Health
Research Grants

Twenty-five years ago, California’s fresh grape growers established a health research grant program to help discover how and why grapes are beneficial to health.

Call for Letters of Intent is NOW: August 21– October 8, 2024! Each year, Letters of Intent are solicited from the research community. These are reviewed and finalists are invited to submit full proposals. The commission’s scientific advisory panel of distinguished researchers conducts the rigorous grant review and selection.

The grape research has covered a wide range of health topics including heart, joint, brain, and eye health, as well as certain cancers. To view the list of funded research to date click here.

Grape research is conducted using a freeze-dried whole grape powder, designed to facilitate reproducible data and to provide researchers with a grape sample that is available year-round. For human studies, a grape powder placebo is made available.

If you are a researcher that would like to submit a Letter of Intent to the commission, please review the attached documents which outline the guidelines for submitting. Letters of Intent are due to the commission Tuesday, October 8, 2024, by 5 p.m. PST.