Believe it or not, the peanut farmers of America have invested 38 million dollars in research and education driving toward the eradication of peanut allergies.
This historic commitment is being realized through the National Peanut Board’s Food Allergy Research Grant Program, which continues to gain momentum in 2025. The program is focused on advancing peanut allergy prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management—with health equity serving as a core principle in all project evaluations.
“It is big. They’re having a continuation now of a grant program. The Food Allergy Research Grant Program is coordinated by the National Peanut Board.”
The initiative has already attracted widespread interest from the medical and scientific communities. To date, 33 letters of interest have been submitted, with 19 applicants invited to submit full proposals detailing how their research will contribute to preventing peanut allergies.
“They’ve had 33 letters of interest and 19 applicants have invited to submit their full proposal on how they would assist in helping to prevent peanut allergies.”
The National Peanut Board (NPB) has prioritized groundbreaking research that delivers measurable results. Their four key focus areas are prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of food allergies, with a primary focus on peanut allergy.
“The National Peanut Board prioritizes their groundbreaking research that drives significant impact in four areas of food allergy with the emphasis on peanuts, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Health equity is a primary lens through which projects will be evaluated and early career researchers are encouraged to apply.”
The program also welcomes early career researchers, providing a platform for emerging leaders in allergy research to make a real impact.
In addition to its long-term investment in research, the National Peanut Board remains committed to community support. Recently, the board made a generous donation to help those affected by natural disasters:
“They also just donated five thousand dollars to Peanut Prime and that money will be used to buy peanut butter to send peanut butter to the Texas Hill country where the floods were most devastating. But thanks for their five thousand dollar contribution.”
Audio Reporting by Tyron Spearman for Southeast AgNet.