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 193-216 of 254 grants
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.
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.
Self-Sufficiency Fund
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Supports Texas Workforce Commission programs for nonprofits and public colleges serving low-income learners with workforce credentials.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LDC Climate Resilience Prize
LDC · Netherlands
Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.
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.
Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge
A4IP · Italy
Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.
Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award
WFF · Italy
Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.
Farm Animal Welfare Fund — RFP: Humane Fish Slaughter
Coefficient · United States
Funds practical technologies that improve humane fish handling and slaughter outcomes.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
Humane Fish Slaughter RFP
Coefficient · United States
Supports humane fish capture and slaughter innovation to improve welfare in aquaculture and fishing operations.
Innovate for Impact Challenge
World Food Prize · United States
Awards $50,000 to the top early-stage AgTech startup pitching at the Borlaug Dialogue.
Startup Innovation Awards
WFF · Global / Multinational
Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.
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.
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.