Deadline: 6 May 2025
Applications are now open for EIT Food Fast Track to Market 2025, an opportunity to get your food innovation product or service to market quicker and enhance your commercial success.
Funding Information
- Your company can apply for up to €300k in funding.
- Your start up or SME will be the sole funding beneficiary of the funded project and must allocate the funding to eligible costs between the contract signature date for a maximum duration of 12 months following the project start date.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your company is eligible to apply if you:
- Be a legally incorporated entity in one of the EU or Horizon Europe eligible countries for a minimum of 12 months of business activity.
- Have a technology, product, service, or solution aligned to one or more of EIT Food’s Missions.
- Be classified as a SMALL sized company as defined in the EU recommendation 2003/361 (less than 49 employees and less than 10 million in turnover or balance sheet).
- Have a minimum of 3 full-time employees (3 FTEs) or 3 full-time employee equivalents.
- Applicants already affiliated with EIT Food (e.g., Food Accelerator Network and Rising Food Stars) are also welcome to apply, provided they fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Required Documents
- Within the application form, you will be asked to submit the following:
- A fully-written company business plan and presentation (i.e., “pitch deck”)
- Reports attesting to your company’s financial statements and health
- A project plan outlining the activities to achieve next sales milestones
- A budget plan outlining the expected costs for the proposed project scope, in line with Horizon Europe regulations
For more information, visit EIT Food.
