Call for Research Projects 2019

The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation (INC) promotes clinical, epidemiological, basic and/or strategic research that may contribute to enhance the understanding of the health effects of nuts and dried fruits.

Research priorities:
1. Nuts or dried fruits and cognitive function.
2. Nuts or dried fruits and body weight and adipose tissue distribution.
3. Combination of nuts or dried fruits and blood pressure, clotting factors and inflammatory markers.
4. Combination of nuts or dried fruits and glycemic load and/or diabetes.
5. Nuts or dried fruits in exercise performance.
6. Nuts or dried fruits and intestinal microbiota.
7. Nuts or dried fruits and metabolomics.
8. Nuts or dried fruits and cancer.
9. Nuts or dried fruits and inflammatory diseases.
10. Nuts or dried fruits as part of a healthy diet.
11. Intervention trials on relevant clinical end points.
12. Meta-analysis of clinical trials.

Funding: €300,000 total 

Duration: no fixed limit 

Research Authority due date: 24.1.19