The NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases and Environmental Change (NIHR GHRC for NCDs and EC) Indonesia has achieved remarkable success in securing prestigious research awards, highlighting its growing influence in global health research. These awards reflect NIHR Indonesia’s commitment to advancing scientific discoveries, fostering international collaborations, and addressing critical health challenges. By working alongside leading research institutions in both high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), NIHR Indonesia continues to contribute to groundbreaking studies that have the potential to improve public health outcomes. This recognition also demonstrates the trust and support from international funding bodies, reinforcing NIHR Indonesia’s role as a key player in health research and innovation.
As of February 19, 2025, the total rewards amount to £2,271,141.64 GBP, which is approximately $2,860,000.00 USD, based on an exchange rate of 1 GBP = 1.25919 USD.
For details of the research awards that have been successfully funded:
- Title: NIHR Global Health Research Centre on NCDs and Environmental Change
- Reference Number: NIHR203247
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead HIC: Professor Christopher Millett, Imperial College London
- Lead LMIC: Professor Vivekanand Jha, The George Institute for Global Health
- Objective: A recognized centre of excellence on NCDs and global environmental change in LMICs, co-producing world-leading implementation research with local communities, strengthening research capability, advocacy, and policy for health equity.
- Period: 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2027
- Award Amount in Original Currency: £1,959,148 GBP
- Title: Identification of Prognostic Molecular Markers in Chronic Plastic Burning Exposure for the Development of Personalized Health Care Strategies
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead HIC: Co-PI: Asri Maharani, University of Manchester
- Lead LMIC: PI: Holipah; Co-PI: Sujarwoto, University of Brawijaya
- Objective: To identify the health impacts of pollution from plastic burning in areas with high levels of air pollution due to this practice
- Period: Aug 2024 – November 2025
- Award Amount in Original Currency: £5,000 GBP
- Title: SPARC Grant (Satelite modelling for Air Pollution)
- Type of Grant: Training Grant
- Lead LMIC: Eko Teguh Purwito Adi (PhD candidate), University of Brawijaya
- Objective: 1) Learning about Satellite data processing and implementation of the Neural network, especially for sentinel-2 data retrieval methods and smoke detection like the You Only Look Once (YOLO) method and semantic segmentation. 2) To learning about Spatial analysis to predict the dispersion of the emission concentration and their linkage with non-communicable diseases 3) Developing a dispersion model using earth surface monitoring data using the daily Spatio Temporal-Land Use Regression (ST-LUR) model to find the correlation between the concentration and the diseases. 4) All the knowledge gained will be implemented in Indonesia’s satellite data. The predicted concentration will be linked with the epidemiological study results already available in the Public Health Office of Indonesia, the branch of Malang Regency.
- Period: Feb 2025 – April 2025
- Award Amount in Original Currency: £10,000 GBP
- Title: WHO project on ethical climate and health research
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead HIC: Laura Downey (Co-PI), Program Lead, Health System Sciences, TGI Australia
- Lead LMIC: PI Devaki Nambiar (TGI) Advisory team Vivekanand Jha (TGI), D Praveen (TGI), Sujarwoto (University of Brawijaya), Aliya Naheed (icddr,b)
- Objective: Identify mechanisms for building equity and ethical practice in global climate change research
- Period: 2024 – 2026
- Award Amount in Original Currency: 44,484 USD
- Title: Expanding capability of SMARThealth for Multiple Long term Conditions in India and Indonesia
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead HIC: Laura Downey, Anushka Patel
- Lead LMIC: D Praveen (TGI India), Sujarwoto (University of Brawijaya)
- Objective: Expanding digital technolgy SMARThealth capabiilty to deliver more person-centred integrated care for multiple long term conditions
- Period: 2025 – 2027
- Award Amount in Original Currency: 350,000 AUD
- Title: Mapping adaptation strategies to tackle the impact of climate change on physical and mental health in coastal areas in Indonesia
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead HIC: Co-PI: Asri Maharani, University of Manchester
- Lead LMIC: Herni Susanti; Sujarwoto
- Objective: To provide new evidence of the experience of communities living in coastal areas in Indonesia and document the consequences of changing climate on their physical and mental health
- Period: 12 months; March 2024-Feb 2025
- Award Amount in Original Currency: £7,500 GBP
- Title: Development of precision medicine-based antihypertensive therapy for controlling cardiovascular disease risks in rural populations in Indonesia
- Type of Grant: Research Grant
- Lead LMIC: Delvac Oceandy; Sujarwoto
- Objective: To develop precision medicine-based antihypertensive therapy for controlling cardiovascular disease risks within SMARThealth study area in Malang district government
- Period: 12 months
- Award Amount in Original Currency: £77,817.6 GBP