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.
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Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funded collaborative projects that help agri-food biotech SMEs scale fermentation-based products from lab to pilot and commercial scale.
Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up (SMP-COSME-BIOAGRIFOOD)
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Backs research teams and institutions for Agri food Biotech Scaling up in agriculture innovation, biotechnology, and food technology.
AgriStart
🇷🇴Impact Hub Bucharest · Romania
Offers mentoring and up to EUR 2,000 in services to early-stage Romanian agrifood startups.
Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge
A4IP · Italy
Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.
Applied Research for a Competitive Food Sector and Sustainable Transitions
🇸🇪Formas · Sweden
Funds Swedish food-sector partners developing applied research for sustainable processing and competitiveness.
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.
BBSRC Early Independence Fellowships
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports early-career United Kingdom bioscientists with fellowships that build independent innovation leadership.
BBSRC Follow-on Fund Two
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom teams through follow-on funding to move discovery innovation toward commercialization.
BELCOO — Transregional R&D
🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium
Funds Brussels companies collaborating on R&D projects with enterprises from Flanders or Wallonia, through the joint Belgian interregional innovation co-funding initiative.
Bioengineering in the Space Environment
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 200,000 euros to study bioengineering business ideas that use microgravity.
Biotechnology driven low emission food production systems
European Commission · European Union
Funds a single company building biotechnology-driven, low-emission food production, with an EU contribution of up to EUR 17.5 million under the EIC Accelerator's 2025 round.
BIRAC Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian deep-tech biotech startups, SMEs and large industries scaling indigenous manufacturing.
Boosting data availability and AI solutions in food for consumers and food service professionals
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build generative AI tools for food purchasing, preparation and preservation, with dedicated support packages for AI startups and SMEs.
Boosting the competitiveness of protein crops in Europe
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds innovation projects that make European-grown protein crops more competitive, from farm-level breeding and machinery to new value chains and by-product uses.
Circular Innovation: Re-use & Recycle
🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium
Funds Brussels companies testing the feasibility and viability of innovative waste re-use and recycling projects, covering 50 to 70 percent of costs.
Co-created Innovations for a Competitive Food Sector and Sustainable Transitions
🇸🇪Formas · Sweden
Funds Swedish food companies co-creating food-sector innovations with academic partners.
DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI Call under BioE3 Policy
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian companies and startups developing Bio-AI platforms for high-performance biomanufacturing.
Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom farming innovators through Defra public-private collaboration that strengthens practical innovation outcomes.
Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award
WFF · Italy
Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.
Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds demonstration projects using AI, IoT and robotics to cut energy use and emissions in fisheries and aquaculture across at least three countries in one sea basin.
Diversifying aquaculture production with emphasis on low-trophic species
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that grow EU aquaculture into new low-trophic species such as algae and shellfish, using lower-impact feed and farming methods.
EIT Food Accelerator Network (FAN) – Call for Startups 2026
🇪🇺EIT Food · European Union
Awards up to €50,000 to top agrifood and foodtech startups after a hub-based accelerator.
EIT Food Education Start-up Award
EIT Food · European Union
Pays up to 10 startups €4,000 each if they came out of an EIT Food Education programme.