Food Tech grants in the United Kingdom
Explore Food Tech grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for alternative proteins, food safety, nutrition, processing and supply-chain innovation from UK innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United Kingdom, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Food Tech in the United Kingdom come first.
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DCMS 'Connections Through Gaming' Pilot Fund (Boys 11-16)
🇬🇧DCMS · United Kingdom
Gaming-based support for boys aged 11–16 facing loneliness or isolation.
Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom farming innovators through Defra public-private collaboration that strengthens practical innovation outcomes.
Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for independent bioscience research in a host laboratory.
Farmer Collaboration Fund
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Funding for England-based organisations running farming collaboration groups.
Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Collaborative automation and robotics R&D for agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
Food Security
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled food-security services.
KTP to Round 2
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds three-way collaboration among universities, companies, and industry experts to translate knowledge into product-led growth.
MassChallenge UK Accelerator
🇬🇧MassChallenge UK · United Kingdom
Provides MassChallenge United Kingdom Accelerator participants with growth coaching, customer discovery, and investor preparation.
Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Scale Up Phase
GMCA · United Kingdom
Funds FEIF testing grantees scaling everyday-economy innovation projects through follow-on grants.
Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Testing Phase
GMCA · United Kingdom
Funds Greater Manchester businesses testing everyday-economy innovation projects through FEIF grants.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Biotech for Regenerating Agricultural Soils
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports scaling deep-tech for soil health, sustainability, and resilience of EU agriculture.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
Biotechnology for Healthy Soil and Resilient Agriculture
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €6.4M projects that turn soil-friendly biotechnology into scalable, safe and market-ready farm solutions.
Landscape Agroforestry for Healthy Soil
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €8M projects that scale agroforestry across landscapes and make healthier soil a practical, profitable choice.
Horizon SCAR: Research Agenda Coordination
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €4.75M action linking research agendas, initiatives and practitioners across Europe's food, farming, forestry, fisheries and bioeconomy sectors.
Circular Seafood Supply Chains
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €7.2–7.7M projects that turn seafood waste and by-products into circular, profitable and lower-impact ocean value chains.
Horizon Biomass Flows: Circular Platforms
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €7M projects to turn underused biomass and bio-waste into valuable products through local platforms, better logistics and circular business models.
African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one coordination project to run the AU-EU food-security research partnership and seed-fund African agri-food startups.
Horizon Agriculture and Forestry Resilience Evidence
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €6M research projects that turn systemic-risk evidence into stronger resilience policies for European agriculture, forestry and supply chains.
Horizon AI Foodome Characterisation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €7.8M Innovation Action that uses AI to map the foodome and make food-safety and nutrition research more predictive.
Horizon Food Microbiome Market
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €7–8M innovation projects that move food-system microbiome products from validated testing toward reliable EU-market scale-up.
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.
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.
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.