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EIT Food
EIT Food Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument
Amount
Up to €60,000
Deadline
Nov 30, 2025
Odds
Not published
Can you get this?
✓Must be an agrifood startup applicant
✓Corporate partner must exceed EU SME definition
✕Projects involving universities or RTOs are not eligible
✓Project costs must be under €100k
✓Project must show clear path to commercial success
Your real odds
Competition was spread across six monthly panels rather than one single batch, so your application faced a smaller pool each round.
This round closed on November 30, 2025, and no acceptance rate data appears in the source material.
What it takes
Secure a corporate partner for a formal agreementweeks to mon
Prepare application using provided templates1 to 2 weeks
Submit before monthly cut-off for panel review
Worth knowing
EIT Food covers 100% of project costs upfront, up to €100,000, then invoices your corporate client for 60% of that, up to €60,000, with no co-funding requirement, no repayment, and no equity taken from you.
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