Funding-California Table Grape Commission – 2017-18 Health Research Grant Program; November 30, 2016

October 25, 2016

Dear Researcher:

The California Table Grape Commission is pleased to announce its request for Letters of Intent to submit a proposal for its 2017-18 Health Research Grant Program. The commission welcomes Letters of Intent from you and other researchers at your institution and asks that you notify other interested researchers about the Letters of Intent. This year we will be reviewing Letters of Intent for $30,000 grants that may be applied toward any relevant health issue in which grape consumption may have a beneficial impact.

All details concerning the submission of a Letter of Intent can be accessed on the commission's website at www.grapesfromcali fornia.com/ healthresearchgrants.php. Available documents

include: the Letter of Intent Guidelines, a Grape Powder Analysis Report, the Grape Powder Usage Guidelines, and a list of previously funded research. Where available, published studies or final reports resulting from previously funded research can be accessed for review by the applicant, if planning research in a similar area. The purpose of making this information available is to help ensure that new proposals in an area previously studied appropriately continue and expand on that work, with effective doses and protocols.

The major goal of this program is to fund studies that examine the potential health benefits of grape consumption. To facilitate such studies, the California Table Grape Commission developed a freeze-dried grape powder made from fresh California table grapes, which is to be used for work funded by this grant program. It is not an extract. The powder is a composite of seeded and seedless red, green and black California grapes. As with fresh grapes, the powder is known to contain simple phenolics, resveratrol, flavans (including catechins), flavonols (including quercetin), and anthocyanins.

Once again, we are soliciting Letters of Intent first. Following the review of submitted Letters of Intent, finalists will be invited to submit a complete proposal to the commission. Please note: Letters of Intent must be submitted electronically, in a single pdf file.

Deadline for submission of letters of Intent is Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 5 p.m.

Pacific Standard Time (PST.) For the Letter of Intent Guidelines please visit www.grapesfromcalifornia.com/healthresearchgrantsphp.

The commission' s Health Research Grant Program is overseen by a scientific advisory panel of distinguished researchers who will be reviewing the Letters of Intent. In the meantime, any inquiries regarding this process should be directed to

healthresearch@grapesfromcalifornia.com.

Thank you very much for your interest in the health benefits of California grapes.

Regards,

Courtney Romano, MBA, RD

Health Research Grant Program Director For the California Table Grape Commission

cc: Kathleen Nave, President