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Impact Funding Framework

If you’ve got an idea that will change food systems for the better, we want to fund it.

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EIT Food North & East
Deadline: 10 July 2025

We anticipate that the funding allocation for the Impact Funding Framework will reach full capacity at the conclusion of this evaluation period. The final submission window currently scheduled for December 2025 will therefore no longer open.

We thank you for your interest in this call and encourage you to follow our Open Calls & Procurement page for further funding opportunities which will be published there. This includes an upcoming funding call on Biotech. Look out for more details coming soon.

Help us create lasting and sustainable change in the food system.

We’ve launched a competitive, open Impact Funding Framework to promote ambitious, long-term collaboration that will lead to food systems change to benefit us all.

We want our co-investment to have a real impact. We're looking for proposals from consortia based around lead organisations who can work effectively, move quickly, and are supported by high-quality research, communications and impact assessment expertise.

The funding is focused on two separate areas – larger-scale collaborative programmes, and innovative single projects. We have recently updated the guidelines for both collaborative programmes and single projects so be sure to download the versions available in the Important Documents section of this page.

All submission windows close at 12:00 CET (noon) on the published deadline date.

Your proposal should be presented within the context of current EU regulatory framework and policy, remembering that EIT Food is formally an Institutionalised European Partnership with strategic policy alignments including initiatives such as Farm to Fork, EU Green Deal and UN SDGs (further details can be found in our Strategic Agenda 2021–2027). If the outcome of your proposal involves technology which could not currently be brought to market or deployed due to factors such as regulatory frameworks, access to capital or other pathway barriers, you should provide clear strategies for how you will overcome barriers or what assumptions you are working to regarding changes to those barriers beyond your control.

As part of your proposal, you must include a clear impact methodology. In the case of environmental impact of products, we recommend viewing EIT Food's standardised food and beverage environmental impact assessment and labelling framework. This is based on the European Commission's (EC) Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology, and held by the Data Impact systems which you can access here Data Impact Systems - EIT Food.

If you would like to learn more about the Impact Funding Framework please review the below webinar or contact your nearest regional office and introduce yourself to our teams. To support you in building consortia and applying, we've also set up a dedicated space on FoodHIVE - EIT Food's online community platform.

Collaborative Missions Programme Funding


We want to co-fund and co-resource alliances and collaborative programmes designed to:

  • Improve the impact of diet on obesity and non-communicable disease
  • Reduce food-system-related environmental harms
  • Deal with the threats posed by food integrity and complex supply chains

As well as connecting key stakeholders, from companies and research organisations to social enterprises and regions, your programme should engage beneficiaries, whether people, business or organisations, with clearly defined impact needs.

For more detail on the impact targets and measures we need your help to reach, see our Funding for EIT Food Collaborative Missions Programmes document. Please note that Guidance was last updated on the 8th September 2025, please ensure you are checking the most up-to-date version.

Single Project Funding

We’re also looking for innovative solutions to some of the most urgent challenges in skills, innovation, business creation and public engagement. These projects should be fast-paced in terms of getting the solutions where they’re needed most.

We’ve identified three priority areas where we feel we can best deliver long-term impact:

  • Protein Diversification: Bringing protein diversification to the mainstream
  • Regenerative Agriculture: Enabling farmers to lead the transition to Net Zero
  • Labelling, Packaging & Transparency: Empowering people in their food choices

For more detail on the solutions we want to help bring about, see our EIT Food Single Project Co-Funding Opportunity document. Please note that Guidance was last updated on the 8th September 2025, please ensure you are checking the most up-to-date version.

Whether commercial project or not-for-profit intervention, the focus should be on delivering real-world benefit through innovation, education and entrepreneurship. You’ll also need wider customer/citizen/public engagement to show how you’ll deliver economic and/or social value to where it’s most needed.

Timeline

  1. 14th September 2023

    Call open

  2. 16th November 2023

    1st Submission Deadline

  3. 14th March 2024

    2nd Submission Deadline

  4. 11th July 2024

    3rd Submission Deadline

  5. 14th November 2024

    4th Submission Deadline

  6. 13th March 2025

    5th Submission Deadline

  7. 10th July 2025

    6th Submission Deadline

  8. Up to 6 weeks post submission deadline

    Evaluation

  9. Approximately 9 weeks post submission deadline

    Preliminary communication to selected projects

  10. Approximately 8 weeks post preliminary communication

    Project Grant Award sent and contracting begins

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