Advanced Grants awarded in 2021

INDONESIA

SITUMORANG Magdalena Lenny Application of closed hybrid zero water discharge–recirculating aquaculture system technology along with synbiotic functional feed as alternative to antibiotics for disease biocontrol strategy in whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei culture

PHILIPPINES

GUIRINDOLA Mildred Food environment and socio-ecological attributes as drivers of food security before and during enhanced and general COVID-19 quarantines in Cavite, Philippines

VIETNAM

BUI Thi Lam Moving toward a healthier diet: Consumer intention to eat more vegetables and less meat in Vietnam DUY KHOA Tran Nguyen Application of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in larviculture of mud crab (Scylla paramamosain)

LE Thanh Dien Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages for biocontrol of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter jejuni in broilers

NGUYEN Huu Tien Study on damaging potential and diversity of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with vegetables in Vietnam and develop biological control strategies using endophytic bacteria

NGUYEN Thien Experimental and computational NMR in detection, structure elucidation, and kinetic analysis of lipid oxidation products in fried foods in Vietnam NGUYEN Cong Oanh Potential for using some indigenous medicinal plants as feed additives relating to animal health, growth performance and meat quality of pigs in Northern Vietnam

THU Nguyen Thi Tam Production and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by halophilic microorganisms isolated from Truong Sa island in Vietnam

TRIEU Quoc An Recovery of phosphate from eutrophic water bodies by nano-biocomposite adsorbents: application as smart fertilizers

SUPPORTING YOUNG RESEARCHERS

The International Foundation for Science (IFS) supports early career scientists in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries through grants and capacity-enhancing activities. IFS was established as a non-governmental organisation in 1972, is funded by the academic, development and private sectors and has provided more than 8000 grants to researchers in 105 countries for a half-century.