The Department of Cannabis Control Academic Research Grants Program is funded by cannabis tax revenue with the goal of expanding knowledge about cannabis and the impacts of legalization. We support studies on public health, criminal justice and public safety, economic impacts, environmental impacts, and the cannabis industry.
Learn how to apply for a cannabis research grant.
What we’re studying
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2025
California State University, Long Beach
- Impacts of Housing and Community-Based Education on Cannabis Use
San Diego State University
- Pesticide and Allergen Exposure Among Cannabis Workers: An Occupational Health Study
University of California, Berkeley
- Agricultural Exceptionalism: A Comparison of Cannabis, Hemp, and Specialty Crop Regulatory Regimes
- Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Cannabis Licensure
- Cannabis Crop Yields: Survey & Remote Sensing
University of California, Davis
- Effects of additives and contaminants on the public health implications of cannabis vaping
- Pathways to Partnership with the Tribal Cannabis Market
- School educational approaches to prevent and reduce youth cannabis use
University of California, Irvine
- Cannabis-use in Older adults: Prevalence & Provider Education Initiative (COPPE)
University of California, Los Angeles
- Cannabinoid Therapeutics: Synthesis, Binding, Safety, and Computations
- Characterization of Naturally Occurring Organoleptic Compounds for Inhalable Cannabis Regulation
- Characterizing unregulated cannabis markets in California post-legalization: a drug checking, ethnographic, and policy study
- Immediate and long-term cardiovascular effects of smoked and oral cannabis: A controlled human drug-administration study
University of California, Riverside
- Licit and Illicit Cannabis Sources: Predictors, Consequences, and Regulatory Implications
University of California, San Diego
- Cannabis Use and Product Selection Among Older Adults
- Effects of Cannabis Regulatory Policies on Young Adults in an In Vivo Simulated Dispensary
- Evaluating the Impact of Cannabis Vape Packaging and Health Warning Regulations on Young Adults
- From Community to Counter: Cannabis Retailer Training and Policy Translation in San Diego
- Impact of Marketing of Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis on Consumer Preferences and Safety
- Price and Tax Trends and Their Effects on Cannabis Sales: Evidence from Multi-State Retail Scanner Data
University of California, San Francisco
- Cannabinoids and the brain: Focused investigations of therapeutic application and early-life risk
- Clinical pharmacology of commercially available THC-infused beverages
2022
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- Legacy Cannabis Genetics: People and Their Plants, a Community-Driven Study
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,699,168
- Local Regulations, Market Power, and the Evolution of the CA Cannabis Industry
- Status: Completed
Amount: $444,643
University of California, Berkeley
- Hmong diasporas and cannabis: medicinal use, criminal justice consequences, and farm structure across licensed and unlicensed geographies
- Status: In progress
Amount: $630,130
- Licensed and Unlicensed Cultivation Across Ban and Permit Jurisdictions: Predictors of Growth and Total Production Estimates
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,042,321
- Indoor Cannabis Cultivation
- Licensed Cultivation and Supply Chain Dynamics
- Mapping & Assessing Unlicensed Cannabis Cultivation
- Patterns and Drivers of Unlicensed Cannabis Cultivation Since Legalization
- Remote Sensing Cannabis Cultivation in Four Northern California Centers of Production with Faster-RCNN Object Detection
- Understanding Investment, Operating Pressures, and Anti-Competitive Characteristics in the Cannabis Industry
- Status: In progress
Amount: $855,434
University of California, Davis
- Chemistry, toxicology, and brain disposition of cannabinoids, novel cannabinoids, and mixtures in electronic cigarettes
- Status: In progress
Amount: $856,881
University of California, Irvine
- A translational study on the short- and long-term effects of high-dose THC
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,000,000
University of California, Los Angeles
- Assessing the Health of California’s Cannabis Industry
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,679,972
- Cannabis use for medicinal purposes among clinical populations in California: Population estimates of prevalence, frequency, quantity and reasons for use
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,849,962
- Evaluation of Synthetic and Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,000,000
- Interactions between delta-9-THC and CBD: A controlled human drug-administration study probing a harm reduction strategy
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,662,744
- The adverse effects of inhaled cannabis concentrates (dabs) compared to smoked cannabis: A controlled human drug-administration study of cannabis potency
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,832,997
- The State of Medical Cannabis in California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $437,465
University of California, San Diego
- Longitudinal Associations of Cannabis Use and Mental Health Among Adolescents
- Status: In progress
Amount: $270,417
- Longitudinal Outcomes related to Cannabis Potency and Toxicological Analysis and Cognitive, Brain, and Psychiatric Functioning in Young Adults Cannabis Users
- Status: In progress
Amount: $676,735
University of California, San Francisco
- Impacts of THC potency of cannabis concentrates and THC metabolism on cognitive impairment in young adults
- Status: In progress
Amount: $904,052
2020
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- Cannabis Business Entrepreneurs and Jobs
- Status: Completed
Amount: $464,997
- The Economic Impact of Cannabis Legalization in Rural Northern California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $183,015
California State University, Dominguez Hills
- Cannabis Industry in South Bay, Los Angeles
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,866,311
University of California, Berkeley
- Assessing Environmental Impacts of Cannabis-related Noise and Light Disturbance to Inform Management of California Wildlife
- Status: Completed
Amount: $489,762
- Cannabis and Wildfire: Current Conditions, Future Threats, and Solutions for Farmers
- Status: Completed
Amount: $319,091
- Cannabis Bans, Local Control, and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64
- Status: Completed
Amount: $328,916
- Cannabis Water-Use Impacts to Streamflow and Temperatures in Salmon-Bearing Streams
- Status: Completed
Amount: $314,417
- Examining Tribal Sovereignty over Cannabis Permitting on Native Ancestral Lands
- Status: Completed
Amount: $465,902
- Local Regulation of Cannabis in California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,827,596
- The Effect of Local Cannabis Regulation on Property Prices
- Status: Completed
Amount: $270,269
- Transformation of Unregulated Cannabis Cultivation Under Proposition 64
- Status: Completed
Amount: $658,306