify signatures and/or mechanisms of response to food in IBD patients and their correlation with disease outcomes.
2. Preclinical model-based studies to identify signatures and/or mechanisms of response to food and their correlation to IBD pathophysiological readouts

Applications from a team is required, with one lead Principal Investigator (PI) and at least one Co-PI.

Collaboration agreemnet will be instigated and negotiated by the foundation and not by applicants. 

Funding: 

1) Individual Agreement - $320,000 per year 

2) Collaboration Agreemnt - $160,000 for year 1 (pilot). $900,000 per year for years 2, 3

Duration: 3 years