EIT Food Open Calls & Procurements
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 procurements 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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Impact Funding Framework
Deadline: July 10, 2025
If you’ve got an idea that will change food systems for the better, we want to fund it!
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Procurement
ЕIT Food invites experts from the agri-food industry, with experience in one of the areas of Innovation, Public Engagement, Education and Business Creation, to join our pool of independent evaluators.
Request for proposals to participate in EIT Food RIS PSRAL – testing service
Deadline: June 26, 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 within the EIT Food RIS PSRAL project.
Straight2Market 2025 – Call for Participants: Startups/Scaleups/SMEs, Entrepeneurs, Students
Deadline: June 26, 2025
Open call
S2M supports startups and entrepreneurs in launching and testing innovative food products and technologies that address key challenges in the food system. It also supports students through a retail engagement mentoring programme.
Straight2Market 2025 - Call for Retailers
Deadline: June 26, 2025
Open call
The Straight2Market 2025 Call invites retailers to collaborate with startups to launch new food products and test tech solutions tackling food waste, sustainability, and supply chain resilience.
Call for participants of EIT InfraBooster Practitioner
Deadline: June 26, 2025
Open call
Final Call for employees of Universities and research Institutes to join EIT InfraBooster Practitioner - the second level of EIT InfraBooster educational modules. It will help you better understand the competitive edge of your research…
Straight2Market 2025 - Food Product Testing Provider
Deadline: June 26, 2025
Procurement
EIT Food seeks experienced subcontractors for comprehensive product testing of innovative food products. The deadline for applications is June 20, 2025.
Request for proposals to participate in EIT Food RIS CEL 2025– market testing
Deadline: July 04, 2025
Procurement
EIT Food CLC North-East Sp. z o.o. (“EIT Food CLC NE”) is looking for 4 companies to conduct retail market testing of new food products co-created with consumers as part of the EIT Food RIS Consumer Engagement Labs project.
Reguest for proposal - Farmer training and advisory for the Polish Landscape
Deadline: July 04, 2025
Procurement
Farmer training and advisory organisation specialising in regenerative agriculture for the Polish Landscape (Lower Silesia)
Request for GROW programme in Europe Implementing Participants Guidelines
Deadline: July 06, 2025
Open call
EIT Food is seeking an organization to help expand its network and activities into a new EU country.
Impact Funding Framework
Deadline: July 10, 2025
Open call
If you’ve got an idea that will change food systems for the better, we want to fund it!
Expression of Interest for Regenerative Agriculture Landscapes
Deadline: July 15, 2025
Procurement
This is an invitation to submit Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to become part of our next generation of landscape collaborations
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.
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Procurement
Sales Booster is seeking experienced Growth Advisors to support startups. Advisors will help startups explore new European markets, providing expert guidance in business development, internationalization planning, and strategic connections.
Straight2Market 2025 | Call for Subcontractor: Student Programme
Deadline: June 02, 2025
Procurement
EIT Food is seeking a subcontractor to implement the Straight2Market 2025 Student Programme. The selected partner will design and deliver an educational experience for students focused on retail innovation, startup collaboration, and…
Request for Proposals to Organise EIT Food RIS training activities
Deadline: June 01, 2025
Procurement
EIT Food South is looking for entities to organise the EIT Food RIS training programmes in agrifood entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability July -December 2025