DELIVERING FOR NUTRITION IN SOUTH ASIA: 2026 – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Delivering for Nutrition is built around an open, competitive call for abstracts to ensure each conference showcases the latest, high quality research and experiences from across South Asia. While the conference maintains a regional focus, it also recognizes that valuable lessons emerge from other settings and encourages cross-regional learning where these experiences can inform nutrition action in South Asia. D4N uses a standardized, double-review process to ensure abstracts are assessed fairly and consistently.

Submission Categories

We are pleased to invite submissions in the following categories:

• Research: High-quality studies providing new evidence on diet quality, food system drivers, and nutrition outcomes.
• Experience:
  • Policy: Insights on policy frameworks, governance and financing mechanisms, and the political economy of food system transformation.
  • Implementation: Practical lessons from implementing and scaling interventions and programs to improve diets and nutrition.
  • Capacity sharing: Blueprints and experiences with strengthening technical skills, organizational leadership, and institutional knowledge translation for better diets and nutrition.

Please read the D4N2026 concept note to ensure your abstract is aligned with the conference theme.

Eligibility

Eligible submissions

• Relate to at least one of the eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka.
• Multi-country or global studies are welcome only if they include findings or implications relevant to at least one South Asian country or to the South Asia Region.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English.

Ineligible submissions

• Work that has been presented at a previous Delivering for Nutrition Conference is not eligible unless new findings are included.
• Abstracts focused on laboratory-based food science (e.g., food chemistry, food microbiology, food processing, product formulation, analytical methods, or laboratory protocols) are outside the scope of D4N and will not be considered unless they demonstrate clear relevance to translating impacts for nutrition policy, programs, or food systems.

How To Submit

Please use this form to submit your abstract. Abstract submissions will only be accepted through this form. Each form represents one submission. Multiple submissions are allowed.