Objective This is a critical time for nutrition. Malnutrition rates remain high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where only nine out of 46 countries are on track to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal target of a 50% reduction in underweight prevalence among children under five years. Despite the huge cost of malnutrition, investment in the nutrition sector has been insufficient. There has been a renewed interest in nutrition recently, however, and it is a potentially opportune moment for investing in nutrition research.The SUNRAY (Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come) project will produce a new, sustainable nutrition research agenda for sub-Saharan Africa based on five concepts.1) Future landscape: Emergence of new nutritional challenges due to changes in the environmental landscape.2) Sustainable and broad-based solutions: Integration of nutrition research within other sectors to ensure sustainable solutions.3) African centre of gravity: Identification of research opportunities and constraints by African institutions.4) Broad stakeholder involvement: Strengthening of the link between research and action.5) Political engagement: Engagement of policy-makers to ensure political buy-in and subsequent action.SUNRAY has seven work packages: WP1 optimises communication and coordination within the Consortium. WP2 maps current nutrition research activities in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the operating environment. WP3 analyses the views of stakeholders. WP4 examines the impact of environmental changes on nutrition. WP5 builds consensus on research priorities through workshops in three African regions. WP6 develops a strategic framework for future research in the form of a roadmap. WP7 disseminates project outputs. The SUNRAY Consortium has four African and five European institutions and an Advisory Group of six external experts with complementary expertise. The total budget of 968,463 Euros is for a period of 18 months Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2010.2.2-03 - Identifying research needs on malnutrition in Africa – Mandatory Africa Call for proposal FP7-AFRICA-2010 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE EU contribution € 226 426,34 Address NATIONALESTRAAT 155 2000 ANTWERPEN Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Mostmans (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE STIFTELSE*IFS Sweden EU contribution € 37 062,83 Address KARLAVAGEN 108 FIFTH FLOOR 108 11526 STOCKHOLM See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ulf Edin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 46 989,00 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tom Bessens (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT South Africa EU contribution € 159 739,64 Address HOFFMAN STREET 11 2531 Potchefstroom See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Madi Van Staden (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania EU contribution € 117 017,21 Address Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Peter Raphael (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE D'ABOMEY-CALAVI Benin EU contribution € 116 892,96 Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITAIRES D ABOMEY 01 Abomey Calavi See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jean T. Claude Codjia (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT France EU contribution € 38 765,10 Address BOULEVARD DE DUNKERQUE 44 CS 90009 13572 Marseille See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ariel Crozon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Uganda EU contribution € 60 959,26 Address Main Campus 256 Kampala See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact William Bazeyo (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACIO OXFAM INTERMON Spain EU contribution € 130 268,16 Address Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 641 08010 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Administrative Contact Esther Perez (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 34 342,50 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanna Watson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data