Funding for novel, low-emission food production systems

Part of Innovate UK’s Plan for Action, this competition aims to support the development of novel production systems that create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission foods, particularly proteins, while delivering healthy and sustainable diets.

To be eligible, projects must progress emerging novel food production systems towards commercial viability and ability to supply mainstream consumer markets.

Projects must have the potential to significantly shift the current state of the art in one or more of the following six priority areas:

• plant based products or production systems;
• acellular food production, for example, algal, bacterial or fungal fermentation systems;
• cellular food production, for example, cell culture systems for meat production;
• novel aquaculture systems, for example, fin-fish and shell-fish;
• new food production systems, for example, insect farming, seaweed cultivation and other alternatives to traditional animal production systems; or
• Total Controlled Environment Agriculture (TCEA) systems.

The competition opens on 18 January and closes on 19 April 2023.

For feasibility studies see: Competition overview - Novel, low-emission food production systems: Feasibility studies - Innovation Funding Service (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk)

For industrial research see: Competition overview - Novel, low-emission food production systems: Industrial research - Innovation Funding Service (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk)