American University of Beirut

Collaborations and Grants

FAFS researchers ​are highly involved in international collaborations spanning the globe.

External Grants | Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Accelerating Progress of Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Ali Chalak
  • Funding Agency: Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)
  • Start – End Date: 25-Oct-2022 | 31-Jan-2023

CORUSUS Partnership AUB 2022/23
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Shady Hamadeh 
  • Funding Agency: Central European University
  • Start – End Date: 16-Jan-2023 | 31-Dec-2026

Transformational and Robust AdaptatioN to water Scarcity and ClimatE chaNge under Deep uncertainty – TRANSCEND
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Hadi Jaafar 
  • Funding Agency: European Union 
  • Start – End Date: 01-Jan-2023 | 31-Dec-2026

Service Provision for Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods in Agri-Food
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Shady Hamadeh
  • Funding Agency: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
  • Start – End Date: 16-Jan-2023 | 16-Jun-2023

Assessing the acceptability of fortified Lebanese pita bread
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Omar Obeid 
  • Funding Agency: World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Start – End Date: 01-Mar-2023 | 05-May-2023

HEmoglobin MEasurement (HEME) – Second Phase of Laboratory Validation Studies
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Omar Obeid 
  • Funding Agency: JSI Research & Training Institute 
  • Start – End Date: 13-Mar-2023 | 11-Aug-2023

Applying Nuclear Techniques for the Determination of Body Fat and Anthropometric Cutoffs (ARASIA) 
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Lara Nasreddine 
  • Funding Agency: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Start – End Date: 18-Apr-2023 | 18-Apr-2024

A Comparative Assessment of Energy Expenditure and Intake Amongst Lebanese Adolescents Using the Method of Doubly Labeled Water 
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Elie-Jacques Fares
  • Funding Agency: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Start – End Date: 18-Apr-2023 | 31-May-2029​

Supporting the Local Food System 
  • Principle Investigator: Dr. Shady Hamadeh
  • Funding Agency: DROSOS Foundation 
  • Start – End Date: ​01-July-2023 | 30-June-2026 ​

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