ProVeg Incubator
ProVeg International
The world's leading incubator for plant-based, fermentation, and cultivated food startups. Provides funding, mentorship, and networking.
Eligibility:
Early-stage startups working on animal-free food innovations.
Competitions & Grants
Non-dilutive funding, accelerators, and milestone prizes accelerating the future of food. Tracking 6 total programs.
5 Open/Upcoming
1 Past Programs
Active Opportunities
Funding programs currently accepting applications.
Open
GFI Competitive Grant Program
The Good Food Institute
Funding for open-access research addressing key scientific and technological hurdles in alternative protein development.
Eligibility:
Academic researchers, government researchers, and startups willing to publish open-access data.
Big Idea Ventures: New Protein Fund
Big Idea Ventures
Global accelerator program running in NY, Paris, and Singapore focusing on alternative protein startups.
Eligibility:
Pre-seed and seed stage alternative protein startups.
EIC Accelerator
European Innovation Council
Support for deep tech startups and SMEs in Europe to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
Eligibility:
SMEs and startups based in EU Member States or Associated Countries.
USDA NIFA AFRI Grants
US Department of Agriculture
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) offers funding for fundamental and applied research, education, and extension to address food and agricultural sciences, occasionally including alternative proteins.
Eligibility:
US academic institutions, state research stations, and sometimes small businesses (SBIR).
Past Opportunities
Recently closed programs (often recurring annually).
XPrize Feed the Next Billion
XPrize
A multi-year competition calling on innovators to develop chicken breast or fish fillet alternatives that match or outperform conventional meat.
Eligibility:
Teams globally capable of producing structured meat alternatives.