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Today at the Food Allergy Fund Summit in New York City, Wade Shen, Director of Proactive Health at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), shared the agency’s strategic priorities for advancing research and innovation to prevent, mitigate, and delay diseases, including food allergies and other urgent health challenges. He encouraged the event’s attendees and the larger research community to engage with the agency as it helps to accelerate work on food allergies.  

The Food Allergy Fund (FAF) is launching an engaging new Public Service Announcement (PSA) to empower kids and raise awareness about food allergies during Food Allergy Awareness Month this May. The PSA will debut across Nickelodeon’s platforms from May 1-31, and features Emmy Award-winning culinary social media sensation Tiny Chef (The Tiny Chef Show, produced by Imagine Entertainment and Nickelodeon Animation) alongside content creator Merrick Hanna, who has food allergies. This fast-growing disease affects 1 in 13 children and 1 in 10 adults in the U.S.

With food allergies affecting 33 million Americans and causing a life-threatening reaction every three minutes, the Food Allergy Fund (FAF) is launching its inaugural Food Allergy Research Week from April 28-30 in New York City to drive support and accelerate breakthroughs in prevention and treatment ahead of Food Allergy Awareness Month, which begins May 1.

We are excited to invite you to a special evening supporting food allergy research where you will have the exclusive opportunity to meet researchers from around the world! 

Register for the Food Allergy Fund’s Signature Research Evening on April 29, 2025—the eve of our annual Food Allergy Fund Summit.

Be part of the new FAF Visionaries Circle! This exclusive giving group empowers and connects individuals and families impacted by food allergies.

Join us for our kick-off virtual event with Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth on Monday, December 9, at 1 p.m. EST to learn more about the membership benefits.

July 3, 2024 — The Food Allergy Fund is bringing back their successful #thisisnuts challenge on July 4th to raise awareness about food allergies and the need for research. Share your upside-down photos and videos to help us turn allergies upside down!

New York, NY (May 31, 2024) – The Food Allergy Fund (FAF), the leading nonprofit that funds food allergy research, has marked a significant milestone in the field: A first-ever Food Allergy Research Roadmap, a comprehensive guide designed to accelerate medical discovery and development progress within the next five years.

Nov 30, 2023 — The Food Allergy Fund, a non-profit committed to bridging the funding gap for scientific research into food allergies, announced today it is accepting proposals for its Repurposing Innovators Research Grant. The grant(s) will be awarded to the researcher or team of researchers who demonstrates the most innovative approach to repurposing an existing FDA-approved drug for prevention of onset of food allergies, prevention or treatment of food anaphylaxis, or an improved therapeutic for maintaining food allergic tolerance in previously allergic patients.

New York, NY (April 5, 2022) — The Food Allergy Fund, a non-profit committed to bridging the funding gap for scientific research into food allergies, announced today it is accepting proposals for its first Microbiome Challenge. The grant(s) will be awarded to the researcher or team of researchers with the most evidence based and innovative approach to mitigating the causes and symptoms of food allergies via the skin and gut microbiome. The grant(s) will be awarded up to $500,000.