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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.

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Showing 193-216 of 254 grants

US Minority Business Development Agency logo
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MBDA Business Center Program

🇺🇸MBDA · United States

Funds intermediary groups that strengthen minority business support through MBDA Business Center resources on finance, capital, and contracts.

$250K
Plug and Play Tech Center logo
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Plug and Play Accelerator Programs (Global)

🇺🇸Plug and Play · United States

Offers Plug and Play accelerator programmes connecting startups to global corporate partners across diverse industry verticals.

Texas Workforce Commission logo
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Self-Sufficiency Fund

🇺🇸TWC · United States

Supports Texas Workforce Commission programs for nonprofits and public colleges serving low-income learners with workforce credentials.

$500K
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation logo
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Sloan Research Fellowships

🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States

Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.

$75K
South Carolina Department of Revenue logo
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South Carolina Angel Investor Tax Credit

🇺🇸SC DOR · United States

Provides tax relief support for accredited investors and South Carolina early stage companies through an angel investor programme.

$100K
New Jersey Division of Taxation logo
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Urban Transit Hub

🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States

Funds only legacy New Jersey transit-hub facility investments and job creation through ten-year tax credits.

US
Open

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.

Food TechAgritech+1
$2MOct'26
PC
Between cycles

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.

Food Tech
DH
Between cycles

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.

Climate TechAdvanced Materials+1
AED 100K – AED 500K
LD
Between cycles

LDC Climate Resilience Prize

LDC · Netherlands

Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.

AgritechFood Tech+1
CHF 100K
LD
Between cycles

LDC Climate Resilience Prize 2025

LDC · Netherlands

Pays a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 to the startup with the biggest climate impact on food and ag.

AgritechClimate Tech+1
CHF 100K
A4
Closed

Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge

A4IP · Italy

Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.

AgritechFood Tech
$5K – $25K
WF
Closed

Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award

WFF · Italy

Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.

Food TechAgritech
$3K – $8K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Farm Animal Welfare Fund — RFP: Humane Fish Slaughter

Coefficient · United States

Funds practical technologies that improve humane fish handling and slaughter outcomes.

Food Tech
$7M
WF
Closed

Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security Award

WFF · Global / Multinational

Pays youth-led agrifood startups at least $7,500 to fight malnutrition and food insecurity.

Food TechAgritech
$3K – $8K
WF
Closed

Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security Award

WFF · Global / Multinational

Pays youth-led food-security startups at least $7,500, plus a shot at $500,000 more.

Food TechAgritech
$3K
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

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%.

Food TechAdvanced Manufacturing+3
$1.5M
Empire State Development logo
Closed

Grow-NY Food & Agriculture Startup Competition

ESD · United States

Awards up to $1 million to food and ag startups that build their business in New York.

AgritechFood Tech
$1M
Hello Tomorrow logo
Closed

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)

Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational

Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

AerospaceHardware+8
€20K – €100K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Humane Fish Slaughter RFP

Coefficient · United States

Supports humane fish capture and slaughter innovation to improve welfare in aquaculture and fishing operations.

AgritechFood Tech
WF
Closed

Innovate for Impact Challenge

World Food Prize · United States

Awards $50,000 to the top early-stage AgTech startup pitching at the Borlaug Dialogue.

AgritechFood Tech
$5K – $50K
WF
Closed

Startup Innovation Awards

WFF · Global / Multinational

Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.

AgritechFood Tech+1
$3K – $10K
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Alternative Protein R&D RFP

Coefficient · United States

Funds global R&D teams developing alternative protein ingredients and food-science methods through Coefficient Giving grant awards.

Food TechBiotech
$100K – $1M
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Micronutrient Absorption Barriers in Fortified Foods

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams researching novel approaches to overcome infection, inflammation, and microbiome-related barriers that reduce the effectiveness of food fortification programs.

BiotechAgritech+3
$250K

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