Funding Body
For this project, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) organization will be selected as a funding body due to its goals and relevance. In particular, US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme will be targeted as a project that integrates United States of America (USA), Northern Ireland (NI), and Republic of Ireland (RoI) (US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme n.d.). It is required by the programme that researchers should be involved in the study of their subjects in all three mentioned jurisdictions.
Such tri-partite research seems to be an excellent opportunity to conduct a comprehensive study and examine the topic area in a detailed manner. The chosen funding body goals are consistent with those of the proposed project: to promote creative innovations and improve health of populations (Mission and goals 2017). Indeed, the issue of nutrition becomes one of the most critical concerns of today’s healthcare theory and practice.
Among other fields of research, SFI supports health studies in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), which makes the identified programme appropriate for the proposed project (SFI’s vision, mission & core values n.d). Since the associations between food texture and health outcomes are important for understanding how to enhance current health practices, it is expected that these organizations will be interested in the project. In addition, the scale of the project also fits the timeframe and budget set by SFI. The support provided by NIH and NSF is necessary for collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating valuable data, thus expanding knowledge regarding the impact of food textures on health changes.
Peer Review Journal
The selection of a peer-reviewed journal for publication of study findings is not an easy task. Nowadays, there is a global burden of various studies in medicine and clinical research (Kovanis, Porcher, Ravaud, & Trinquart, 2016). The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (EJCN), a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on human nutrition, is selected as the source for the publication of the project results. The fact that this journal welcomes various international studies on clinical, epidemiological, and metabolic areas makes it pertinent to the proposed project. EJCN ranks 37 out of 81 journals in the field of nutrition and dietetics, and its 5-year Impact factor is 3.293 (About the journal n.d.).
Compared to other journals such as the Journal of Food Science, The European Journal of Food Research and Review, or Food Research International, the chosen article is more characteristic of nutrition research and its impacts on health issues. More to the point, it seems important to publish the results of the study in the international journal since the research will integrate data from three jurisdictions. The scope of EJCN is more appropriate to the project’s aim and potential contribution.
The target audience of this journal is composed of scholars, practitioners, and patients who want to be aware of the latest discoveries in nutrition. It is expected that the study will also be of interest for conducting further research in this area (About the journal n.d.). It should also be pointed out that based on implications and limitations of the proposed project, it will be possible to elaborate on the given topic and share obtained knowledge. Thus, the paramount idea of EJCN is to create a platform where authors may cooperate with each other and conduct vital research, which is appropriate for the project’s scope.
References
About the journal n.d. Web.
Kovanis, M., Porcher, R., Ravaud, P., & Trinquart, L. (2016). The global burden of journal peer review in the biomedical literature: strong imbalance in the collective enterprise. PLoS One, 11(11), 1-14.
Mission and goals. 2017. Web.
SFI’s vision, mission & core values. n.d. Web.
US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme. n.d. Web.