EIT Food
EIT Food is the world’s largest food innovation community, creating connections right across the food system. Supported by the EU, EIT Food invests in projects, organisations and individuals who share its goals for a healthy and sustainable food system.
EIT Food’s mission is to transform how food is produced, distributed, and consumed and to increase its value to European society. EIT Food will achieve this by solving the biggest innovation challenges through trusted industry, education and research partners working together with informed and engaged citizens. Together with this community, EIT Food will build an innovative and resilient food system that in turn creates a healthier society and planet.
What is in it for me?
- Calls for innovative projects in the areas of protein diversification, circular food systems, digital traceability, sustainable agriculture, sustainable aquaculture and targeted nutrition (Innovation calls)
- Mix of online learning and in-person courses at different locations across Europe; ranging from short-term courses, summer schools, online learning, PhD programmes, degreeawarding Master’s programmes to certified professional education.
- Strenghtening Entrepreneurship:
- The EIT Food Seedbed Incubator is a six-month programme for entrepreneurial science and engineering teams, offering equity-free funding and tailored support to address the unique challenges of commercializing lab-validated research innovations
- The EIT Food Accelerator Network is a four-month programme offering equity-free grants and investments that support pilot-ready startup companies
- The EIT Food RisingFoodStars is a three year programme offering scaleup support and world-leading industry networking opportunities to high-impact agrifood companies Average success rate: No data available for NCPs
Important: To get full access to the variety of activities, organizations should consider a partnership in EIT Food is a strategic decision affecting the entire organization. There are different partnership models and they require a partnership fee – see: https://www.eitfood.eu/eit-food-partnerships
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