Applications Invited for DInA Small Grants: Large Scale Food Fortification Data 2025

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Micronutrient deficiency is a global crisis. This hidden hunger adversely impacts individuals, communities, and health systems, limiting the health and futures of one in two children and two in three women worldwide. Deficiencies in vitamins and minerals, including but not limited to iron, zinc, folate, iodine, and vitamin A, can have devastating consequences on survival, health, and well-being that reverberate for generations and limit economic growth. As climate change and other global crises disrupt the food systems and livelihoods of millions, micronutrient insecurity will only get worse across the globe.

About the Grant

The Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance (DInA) has launched its second Small Grants Program, inviting eligible organizations in low- and middle-income countries to apply for grants of up to $15,000 USD. This year’s focus is on large-scale food fortification (LSFF) data. While LSFF has a long track record of success, significant data gaps still hinder effective program design, implementation, and scale-up. Through this initiative, DInA aims to generate new evidence that strengthens LSFF programming, improves policy decision-making, and ensures fortified foods reach the most vulnerable populations.

DInA strongly encourages proposals from National Fortification Alliances (NFAs) or organizations working in close collaboration with NFAs, given their central role in coordinating LSFF efforts at national and regional levels. Successful proposals will focus on improving LSFF data ecosystems, including evaluating coverage and compliance metrics, analyzing existing data for policy insights, and strengthening regional collaboration.

Focus of the 2025 Small Grants Program

The 2025 Small Grants Program will focus on country-led efforts to strengthen the large-scale food fortification (LSFF) data ecosystem. LSFF is a proven, cost-effective intervention to improve micronutrient intake and address micronutrient deficiencies as part of a broader food systems strategy to improve poor diets. LSFF has a proven track record of success over the past several decades:

• 147 countries have mandatory or voluntary salt iodization programs, eliminating iodine deficiency and goitre in much of the world.
• 94 countries have legislation that mandates fortification of at least one industrially milled cereal grain.
• More than 30 countries fortify edible oil.

Funding

Grants of up to $15,000 USD

Eligibility

To qualify, applicants must:

• Live and work in a low- and middle-income country (as classified by the World Bank)
• Be a member of DInA (become a member here).
• Represent an organization or stakeholder group (e.g., government, academia, non-profit etc.)
• Commit to working on an LSFF policy-related topic.

How to Apply

Download and complete the application form here.

Submit the completed form via email to DInA@micronutrientforum.org by 30 April 2025 (11:59pm ET).

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