Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge
The Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge seeks game-changing innovations that will help transform the food system to be more sustainable and empower consumers to make choices benefitting both personal and planetary health.
Eligibility:
- Nonprofits or academic or research institutions located in any country
- and early-stage U.S. based for-profit companies are eligible to apply.
- Individuals are not eligible to apply. However, teams of students or researchers may participate as part of an organization’s submission.
Benefits:
- Seed Grant- ($25,000 each) will be awarded to applicants that are planting and nurturing high-potential, innovative ideas and have developed a prototype and/or initial proof of concept demonstrating feasibility.
- Growth Grant- ($100,000 each) will be awarded to applicants that have demonstrated their initiative is doable and have projected both economic feasibility at scale and high impact potential to transform the food system.
- Seeding The Future Grand Awards- ($250,000 each) will be awarded to applicants with a scalable, economically feasible innovation that is compelling to consumers and have demonstrated major impact potential to transform the food system.
In addition to a financial award, all awardees will receive several non-financial benefits and incentives, including the following:
- Organizational profile posted on the IFT website
- Features in IFT member communications, including newsletters and social media channels
- Invitation and recognition at IFT’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo, which provides exposure and access to potential customers, suppliers, mentors, and investors
- Initiation into the Challenge’s alumni network
- Seeding The Future Grand Prize awardees will also have access to networking opportunities with potential mentors and investors
Applications are due on 16 August 2021.
Full details visit; https://www.ift.org/food-system-challenge/faq
