Food Tech grants
Explore grants for food tech companies. This directory brings together funding for alternative proteins, fermentation, food safety and traceability, nutrition science and sustainable processing, from agriculture and health agencies, innovation programs and food-industry challenges.
Showing 1-24 of 1,014 grants
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Biotech for Regenerating Agricultural Soils
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports scaling deep-tech for soil health, sustainability, and resilience of EU agriculture.
Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst Fund
🇬🇧Scottish Government · United Kingdom
Pays Scottish academic partners so non-Scottish firms can trial R&D collaboration.
Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain Program
🇨🇦PIC · Canada
Funds Canadian food manufacturers and processors through Protein Industries Canada co-investment to reformulate or scale up products using domestic plant-protein ingredients.
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.
Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing — Cutoff 2 (30 November 2026)
🇪🇺EIT Food · European Union
Funds proof-of-concept and pilot projects for agrifood startups collaborating with corporate partners.
Aid for Collaborating Entities (Ayudas a Entidades Colaboradoras)
🇪🇸ICEX · Spain
Offers ICEX-backed trade-promotion support through sector associations for Spanish companies presenting at international fairs.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
Cluster Acceleration Programme — Phase 1
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Supports Northern Ireland small and medium enterprise-led cluster groups to test collaborative business models before entering growth phases.
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.
SekMo — Hiring a Researcher in a Company
🇪🇪ETAg · Estonia
Funds Estonian companies hiring researchers for applied research and experimental development projects.
KAUST Global Postdoctoral Fellowship
🇸🇦KAUST · Saudi Arabia
Offers postdoctoral scientists comprehensive support at KAUST to pursue high-impact interdisciplinary research projects.
Forest Creation Grant
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Support for tree planting, woodland creation and habitat connections
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.
Improve Animal Health and Welfare
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Funded vet reviews and disease follow-ups for eligible livestock in England.
Wyoming State Trade Expansion Program
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small businesses entering international markets through STEP export reimbursement grants.
Artificial Intelligence Program
🇨🇦PIC · Canada
Supports collaborative teams in Canada through Protein Industries Canada Artificial Intelligence co-investment for plant-based innovation.
Rural Jump-Start Program
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds rural Colorado start-ups with matching grants and tax-related growth support.
Poultry Biosecurity Review
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Veterinary surgeon-led biosecurity reviews for eligible poultry farms
Academic Research Grant (ARG)
🇶🇦QRDI · Qatar
Supports Qatar universities and researchers through institutional grants for basic and applied research.