The Global Grants for Gut Health will consider proposals for one-year research projects – whether laboratory investigations or clinical studies – that advance understanding of the mechanisms by which gut microbiota have an impact on human health.

The new Global Grants for Gut Health call for applications in 2024 is seeking research proposals to explore beyond the bacterial microbiome, to elucidate mechanisms of interaction between the host, the non-bacterial and bacterial microbiome in the gut.

Funding Organization: Nature Portfolio in partnership with Yakult.

Research Scope: The role of nutrition in modulating the human gut microbiome and barrier function: studies exploring the interplay between diet, microbial composition and barrier homeostasis.

Eligibility: Applicants

• should be employed by a university, research institute or any other not-for-profit organization,
• must hold a doctorate or medical degree (e.g., PhD, MD, PharmD), and
• have at least five years’ postdoctoral research experience.

The awards are global, so applicants can be of any nationality and projects can be hosted at eligible organisations in any country apart from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Burma/Myanmar, Russia, or the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine, or other sanction-sensitive countries or regions as updated from time to time.

Maximum Award: The grant provides up to US$100,000 for a project spanning 1 year.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted to the Nature Portfolio portal (https://natureawards.submittable.com/submit).

Application Deadline: 9 September 2025

Further information: https://www.nature.com/immersive/gutgrants/index.html

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak
Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel: 0 2470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th