The EIT Food Education Start-up Award celebrates the entrepreneurial achievements of students and alumni from EIT Food Education programmes.
The initiative recognises students, graduates, and professionals who have developed a start-up addressing key challenges in the food system.
To recognise the most promising entrepreneurial journeys, EIT Food will grant up to 10 awards of €4,000 each to the most successful startups created by EIT Food Education participants and alumni.
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More Open Calls
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…