Program supports core areas of prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment.
November 5, 2025 – ATLANTA – The National Peanut Board has awarded more than $450,000 in grants to nine organizations to advance food allergy research and drive toward the eradication of peanut allergy.
The award recipients and projects are:
- Allison Rose Foundation - Expansion of ARF's Education, Training and Awareness Programs, and Access to Epinephrine
- Aston University (UK) - Further Development and Effectiveness of FACETS (Food Allergy Coping Empowerment Tools and Support)
- Boston Children's Hospital - Role of Resistin-Like Molecule in Predicting Successful Peanut Introduction in Infants at High-Risk of Developing Peanut Allergy
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Evaluating Longitudinal Impact of Early Peanut Introduction Guidelines on IgE-Mediated PA via TriNetX
- Elijah-Alavi Foundation - Different Like Me: Project-Based Learning Health Program
- Emory University - Sharing Approaches to Food Allergy that Revolutionize Improvement (SAFARI): Building Capacity for the First Food Allergy Learning Health Network
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (AUS) - Preventing Food Allergy in Infants with Microbial Exposures: PRIME Trial
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine - Pilot Trial of POIT (Peanut Oral Immunotherapy) in Children with Peanut FPIES (Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome)
- University of Chicago - S-Methylcitosine Profiles in Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Peanut Allergy
NPB President & CEO Ryan Lepicier said:
“The National Peanut Board is proud to play a catalytic role in allergy research—often providing the seed funding that allows promising projects in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management to attract additional investment and create broader impact for families and patients.”
National Peanut Board Immediate Past Chairman Greg Baltz said:
"Through this funding, peanut farmers are helping advance science that can improve quality of life for food allergy families, help prevent them and achieve the ultimate goal of a cure. It’s a powerful example of how grower dollars at work can make a lasting impact on the farm and beyond it.”
Additionally, the Emory University project receives the honor of the Dee Dee Darden Award. With bold determination, Virginia peanut farmer and early Board chairman Darden sought out groundbreaking allergy research for the Board to support—which led to today’s early introduction guidelines for peanut allergy prevention.
Emory’s project has an inspiring vision: for every food allergy patient interaction to contribute to knowledge that benefits future patients, and for the best available evidence to be rapidly integrated into routine care and at scale. The highly rated proposal embodies the Darden spirit and showcases the potential of building bridges and increasing collaboration for maximum impact in food allergy.
The review panel included:
- Theresa Bingemann, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine in the Divisions of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, University of Rochester
- Greg Baltz, Immediate Past Chairman, National Peanut Board
- Lucy Bilaver, PhD, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
- Julie Brown, MD, Associate Professor; Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Research, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Paul Bryce, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Kennedy College of Sciences, UMass Lowell
- Joseph Dolence, Associate Professor of Biology at University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Stacy Dorris, MD, Pediatric Allergist, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
- Mark Dvorak, Executive Vice President, Golin
- Eleanor Garrow-Holding, President and CEO, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team (FAACT)
- Alice Hoyt, MD, Founder, Code ANA
- Markita Lewis, RDN, Marketing and Communications Manager, National Peanut Board
- Soheila Maleki, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Tulane School of Medicine
- Lauren Highfill Williams, Director of Communications, National Peanut Board
The RFP process was managed by consultant Jen Jobrack of Food Allergy Pros.
Since 2001, the National Peanut Board has invested more than $38 million in food allergy outreach, education and research. NPB’s investment has contributed to landmark discoveries in peanut allergy prevention; the first FDA approvals of peanut allergy treatments; and best practices for allergy management in schools, foodservice and manufacturing. For more of the history of NPB’s support of food allergy solutions, check out Finding a Solution to Peanut Allergies: A 20-Year Journey of Courage, Innovation and Luck.
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