Prague, Czech Republic – 13 September 2025 – The Medical Nutrition International Industry (MNI) is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 MNI Grant is the French project “A multicentre study on the resting energy expenditure of cancer patients.” The awarded METHEO group will receive a grant valued at €40,000.
Involving seven dedicated French oncology centres under the association called METHEO group, this study aims to conduct up to 30 standardised measurements of resting energy expenditure per week. Project leader Doctor Pamela Funk-Debleds explains how this initiative has the potential to transform nutritional care for patients with cancer: “This study investigates resting energy expenditure (REE) in patients with cancer, focusing on hypermetabolism, which affects nearly half of this population and worsens outcomes. By using indirect calorimetry and comprehensive data collection, the project aims to refine nutritional recommendations and personalise energy targets. Findings could influence international guidelines and promote broader use of indirect calorimetry in oncology.”
This year, MNI received twenty exceptional project proposals from 16 countries, all endorsed by national PEN societies, and evaluated by MNI experts jointly with The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN). MNI President Martin Halbeis commented: “It is inspiring to witness the continuous enhancement in the quality of applications we receive every year. This underscores the commitment worldwide to advancing optimal nutritional care. Selecting the winner was a challenging decision, and I would like to congratulate all the highly skilled professionals who applied.”
Amongst the high-quality applications, MNI would also like to acknowledge the quality of other two projects, examples of outstanding initiatives that certainly deserve interest:
- The Dutch initiative “Malnutrition in Patients with Overweight & Obesity – Developing a Data-Driven Screening Tool for Improved Recognition”, and
- The Swedish project “Dietary intake and nutrient status after GLP-1 RA therapy Insights towards nutritionally adequate diabetes care”
Since its inception in 2008, the Medical Nutrition International Industry (MNI) Grant has awarded €560,000 to a total of 18 national projects. Endorsed by PEN societies, these initiatives contribute to improving nutritional care worldwide.
For further details regarding the additional applications received, please see below:
- MALNUTRITION PATIENT PORTAL: Empowering patients with disease-related malnutrition and their carers to self-manage their nutritional health – endorsed by BAPEN
- Integration of Nutrition Education in Medical Schools (NEMS) in Germany – An initiative by young, interdisciplinary and inter-professional healthcare representatives – endorsed by DGEM
- AI-Powered Self-Management and Rapid Access Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Tool for Post-Discharge Care – endorsed by IAPEN
- Memory Based Dietary Assessment Methods: Reliability and Influencing Factors – endorsed by AKE
- Practical tool for dieticians navigating protein transition for patients at risk of malnutrition – endorsed by NESPEN
- Evaluating the impact of a multidisciplinary team approach in the care of patients with intestinal failure: A pre- and post-implementation study in a tertiary IF center – endorsed by VVKVM
- Does body composition predict insulin sensitivity during major abdominal surgery? – endorsed by SBNC
- Optimal micronutrient status for all: Determination of functional micronutrient status for precision medicine in critically ill patients – endorsed by NESPEN
- Evaluation of Nutritional Detection and Execution in Memory Integrated Clinics (ENDEMIC) – endorsed by GESKES SSNC
- Enhancing Compliance: Standardized Portioning and a Digital Solution for Mandatory Nutritional Screening in Hospitals – endorsed by GrESPEN
- Oral Nutritional Support to Improve Gut Microbiota and Health Outcomes in Older Adults with Early Stage Chronic Kidney Disease – endorsed by KEPAN
- Unlocking multi-professional Expertise: The Artificial Nutrition Ambassador Initiative – endorsed by SFNCM
- PENLink App Digital Home Care Support for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – endorsed by ESTSPEN
- NUTRIONCO-DICE: Nutritional Oncology Integration via Digital Counselling & Evaluation – A scalable model for head, neck, oesophageal and gastric cancer patients – endorsed by ROSPEN
- Digital Nutrition Monitoring and consulting system for Home – based clinical nutrition – endorsed by LaSPEN
- Lost in Translation? Reframing How We Talk About Malnutrition – endorsed by IrSPEN
- NutriGuard: Integrated Application for Malnutrition Risk Assessment and Nutritional Intervention – endorsed by Slovak SPEN