The objective of the Annual Call for Research Projects is to fund clinical, epidemiological, basic and/or strategic research that may contribute to enhance the understanding of the health effects of nuts and dried fruits.
Running simultaneously, the Annual Call for Promotion and Dissemination Projects is to fund projects aimed at increasing the use and consumption of nuts and dried fruits, especially in developing countries.
Both calls are open to public and private institutions, as well as not-for-profit organizations, with due date for submission by January 31, 2019. More information may be found on our website.
Besides the grants program, INC carries out “Nuts for a Healthier World” Global Dissemination Project, a solidarity campaign that aims to promote the health benefits of each nut and dried fruit. This project includes one main video and 16 videos with interviews featuring people from different parts of the world showcasing the health benefits of each nut and dried fruit. All videos can be seen over on nutsforgifts.org.
2018 Grant Awardees
In the previous call, 3 projects were selected for funding, totalling 363,700 euros. The INC awarded funding to a clinical study on the relationship between dried fruit consumption and gut health as well as 2 promotion and dissemination projects. The projects were:
Research Grant Recipient:
- Project: “Optimising gut health: physiological, microbiological and metabolomic effects of dried fruit”. Principal Investigator: Prof. Kevin Whelan, King’s College London, UK.
Dissemination Grant Recipients:
- Nucis Italia. Project: “Nuts and the new dietary styles”.
- Australian Nut Industry Council. Project: “Dissemination of results from the secondary analysis of nut consumption in the 2011-13 Australian Health Survey”.
By year end, the INC will have provided nearly 2.8 million euros of funding for research and dissemination projects over the last six years.