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Food Tech grants in Canada

Explore Food Tech grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for alternative proteins, food safety, nutrition, processing and supply-chain innovation 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 Food Tech in Canada come first.

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Horizon Organic Farming Data

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds a €6M coordination action that makes organic-farming data more complete, interoperable and useful from farm to consumer.

AgritechClimate Tech+1
€6MSep'27
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Horizon Small-Scale Aquatic Food Communities

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €5M projects to help small-scale fisheries and aquaculture build resilient aquatic-food businesses and stronger local communities.

Food Tech
€5MSep'27
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Horizon Urban Food Innovation Ecosystems

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €6M Innovation Actions that help cities grow inclusive, sustainable urban food start-ups and local innovation ecosystems.

AgritechClimate Tech+1
€6MSep'27
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Boosting data availability and AI solutions in food for consumers and food service professionals

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds projects that build generative AI tools for food purchasing, preparation and preservation, with dedicated support packages for AI startups and SMEs.

AIFood Tech
€7.5M
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Boosting the competitiveness of protein crops in Europe

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds innovation projects that make European-grown protein crops more competitive, from farm-level breeding and machinery to new value chains and by-product uses.

AgritechFood Tech
€6M
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Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds demonstration projects using AI, IoT and robotics to cut energy use and emissions in fisheries and aquaculture across at least three countries in one sea basin.

AgritechFood Tech+3
€5M – €5.8M
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Diversifying aquaculture production with emphasis on low-trophic species

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds projects that grow EU aquaculture into new low-trophic species such as algae and shellfish, using lower-impact feed and farming methods.

AgritechFood Tech
€6M
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Enhancing plant protein production to bolster the resilience of agricultural systems and EU self-sufficiency in plant protein used as feed

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds R&D to grow more plant protein (like legumes) in the EU for animal feed, cutting reliance on imported soya.

AgritechFood Tech
€5.5M
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EU global footprint on soils

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds a framework to measure how the EU's demand for food, feed, fibre and biomass imports degrades soil health outside Europe, especially in Latin America and Africa.

AgritechClimate Tech+1
€6M
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Green Transition Food Processing Africa

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds African and European food-business entrepreneurs through a mentoring and cascading-grants scheme for greener, safer food processing.

AgritechFood Tech
€5M – €6M
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Innovation for Resilient Organic Farming

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds practical innovations, evidence and knowledge exchange that improve the competitiveness and resilience of organic farming.

AgritechFood Tech
€6M
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Integrating a holistic perspective in microbiome research for resilient, competitive and sustainable food systems

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research consortia, including businesses and startups, that study microbiomes across plants, humans and environments to unlock new food-system applications.

BiotechFood Tech
€5M – €6M
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Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks through the deployment of technological solutions

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds R&D that turns existing food-safety science — molecular methods, genomics, photonics — into deployable tools against food fraud and safety risks.

Food TechBiotech+1
€6M
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Nutrients produced by microorganisms utilising primarily CO2 from the air, with the support of biotechnology

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds companies and researchers scaling up precision-fermentation microorganisms that turn captured CO2 into food nutrients.

Synthetic BiologyFood Tech+2
€6M
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Nutrition and Mental Health

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research linking diet and nutrients to mental health, aiming at evidence and guidance for policymakers and health professionals.

Food TechMedtech
€5M
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Nutrition in emergency situations - Ready-to-use Supplementary Food (RUSF) and Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds AU-EU research consortia developing locally-produced therapeutic and supplementary foods for child malnutrition in Africa.

Food TechBiotech
€4M
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Open topic: Innovating for on-farm post-harvest operations, storage and transformation of crops into food and non-food products

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds R&D that helps farmers store, process and add value to their harvests on-farm, for food or non-food products.

AgritechFood Tech
€6M
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Pragmatic clinical trials to enhance the quality of life of older cancer patients (65 years and older) through nutrition

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds pragmatic clinical trials testing tailored nutrition-based care to improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients aged 65 and older.

MedtechFood Tech
€3M – €5M
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Raising citizen awareness on alternative proteins derived from biotechnology

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays one consortium to run a public-education and communication campaign on biotech-derived alternative proteins such as precision-fermentation foods.

Food TechBiotech
€2M
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Reducing pollution from the food and drink industries

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds R&D that helps food and drink manufacturers measure and cut the pollution their processes release into air, water and soil.

Food TechClimate Tech
€6M
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Research and innovation for food waste prevention and reduction at household level through measurement, monitoring and new technologies

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds R&D of new tools and methods to measure and cut food waste inside EU households.

Food Tech
€4M
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Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources

🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union

Funds scale-up of protein extraction or production processes from alternative sources like plants, fungi, microorganisms or fermentation, aimed at food use.

BiotechFood Tech
€7M
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Sustainable and healthy diets based on health status and socio-economic risk factors of ageing population

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds one consortium to build dietary guidance and easy-to-chew, nutrient-enriched food recommendations for older Europeans at risk of malnutrition.

Food Tech
€2M
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Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems

🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union

Funds companies scaling up sustainable macroalgae cultivation and turning the harvest into new bio-based food, feed or industrial products.

BiotechFood Tech+1
€7M

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