Partnerships

EIT Food

EIT Food

Partnership website: https://www.eitfood.eu/
EIT Food connects businesses, research centres, universities and consumers.

About the community + programmes

The EIT food wants to make our food future-proof by involving more the consumers in the innovation process and consequently increasing the consumers trust in new food products. It also wants to make our food cycle more sustainable and healthy. Therefore it wants to achieve a reduction of the food related GHG emissions by 40% by 2030. To reach these objectives they have set up 6 types of programmes:

  • Innovation schemes relating to regenerative agriculture protein diversification and labelling, packaging and transparency
  • Education through summer schools and a dedicated Masters or PhD course
  • Entrepreneurship incentives specifically focusing on start-ups, scale-ups and female entrepreneurs
  • Increasing public insight and engagement 
  • RIS schemes for regions that are doing less well in terms of innovation
  • Cross-KIC projects with other innovation communities

How to get involved?

The EIT publishes calls for proposals for these different programmes. You can find out the opportunities and latest news at the webpage of the innovation community

The EIT works through five regional EIT food hubs with the HQ based in Leuven. Non-members can also take part in most projects so it is not a closed community. You can contact the HQ by mail: info@eitfood.eu

Finally you can contact the NCP for Food, pascal.verheye@vlaio.be

What are partnerships?

Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.

More detailed info Overview of partnerships

How to use partnerships?

  • orientation
    Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points.
  • networking
    Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents.
  • ecosystem analysis
    Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain.
  • steering the agenda
    Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
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