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Agritech grants in Canada

Explore Agritech grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for precision agriculture, crop science, livestock technology, soil health and farm automation from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Agritech in Canada come first.

Showing 145-168 of 304 grants

Gates Foundation logo
Between cycles

Gates Foundation Grand Challenges — Portfolio

Gates Foundation · United States

Supports global health innovators through rotating challenge themes in diagnostics, nutrition, and development-focused technologies for public impact.

BiotechMedtech+2
$800K
LD
Between cycles

LDC Climate Resilience Prize

LDC · Netherlands

Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.

AgritechFood Tech+1
CHF 100K
LD
Between cycles

LDC Climate Resilience Prize 2025

LDC · Netherlands

Pays a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 to the startup with the biggest climate impact on food and ag.

AgritechClimate Tech+1
CHF 100K
CA
Between cycles

Small Farm Innovation Challenge

CAFF · United States

Splits a $10,000+ cash pool among winners of an annual small-farm tech innovation challenge.

Agritech
A4
Closed

Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge

A4IP · Italy

Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.

AgritechFood Tech
$5K – $25K
XT
Closed

AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026

XTC · United States

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

AIEnergy Tech+6
CC
Closed

Climate Curve Prize: Methane

Climate Curve · United States

Awards $25,000 each to eight winners tackling methane emissions from food and waste systems.

Climate TechAgritech
$25K
Climate-KIC (Stichting Climate-KIC International Foundation) logo
Closed

ClimateLaunchpad

Climate-KIC · Netherlands

Supports early-stage climate ventures through global competition, coaching, and investment readiness across all sectors.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+2
WF
Closed

Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award

WFF · Italy

Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.

Food TechAgritech
$3K – $8K
WF
Closed

Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security Award

WFF · Global / Multinational

Pays youth-led agrifood startups at least $7,500 to fight malnutrition and food insecurity.

Food TechAgritech
$3K – $8K
WF
Closed

Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security Award

WFF · Global / Multinational

Pays youth-led food-security startups at least $7,500, plus a shot at $500,000 more.

Food TechAgritech
$3K
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Cost-Reducing Innovations for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams developing innovations in protein, lipids, packaging, and manufacturing that reduce the ex-factory unit cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food by at least 30%.

Food TechAdvanced Manufacturing+3
$1.5M
Empire State Development logo
Closed

Grow-NY Food & Agriculture Startup Competition

ESD · United States

Awards up to $1 million to food and ag startups that build their business in New York.

AgritechFood Tech
$1M
Hello Tomorrow logo
Closed

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)

Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational

Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

AerospaceHardware+8
€20K – €100K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Humane Fish Slaughter RFP

Coefficient · United States

Supports humane fish capture and slaughter innovation to improve welfare in aquaculture and fishing operations.

AgritechFood Tech
WF
Closed

Innovate for Impact Challenge

World Food Prize · United States

Awards $50,000 to the top early-stage AgTech startup pitching at the Borlaug Dialogue.

AgritechFood Tech
$5K – $50K
Microsoft AI for Good Lab logo
Closed

LINGUA Africa Open Call

AI for Good Lab · United States

Supports African-language AI development through grants and compute resources focused on language inclusion.

AIAgritech+1
$50K – $250K
WF
Closed

Startup Innovation Awards

WFF · Global / Multinational

Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.

AgritechFood Tech+1
$3K – $10K
WF
Closed

UN FAO World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards

WFF · Global / Multinational

Recognizes agrifood startups across four themes, with XTC layering a special AI award on top of the UN's global awards.

AgritechClimate Tech
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Micronutrient Absorption Barriers in Fortified Foods

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams researching novel approaches to overcome infection, inflammation, and microbiome-related barriers that reduce the effectiveness of food fortification programs.

BiotechAgritech+3
$250K
ER
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

🇪🇺ERC · European Union

Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

€150KSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.

€1MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

€3M – €3.8MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Governing global commons sustainably

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to develop policy solutions for the sustainable, science-informed governance of shared global resources like the climate, biodiversity and outer space.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26

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