With the Biotech Innovation Call 2025, EIT Food aims to support research teams, startups, and companies in bringing their biotech innovations to market faster. The call is part of the EIT Food Co-financed Biotech Portfolio and is aimed at projects that contribute to a more sustainable and efficient food system.
The focus is on two key challenges facing the industry:
- the development of sustainable downstream processes to reduce energy and water consumption and
- new technologies for real-time process monitoring and control.
We are looking for practical solutions that have the potential to result in marketable products or processes within a short period of time.
Funding for research and commercialization
With this call, EIT Food supports various types of initiatives:
- new research and development projects with a clear market perspective,
- existing research projects with a concrete commercialization plan and
- Scale-up activities for products or services with already promising results.
- Technology transfer from other sectors to the food industry is also promoted.
EIT Food is providing a total budget of €3 million for the call. Funding of up to €400,000 is available per project. The project will initially run for ten months – from February to December 2026.
The application deadline is November 17, 2025
The call for proposals is open to all eligible organizations from the member states of the European Union and the associated countries of the Horizon Europe research framework program. An existing partnership with EIT Food is not a prerequisite for participation.
Interested parties can submit their project outlines online until November 17, 2025. Further information and the complete call for proposals are available on the EIT Food website available.
