Food Tech grants in the United States
Explore Food Tech grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for alternative proteins, food safety, nutrition, processing and supply-chain innovation from US innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United States, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Food Tech in the United States come first.
Showing 1-24 of 254 grants
NCCIH Natural Product Early Phase Clinical Trial Award
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds three years replicating a natural product's effect on its target in people, for teams that have already done the pharmacokinetics work.
NCCIH Natural Product Early Phase Clinical Trial Phased Innovation Award
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds three years of pharmacokinetics and target-engagement work on a botanical, probiotic or supplement, then three more if the milestones are met.
NCCIH Natural Product Mid Phase Clinical Trial
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the mid-phase study that settles a natural product's dose, formulation or responder group before anyone commits to a multi-site efficacy trial.
BIRD General Program
🇺🇸BIRD Foundation · United States
Supports United States and Israel partners to jointly commercialize hi-tech innovation, including cybersecurity, life sciences, and manufacturing.
AFRI Education and Workforce Development
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports agricultural education pathways with grants for fellowships, community college programs, and workforce training in United States food systems.
AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports agriculture innovation across plant health, bioenergy, food safety, and rural systems through USDA research grants and extension.
Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies (R33)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds mechanistic work on the host biology that decides who responds to a probiotic and who does not.
Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies (R61/R33)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds two years finding the host biology behind inconsistent probiotic responses, then more to test whether those patterns actually predict who responds.
Rural Jump-Start Program
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds rural Colorado start-ups with matching grants and tax-related growth support.
JobsOhio Inclusion Grant — JOIG
🇺🇸JobsOhio · United States
Supports grants for minority women veteran and disability owned Ohio businesses or businesses in distressed communities.
JobsOhio Relocation Incentive
🇺🇸JobsOhio · United States
Funds Ohio hiring initiatives that attract highly skilled talent through relocation support for technical and STEM roles.
JobsOhio Small Business Grant
🇺🇸JobsOhio · United States
Funds Ohio employers with training support for newly hired workers to grow a stronger local workforce.
JobsOhio Workforce Grant
🇺🇸JobsOhio · United States
Supports reimbursement grants for Ohio employers to train workers in IT skilled trades and leadership.
MI-STEP — Michigan State Trade Expansion Program
🇺🇸MEDC · United States
Supports Michigan firms entering international markets through state-backed trade expansion assistance.
MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub — Translational Grants
🇺🇸MSU · United States
Funds translational agriculture and biology research through Michigan innovation hubs serving university and nonprofit teams.
NIFA-BARD-IIA Food and Nutrition Program
🇺🇸USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agr · Global / Multinational
Funds US and Israeli research teams working with an Israeli company on food and nutrition technologies through the NIFA-BARD-IIA binational grant.
Business Oregon Small Business Sustainability Fund (SBSF) Grant
🇺🇸Business Oregon · United States
Funds Oregon small businesses with grants of up to $75,000 for capital improvements, equipment, and working capital, paired with private financing and consulting.
Wyoming State Trade Expansion Program
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small businesses entering international markets through STEP export reimbursement grants.
AlgaePrize
🇺🇸DOE AFFO · United States
Pays U.S. student teams up to $50,000 to research ways of turning algae into biofuels, food, feed and industrial products.
Delaware Grocery Initiative
🇺🇸DSB · United States
Runs research teams and institutions for Delaware Grocery in food technology and agriculture innovation.
Food Prize 2026 - Food Service Track
🇺🇸Battle Creek SBD · United States
Awards cash prizes to Michigan food-service entrepreneurs in a regional pitch competition.
Global NY Fund Grant
🇺🇸ESD · United States
Helps research teams and institutions for Global NY Fund Grant in artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and biotechnology.
Innovation Network Matching Grant
🇺🇸RI Commerce · United States
Funds Rhode Island nonprofits and shared spaces that help small businesses in life sciences, defense, and critical technology.
Innovation Voucher Program
🇺🇸RI Commerce · United States
Funds Rhode Island small businesses partnering with research institutions to advance manufacturing innovation.