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Supporting disruptive agrifood startups with the EIT Food Innovation Prize Competition 2019

25 Jun 2019 We speak to 3 winners of the 2018 EIT Food Innovation Prize Competition to learn how access to startup funding, mentors and pitch training has helped them grow their businesses and their...

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EIT Food Accelerator Network announces second cohort of agrifood startups

19 Jun 2019 Leuven, 19 June 2019 – EIT Food (The food Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology) announced today the 54 high-impact agrifood startups that have been selected to join the...

EIT Food Projects

2019 workshops have launched!

03 Jun 2019 During our second edition of the RIS Fellowships project, we received a total number of 191 applications from MSc students and postgraduates.

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EIT Food and EIT Health Partners identify areas for cooperation at the Food4Health Workshop

03 Jun 2019 The role of nutrition in preventing disease, and in helping cancer patients maintain their health, were part of the discussion when members of the EIT Food and EIT Health communities...

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Commission invites top experts to shape new research and innovation missions

29 May 2019 The European Commission launched today a call for experts to join ‘Mission Boards’, which will advise the Commission for the identification and implementation of missions in Horizon Europe,...

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The Food Schools Network: Improving children’s relationships with food

17 May 2019 What we put into our bodies is key in determining how healthy we are. Being overweight and obese affects your health, and drastically increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease,...