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
2 days left!
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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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.
Open Call for Laboratory Analysis of Soil Samples in Lower Silesia 360 Landscape
Deadline: December 29, 2025
Open call
EIT Food has launched a Regenerative Agriculture Landscape in Lower Silesia, Poland. The objective of this call is to select a laboratory service provider to support a monitoring effort through soil sample analysis services in early 2026.
Call for EIT Food Country Representatives
Deadline: January 18, 2026
Open call
EIT Food is seeking organisations that would assume the role of EIT Food Country Representatives in 2026-2028 and become participants of the EIT Food Regional Innovation Scheme.
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…
Call for MRV providers to contribute to the LILAS4SOILS Project
Deadline: January 24, 2026
Open call
EIT Food will select up to 15 innovative SOC MRV solutions and technologies to be tested under the LILAS4SOILS project. Selected providers will receive a grant of €2.000 per selected technology and cropping season, for a maximum amount of…
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Open call
Celebrating the entrepreneurial achievements of students and alumni from all EIT Food Education programmes.
Innovation Prize 2025
Deadline: November 17, 2025
Open call
Celebrating the best 2025 agri-food innovators, Seven categories, Seven Prizes.
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.