Grants and Project Highlights

All Grants: $560,150
Research and Models of Care: $446,000
Education and Advocacy: $54,500
Biocultural Conservation: $39,650
Other Community Support: $20,000

 
 

The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS)

Study: Ibogaine for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $50,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Iboga biocultures
Year Awarded: 2022
Status: Preliminary results; final results to be published.
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University of Wisconsin Program for Research, Outreach, Therapeutics, and Education in the Addictions (PROTEA)

Study: Adjunctive Effects of Psilocybin and Buprenorphine
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $25,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Mushroom biocultures
Year Awarded: 2022
Status: In progress
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Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) Program

Study: Assessing the Impact of a Custom-Formulated, Ultra-High Cannabidiol Product for Chronic Pain
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $25,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Peyote biocultures
Year Awarded: 2023
Status: In progress
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Psychae Institute

Study: Development of protocol for DMT-harmaloid Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: an open labelled pilot trial
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $15,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Ayahuasca biocultures
Year Awarded: 2023
Status: Protocol complete
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The University of British Columbia

Study: Standardized natural psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for tapering of opioid medication in patients with chronic pain: an open-label feasibility study
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $85,000 – co-funded with ShineMaker Foundation
Root Relationship Contribution: Mushroom biocultures – co-funded with ShineMaker Foundation
Year Awarded: 2023
Status: In progress
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The University of New Mexico

Study: MDMA-Assisted Therapy 6 to 12 months After Childbirth for People with Co-Occurring Opioid Use and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $25,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Toad biocultures and Ayahuasca biocultures
Year Awarded: 2024
Status: In progress
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Usona Institute

Study: 5-meo-DMT Clinical Trials
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $100,000
Co-funded with ShineMaker Foundation
Root Relationship Contribution: Toad biocultures
Year Awarded: 2024
Status: In progress
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Heroic Hearts Project

Study: Veterans Healing Retreat
Category: Research / Models of Care
Amount Awarded: $40,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Ayahuasca biocultures
Year Awarded: 2025
Status: Completed in 2025
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University of California Irvine Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute

Study: Central Neural Actions of Ibogaine in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Category: Research
Amount Awarded: $50,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Iboga biocultures
Year Awarded: 2025
Status: Beginning in 2025
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National Psychedelics Association Foundation

Project: Rescheduling Psilocybin to Help Address the Opioid Crisis
Category: Advocacy
Amount Awarded: $20,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Mushroom biocultures
Year Awarded: 2025
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Good Medicine Collective / Riverbird Clinic

Project: GATHER: Groups Accessing Their Healing Experiences through Recovery
Category: Models of Care
Amount Awarded: $34,000
Root Relationship Contribution: Huachuma biocultures
Year Awarded: 2025
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