Applications for Impact Funding Framework Window 5 are now open for submission. The application portal will close on the 13th March 2025 at 12h00 CET for evaluation.
Help us create lasting and sustainable change in the food system.
We’ve launched a competitive, open Impact Funding Framework to promote ambitious, long-term collaboration that will lead to food systems change to benefit us all.
We want our co-investment to have a real impact. We're looking for proposals from consortia based around lead organisations who can work effectively, move quickly, and are supported by high-quality research, communications and impact assessment expertise.
The funding is focused on two separate areas – larger-scale collaborative programmes, and innovative single projects. We have recently updated the guidelines for both collaborative programmes and single projects so be sure to download the versions available in the Important Documents section of this page.
All submission windows close at 12:00 CET (noon) on the published deadline date.
Your proposal should be presented within the context of current EU regulatory framework and policy, remembering that EIT Food is formally an Institutionalised European Partnership with strategic policy alignments including initiatives such as Farm to Fork, EU Green Deal and UN SDGs (further details can be found in our Strategic Agenda 2021–2027 ). If the outcome of your proposal involves technology which could not currently be brought to market or deployed due to factors such as regulatory frameworks, access to capital or other pathway barriers, you should provide clear strategies for how you will overcome barriers or what assumptions you are working to regarding changes to those barriers beyond your control.
Collaborative Missions Programme Funding
We want to co-fund and co-resource alliances and collaborative programmes designed to:
- Improve the impact of diet on obesity and non-communicable disease
- Reduce food-system-related environmental harms
- Deal with the threats posed by food integrity and complex supply chains
As well as connecting key stakeholders, from companies and research organisations to social enterprises and regions, your programme should engage beneficiaries, whether people, business or organisations, with clearly defined impact needs.
For more detail on the impact targets and measures we need your help to reach, see our Funding for EIT Food Collaborative Missions Programmes document. Please note that Guidance was last updated on the 17th January 2025, please ensure you are checking the most up-to-date version.
If you’re interested in this funding opportunity, we encourage you to make use of our Expression of Interest (EOI) form. You can share key information about your idea and how you can see your consortium working with EIT Food. This informal conversation starter should enable us to help you better connect across our community and teams as you shape your proposal.
