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 25-48 of 254 grants
Market Expansion Grant
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small and medium-sized businesses as they expand operations into interstate markets through reimbursed market entry costs.
NJ CSIT Catalyst R&D Voucher Pilot — Round 2
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Supports New Jersey small companies with subsidized laboratory and equipment access.
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports organic agriculture through research, education, and extension grants that strengthen resilient farm systems and marketing.
Planetary Solutions Prize
🇺🇸Yale CBEY · United States
Awards Yale student ventures up to $35,000 for sustainability-focused startups.
Sea Grant Aquaculture — Business Support
🇺🇸NOAA Sea Grant · United States
Funds aquaculture business development in the United States through competitive federal support.
SOSV NY (formerly IndieBio NY)
🇺🇸SOSV · United States
Invests in early-stage biology and life sciences startups and provides a six-month New York City residency.
Specialty Crop Research Initiative
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports specialty crop innovation in fruits, vegetables, and nuts through integrated grants for breeding, productivity, and safety.
Sustaining Illinois Seed Grants
🇺🇸IIN / UIUC Research Park · United States
Supports collaborative research across Illinois universities in education, economic development, health, and innovation.
USDA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports United States small agricultural businesses with feasibility grants for new technologies in food systems and farm operations.
USDA SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports United States small businesses advancing agricultural inventions toward market-ready products after successful early projects.
Young Fishermen's Career Development Projects
🇺🇸NOAA Sea Grant · United States
Supports next-generation commercial fishermen through practical training in seamanship and vessel operations.
BARD Food Security Technology Accelerator
🇺🇸BARD · Global / Multinational
Funds US and Israeli industry-research consortia developing food security technologies at TRL 3–6 through binational conditional grants of up to $1 million.
BARD Food Security Technology Accelerator
🇺🇸USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agr · Global / Multinational
Funds U.S.-Israel teams developing food-security technologies through a binational accelerator pairing conditional grants of up to $1 million with required industry co-funding.
Grand Challenges — Cost-Reducing Innovations for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing innovations in protein, lipids, packaging, and manufacturing that reduce the ex-factory unit cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food by at least 30%.
NC IDEA MICRO
🇺🇸NC IDEA · United States
Funds micro-stage startup pilots in North Carolina to test early business models.
NC IDEA SEED
🇺🇸NC IDEA · United States
Funds early-stage North Carolina startups for scaling-ready programs through milestone-based support.
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.
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Competition
🇺🇸NOAA · United States
Funds U.S. fisheries businesses and partners developing research, technology, promotion, and marketing projects through NOAA Fisheries grants.
NJ CSIT Clean Tech Seed Grant
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Funds New Jersey clean-tech startups developing early-stage technologies through CSIT seed grants.
NJ CSIT Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Funds New Jersey clean-tech companies demonstrating technologies through CSIT pilot grants.
BIG Idea Competition
🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States
Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.