Future Food Initiative Grant
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This call is open to universities, research institutions and non-profits, at idea and R&D stage and prototype and pilot stage. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
This grant funds research in food and nutrition sciences, with emphasis on production, packaging, and digital health applications. It targets researchers and institutions advancing food systems innovation and sustainability.
About this grant
The Future Food Initiative is a Swiss Research Initiative launched jointly by ETH Zurich and EPFL in partnership with Swiss food industry leaders Bühler, Givaudan, and Nestlé. The initiative aims to expand research and education in food and nutrition sciences by bringing together competences from academic and industrial research. The overarching goal is to develop solutions that address grand food systems challenges. The program is co-managed by the World Food System Center at ETH Zurich and the Integrative Food Science and Nutrition Center at EPFL. The initiative supports competitive research programs that are cross-disciplinary and solution-oriented, addressing food system challenges.
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Key requirements
- ✓Research focus on food production, packaging, or digital health applications
- ✓Alignment with food systems and nutrition sciences
- ✓Institutional or research-based applicant preferred
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Future Food Initiative?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; university, research-institution, nonprofit.
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Food systems funding covers sustainable production, supply-chain resilience, food loss, nutrition and smallholder livelihoods. It is offered by agriculture and development agencies, multilateral programmes and foundations, often with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Applicants are generally asked to show local partnerships and how benefits reach farmers or consumers.
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