Diet and health innovation

Fund details

Proposals must have the potential to impact the nutritional quality of food and drink products consumed by the UK population.

Projects can focus on one or more of the following:

• functional and novel foods to support healthy ageing across the life course
• biofortification as an approach to target delivery of bioactive compounds
• probiotics and prebiotics to maintain or promote a gut microbiome and metabolome that could improve health

Projects should consider:

• sustainability in the context of environmental challenges such as climate change and resource scarcity
• how to minimise negative effects such as pollution, food loss and waste

Eligibility

To lead a project your organisation must:

• be a business of any size

or

• a research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding

Your consortium must include at least one business and one research organisation, as a minimum.

Funding

This competition is funding early-stage feasibility studies.

You could get funding for your eligible project costs of:

• up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
• up to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
• up to 50% if you are a large organisation