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EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2025

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Offering up to €2 million per project to build innovation & entrepreneurship capacity in Higher Education Institutions.

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Through targeted funding and collaboration, EIT Food is driving tangible change that improves lives, strengthens resilience, and protects our planet. Every story here highlights the added value and the real-world impact of our shared…

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Request for Implementing Participants of Building Entrepreneurial Capacities for Women in the Agrifood Sector (EWA Programme)

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This call seeks to appoint implementing organisations to deliver the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) Programme in 2026, covering Module 2 (Grow) through up to 12 locally based organisations and Module 3 (Advance) through one…

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Europe’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community

We create connections right across the food system that stimulate new ideas and innovations to drive change: between startups and corporates; between food entrepreneurs and investors; between consumers and industry; between research and action; between ideas and reality; between present and future.

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Our focus for impact

Supported by the EU, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system.

Our innovation projects are delivered with a combination of industry, education and research partners to improve environmental and health outcomes by developing solutions that align with our three missions:

Healthier Lives Through Food

We will make a material difference to quality of life by enabling more consumers to have better choices through access to affordable, healthier food products and actionable information.

Food System Resilience

We’ll improve food security and safety for consumers everywhere by enabling and establishing resilient and dependable digitally enabled food supply chains.

Net Zero Food System

We will enable the transition to a net zero food system, measuring and quantifying the change through reduced CO2 equivalent emissions.

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Latest EIT Food news

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SAVOR Project Launches in Lisbon to Drive Food Waste Reduction Through Skills and Collaboration

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Shaping the future of food: Seven entrepreneurs awarded for their market-ready agrifood innovations

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“Ample Lutsk Gave Me a Second Wind”: The Story of Zhanna Zlatkovska, Who Escaped Occupation and Built Her Own Business in Lutsk

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Rebuilding through food - AMPLE Lutsk backs veterans and displaced people to rebuild

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Top 6 food trends to watch in 2026

January 15, 2026

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Which trends will shape the agrifood sector in 2026? Read on to discover how the food system will evolve throughout next year and beyond.

Smart funding for Protein Diversification: how Europe can finance its food future

December 29, 2025

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Europe’s protein transition depends on smarter, more strategic funding. Here’s how Europe can focus its investments to accelerate innovation, strengthen food security, and lead the global transformation of food systems.