Amino Acid Research

The objective of the program is to enhance knowledge on upper limits of amino acid intakes, especially on methodologies for assessing or setting upper intake levels of individual amino acids for humans. Funding priority basically goes to research that will be able to provide human data or data directly relevant to humans. Applications from both individual investigators and groups of investigators of the same or different academic, scientific or medical institutions are welcome.

Prior to the submission of a full application, an applicant is required to submit a pre-application electronically on or before September 30, 2009. The pre-application should include the name of the principal investigator, the name of the institution, the project title and a brief description of the proposed project.

ICAAS, with the advice from the ICAAS Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), will review and consider the submitted pre-applications and select suitable candidates for submitting full applications. The ICAAS Secretariat will inform the result of this initial screening of their pre-applications.

B. Full Application
The selected applicants, upon request of the secretariat of ICAAS, must submit a full application package on or before December 31, 2009. Electronic submission of application is mandatory, and late application will not be accepted.