EIT Food Open Calls
Are you a startup looking for a food grant to get your idea off the ground? Or perhaps you are an investor looking to fund an idea?
By working with EIT Food you will become part of the largest and most dynamic food innovation community in the world. We often have opportunities for food grants and we list all our active opportunities here - or you can sign up to be the first to know about them.
Find a food grant opportunity below and let us know if you are interested in getting involved - we cannot wait to hear from you.
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Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument
Deadline: November 30, 2025
EIT Food is looking to de-risk startup corporate collaborations. In this context, EIT Food targets proof-of-concepts and small-scale pilot projects between startups and prospective corporate clients with less than €100k in project costs.
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Biotech Innovation Call
Deadline: November 17, 2025
Open call
This funding opportunity covers two key industry challenges where we need to find innovative Biotech solutions. We are looking for proposals that respond to these challenges and bring solutions to market.
Innovation Prize 2025
Deadline: November 17, 2025
Open call
Celebrating the best 2025 agri-food innovators, Seven categories, Seven Prizes.
Education Start-up Award
Deadline: November 23, 2025
Open call
Celebrating the entrepreneurial achievements of students and alumni from all EIT Food Education programmes.
Open Call for Verification of MRV system and Methodologies in Spanish Regenerative Agriculture Landscape
Deadline: November 27, 2025
Open call
This EIT Food Call for Proposals has the objective of recruiting an entity to audit, verify and certify the MRV and methodologies for the Spanish Regenerative Agriculture Landscape in Navarra.
Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Open call
EIT Food is looking to de-risk startup corporate collaborations. In this context, EIT Food targets proof-of-concepts and small-scale pilot projects between startups and prospective corporate clients with less than €100k in project costs.
Catalyse NEB 2026
Deadline: January 19, 2026
Open call
Start-ups registered in EU Member States or Horizon-Europe associated countries simultaneously addressing beauty, sustainability, and togetherness (NEB), that put social innovation as key to deliver system change and new ways of living…
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Request for EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme Implementing Participants (KIC Partnership call)
Deadline: October 01, 2025
Open call
EIT Food is selecting Implementing Participants (Hubs) to deliver the EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme (2026–2028), supporting high-potential agrifoodtech startups across Europe.
Request for proposals to participate in EIT Food RIS PSRAL – testing services
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Open call
Through this request for proposals, we are looking for companies that will deliver testing of R&D services that were successfully developed by Universities and Research Units within the EIT Food RIS PSRAL project.
Verification of MRV Methodology in Polish Regenerative Agriculture Landscape
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Open call
This EIT Food Call for Proposals has the objective of recruiting an entity or consortium to audit, verify and certify the MRV methodology for the Polish Regenerative Agriculture Landscape in Lower Silesia.