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RUTF Cost-Disrupting Innovations Challenge 2026 Grant

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In context

This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies and 4 others, at idea and R&D stage and prototype and pilot stage. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country and Global-South.

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Summary

This funder Grand Challenge funds innovations to reduce the production cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for treating severe acute malnutrition in children, targeting at least 30% cost reduction through improvements in ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, or supply chain. Eligible applicants include startups, SMEs, nonprofits, research institutions, and consortia working on protein diversification, lipid optimization, packaging materials, or production efficiency in low- and middle-income countries.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 2 Sept 2026Accurate?

About this grant

The Cost-Disrupting Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Grand Challenge seeks transformative solutions to significantly lower the cost of treating Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) by improving the affordability of therapeutic food. The focus areas of this challenge include Protein Diversification and Dairy Replacement with an emphasis on reducing reliance on milk powder while maintaining high protein quality, Lipid Optimization and Stabilization to enable the use of lower-cost and locally available oils without compromising shelf life or nutrition, Packaging M …