Novel low-emission food production systems: Feasibility studies
6-24 months
£200k - £500k
19.04.2023
Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, are jointly investing £16 million in this competition through their strategic partnership. This partnership will support UK businesses to engage with and benefit from the UK’s excellent research base to grow and scale innovations.
The Novel Low Emission Food Production systems competition is part of Innovate UK’s funding support for growing the future economy. This funding also includes the Better Food for All: Innovation for improved nutrition.
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The aim of this competition is to support the development of novel food production systems that create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission foods, particularly proteins, while delivering healthy and sustainable diets.
Your project must progress emerging novel food production systems towards commercial viability and ability to supply mainstream consumer markets.
Your proposal must:
This competition is split into 2 strands dependant on the category of research:
Innovate UK are encouraging projects that:
Your proposal must describe how your project:
Your project must have the potential to significantly shift the current state of the art in one or more of the following six priority areas:
For feasibility studies, your project must:
To lead a feasibility studies project your organisation must:
To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered: