The University of the West Indies

RESEARCH GRANTS

  1. Inter-American Development Bank

    IDB Grant totalling 2.45M USD to rehabilitate and preserve dead and damaged mangroves in south Clarendon,enhance livelihoods related to mangroves and to secure measurable additions to carbon sequestration to mitigate global warming. 2020-2026.

  2. National Institutes of Health

    NIH funding totalling 1M USD shared among our consortium of five academic centres, the PI in Chicago, SODECO in Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa and Seychelles, to explore the role ofsleep disturbance and meal timing on obesity and diabetes. This study began in 2019 and goes through 2024.

  3. National Institutes of Health

    NIH funding totalling 2.5M USD shared among our consortium of five academic centres, the PI in Chicago, SODECO in Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa and Seychelles. 

    “METS Microbiome”. This is to explore the role of gut bacteria on the risk of obesity and diabetes. This study began April 2018 and continues through to 2023.

  4. Global Challenges Research Fund

    GCRF UK consortium (Kenya, Scotland, Grenada and Jamaica) grant 24,000 USD  in Jamaica toco-create our funding proposal to assess and mitigate the impact of pollutants in the mangrove foodchain from up-stream runoff of pesticides and other residues. 2020- 2021.

  5. Climate-U Funding

    Climate-U funding of 19,000 USD to pilot participatory action research in environmental monitoring to secure healthy mangrove forests.

  6. The Royal Society - Grand Challenge Grant

    Grand challenges/The Royal Society funding of 24,000 GBP to explore impact of extreme weather events and climate change of early life development and long term health both cardio-metabolic and neurocognitive.

  7. Industry Funding

    Industry grant of E900,000 to evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise on cognition and emotional regulation of adult survivors of severe childhood malnutrition in Kingston, Jamaica

  8. Wellcome Leap Grant

    Wellcome Leap Grant of USD1M to evaluate the impact of brain targeted nutritional supplements on cognition and emotional regulation in children suffering severe malnutrition in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ​

     

  9. NIH Grant 22K

    NIH Grant of USD22,000 to pilot a new strategy for deploying exercise for brain health focusing on in- home exercise because of the risks associated with centrally conducted exercise interventions in COVID pandemic conditions. Exercise and nutrition are used to induce brain plasticity in adult survivors of severe childhood malnutrition, to repair neural circuitry and function, and improve cognition and executive function. The new pilot begins upon receipt of ethics approval in 2021 and runs for 1 year.

  10. NIH Funding 1M

    USD1M NIH funding shared among our consortium of five academic centres (above) to explore the role of sleep disturbance and meal timing on obesity and diabetes. This study began in 2019 and goes through 2022.

  11. GCRF UK consortium

    GCRF UK consortium (Kenya, Scotland, Grenada and Jamaica) grant USD24,000 in Jamaica to co-create our funding proposal to assess and mitigate the impact of pollutants in the mangrove food chain from up-stream runoff of pesticides and other residues. 2020- 2021.

  12. IDB Grant

    IDB Grant USD 2.45m to rehabilitate and preserve dead and damaged mangroves in south Clarendon, enhance livelihoods related
    to mangroves and to secure measurable additions to carbon sequestration to mitigate global warming 2020-2026.

  13. NIH Grant. METS Microbiome. Gut microbiome and obesity/diabetes in African populations 2017-2021

    NIH Grant. METS microbiome and obesity/diabetes in African populations. 2017-2021
    NIH Grant. Role of sleep and gut microbiome in cardio metabolic diseases in African Diaspora populations. 2019-2022
    Nutriset Ltd. Public Private Partnership Grant. Saving Brains from Malnutrition, Kumasi, and Navrongo, Ghana. 2018 – 2021
    Wellcome Leap. Unpacking the black box: Multidimensional evaluation of the early emergence of executive function and dysfunction (Auckland, Boston, Singapore, Bangladesh, Kingston). 

     

  14. NIH Funding

    USD2.5M NIH funding shared among our consortium of five academic centres, the PI in Chicago, SODECO in Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa and Seychelles. “METS Microbiome”. This is to explore the role of gut bacteria on the risk of obesity and diabetes. This study began April 2018 and goes through 2021.