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Results of ‘EIT Food Startup Awareness Event in Bulgaria and Serbia’ selection process
EIT Food has the pleasure to inform that two institutions have been selected to organise the EIT Food Startup Awareness Event in Bulgaria and Serbia.
Twelve finalists of 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network announced
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food announced today the selection of the twelve finalists of its 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) programme. The finalists are...
Celebrating the Food Changemakers of tomorrow at the INNOVEIT EIT Awards
On 15 October, two of EIT Food’s nominees were recognised at the 2019 EIT Awards in Budapest at the annual INNOVEIT ceremony.
World Food Day 2019
Our food systems are in crisis and unless we work together and take urgent actions, we are at risk of a continued rise in rates of hunger, obesity and diet-related...
We launched Generation Food!
Generation Food was launched on Wednesday 25 September. The result of a collaboration between the province of Flemish Brabant, Boerenbond, PROEF, EIT Food, KU Leuven, UCLL, KBC, City of Leuven and...
EIT Food at Researchers’ Night in Poland
‘Cosmic’ food, superheroes on a plate, food science, chemical mishmash in the kitchen, flower slow food, and youth potions from antioxidants. Those were some of the food...Recent press releases

Winners announced for EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food has announced today the winners of its 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme: Orbem AI, uFraction8 and Trigger Systems
Twelve finalists of 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network announced
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food announced today the selection of the twelve finalists of its 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) programme