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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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.
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.
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.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
BC Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit
🇨🇦Province of BC · Canada
Funds private investment in British Columbia small businesses through tax-supported incentives and provincial partnership support.
Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Funds loan participation for Black Canadian entrepreneurs through mission-aligned lenders to expand growth-capable businesses.
Canada Job Grant
🇨🇦Government of Canada · Canada
Pays Canadian employers up to about $10,000 per employee toward eligible training costs when they upskill their team.
CanExport SMEs
🇨🇦GAC · Canada
Covers up to 50% of eligible export development costs for Canadian SMEs, up to a maximum of $50,000 per project.
Mayor's Innovation Challenge
🇨🇦Kingston · Canada
Gives Kingston post-secondary students up to $10,000 cash or a startup-program place through two pitch-competition prize streams for projects that improve city life or municipal services.
Canada SR&ED Federal
🇨🇦CRA · Canada
Funds Canadian companies through federal innovation tax deductions for qualifying innovation experimentation costs.
Provincial SR&ED top-ups (Ontario Quebec BC etc)
🇨🇦Provincial governments · Canada
Offers Canadian provinces extra incentives that top up federal measures for qualifying innovation activity.
Eurogia Clean Technologies Call for Proposals
🇨🇦NRC · Canada
Funds Canadian firms in EUREKA low-carbon energy R&D consortia.
Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge
🇨🇦Ingenious+ · Canada
Pays Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 cash awards for innovation projects that address community, national or global challenges.
The Arena Pitch Competition
🇨🇦Metronomics · Canada
Awards Canadian student founders up to $10,000 in a national bracket-style pitch competition.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
FoodTech Challenge 3.0
Presidential Court · United Arab Emirates
Pays early-stage foodtech startups a share of $2 million to scale in the UAE and beyond.
Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator (2025 edition)
Dubai Holding · United Arab Emirates
Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.
LDC Climate Resilience Prize
LDC · Netherlands
Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.
Zayed Sustainability Prize
ZSP · United Arab Emirates
Awards NPOs and SMEs tackling sustainability challenges across six prize categories.
Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge
A4IP · Italy
Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.
Assisting Specialty Crop Exports: Low Oxygen Storage and Packaging Systems for U.S. Tree Nuts with Phytosanitary Traceability
USDA · United States
Funds tech that verifies low-oxygen storage conditions so U.S. tree nut exports clear other countries' pest rules.
Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award
WFF · Italy
Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.