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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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.
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
Bioengineering in the Space Environment
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 200,000 euros to study bioengineering business ideas that use microgravity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EIT Food Accelerator Network (FAN) – Call for Startups 2026
🇪🇺EIT Food · European Union
Awards up to €50,000 to top agrifood and foodtech startups after a hub-based accelerator.
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.
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.
Food Accelerator Network (FAN)
🇪🇺EIT Food · European Union
Offers EIT Food's Food Accelerator Network for agrifood startups across Europe to validate and prepare market-ready products.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.