EIT Food
EIT Food’s Impact Funding Framework accelerates innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all. Our EIT Food experts have prepared a guide covering all the ins and outs of the programme, including eligibility & funding conditions, advice on building your consortium, success stories and more.
EIT Food: Impact Funding Framework
Our experts have gathered the most essential information on the EIT Food programme and the two different areas within the programme.
Deadlines: Multiple calls are planned
- 13 March 2025
- 10 July 2025
- 13 November 2025
Funding:
- Single Projects: total budgets between €50,000 – €1 million over 18 months.
- Collaborative Missions: total budgets between €250,000 – €750,000 per year
Funding rate: 70%, co-funding is mandatory
Total budget: not defined
Project duration: 3 years
Consortium: Consortia consisting of at least two independent entities from two different eligible countries from Member States of the EU and from Horizon Europe Associated Countries
Scope: The Impact Funding Framework promotes collaboration that will lead to change in food systems that benefit everyone. The funding is based on two separate areas:
Impact Funding Framework: Collaborative missions
This mission is for NGO’s – 100% grant focused on the below:
- 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
Impact Funding Framework: Single projects
This is for small consortia with an SME in the lead to bring a product to the market
- Protein diversification, bringing protein diversification to the mainstream
- Regenerative agriculture, enabling farmers to lead the transition to Net Zero
- Labelling, packaging & transparency, empowering people in their food choices
For more information, download our EIT Food guide below or get in touch with our experts today!
Download our EIT Food Guide
Download our EIT Food Guide to gain in-depth insights and advice on the latest aspects of the programme, understand the success criteria, and maximize your chances of getting funded. Learn how to position your project effectively and get inspired by real examples of successful projects.
EIT Food winner YieldComputer
YieldComputer’s ROBOT project for autonomous robotics-based crop monitoring was recently awarded under the newly launched EIT Food: Impact Funding Framework programme. CEO and Co-Founder, Theo Slaats, shares his thoughts on the award and support from Catalyze.
