Every year the Medical Nutrition International Industry (MNI) awards the MNI Grant to an initiative related to optimal nutritional care.
The 2018 MNI Grant was awarded to SENPE, the Spanish Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.
The MNI Grant worth of 30,000€ will support SENPE’s project to provide health authorities with a cost-economic tool to calculate the economic impact of disease-related malnutrition, against the cost- effectiveness of screening and nutritional intervention. The ultimate goal is to improve clinical practice and reach ‘’zero malnutrition’ in the national health system.
The Grant was awarded by Tim Meyerhoff, MNI President, on 3 September 2018 during the 40th ESPEN Congress in Madrid: “As MNI celebrates the MNI Grant tenth anniversary, we are delighted to provide the 2018 award to this inspiring project which will support the integration of nutritional care in clinical practice for the benefits of patients and healthcare systems.”
Miguel León Sanz – Chairman of the Spanish Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SENPE), who presented the project in detail during the ESPEN-ONCA-MNI joint session– believes that “With the support of the national authorities and by involving a multidisciplinary platform engaging around 80% of healthcare professionals, we can strongly contribute to reach ‘Zero disease-related malnutrition’ in Spain”.
You can read more about the SENPE’s project here. More information on MNI Grant and the past winning projects are available in the MNI booklet “10 Years of MNI Grant – The Value of cooperation” (2008-2018).
The 2019 MNI Grant selection criteria were also announced on 3 September and are published on MNI website here. Deadline for submissions is set to 15 May 2019.
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