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Marketed Innovation Prize

All EIT Food regions
Europe
Deadline: 22 October 2024

As EIT Food, we, our partners and start-ups have continuously invested in innovation since our inception, bringing numerous products and services to market. We want to reward the success of our community and recognise the impact that the products and services derived from EIT Food projects and programmes have had, through a prize challenge.

The prize is open to all organisations who have developed a product or service that has reached the market, following their receipt of support from EIT Food.

The best marketed innovation per region (North-East, West & South) will be awarded a prize of €10,000 and the best marketed innovation of each of the five subcategories will be awarded a prize of €5,000 each.

Please fill out the form below to be considered. Applications close on October 22nd at 23:45 CET.


Prizes

Three marketed innovations will be awarded a prize of €10,000 for the following regions:

  • Best Marketed Innovation for North-East region
  • Best Marketed Innovation for East region
  • Best Marketed Innovation for South region

Five marketed innovations will be awarded a prize of €5,000 for the following categories:

  • Best Alternative Protein-based Solution
  • Best Regenerative Agriculture Solution
  • Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation
  • Best Food Waste Reduction Solution
  • Woman in Innovation

All winners will also gain exposure for their work through promotional activities and media outreach by EIT Food, including but not limited to:

  • News article and spotlight on the EIT Food communication channels, including an article on the FoodUnfolded platform
  • The opportunity to present their initiative at an EIT Food-organised webinar, e-breakfast, or other events

Marketed Innovation Prize

For questions or support, contact us at: support@eitfood.eu
To view your region, please follow the links below

North-East Region
West Region
South Region
Please select one or more subcategories 

First, we want to know about your innovation!

This information will be made publicly available if successful. Please do not include any commercially sensitive information.

300 words left

Outline how EIT Foods support has helped with the development and scaling of your innovation.

300 words left

Please explain how your innovation has changed the agrifood sector, on improving health through diets, improving sustainability, and enhancing trust in food or resilience of the food system. Please provide details on the scale of the impact generated.

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Provide information on the scale of your success, and growth of your company or associated organisations related to the innovation. Include the customer base you have created, countries where your product or service is available. You can add links to websites where your innovation is available, press articles, trade shows etc.

300 words left

Thank you! Now we will just need some additional information to finish your application:

Only contracts ending from 2021-2024 will be considered

Was the innovation developed and launched on the market as a result of the capacity building activities delivered as part of the Higher Education Initiative Capacity Building (HEI CBI)?  
Was the innovation launched by learners/graduates from labelled programmes (or with direct link to participating in the labelled activity)?  

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