Canadian Food Innovation Network Innovation Scouting Fund 2025 (up to $105,000) Deadline: 30 August, 2025
Applications are open for the Canadian Food Innovation Network Innovation Scouting Fund 2025. The Innovation Scouting Fund seeks to directly address real-world business challenges identified by leading Canadian food manufacturers, distributors, foodservice, or grocery retail firms. Each call is sponsored by one of these potential technology adopters and invites Canadian Small or Medium Enterprises and academic researchers to apply with their solutions for consideration and further validation.
The program will provide funding support for the winning foodtech innovator(s) to collaborate directly with a notable player in the Canadian food landscape. These funds will facilitate a robust pilot project, covering essential costs for the innovator and the partnering firm, enabling effective testing and validation in real-world applications.
Each Innovation Scouting Fund call is supported by a Call Details document that outlines the priority areas for projects. Applicants will outline their proposed solution and detail their readiness for a pilot.
Funding
- The total eligible project costs should be between $20,000 and $105,000, and the maximum level of matching funding from CFIN will be 60% of total eligible project costs (between $12,000 and $75,000).
Eligibility
- Open to Canadian SMEs with at least one year of incorporation.
- Academic researchers at Canadian institutions.
- Proposing a technology or solution that aligns with the call priorities and has achieved at least a TRL of 3.
Application
Deadline: August 30, 2025
For more information, see FAQ and visit Innovation Scouting Fund.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND APPLY
Kindly Note
All Jobs and Opportunities Published on mucuruzi.com are completely free to apply. A candidate should never pay any fee during the recruitment Process. Even if mucuruzi.com does its best to avoid any scam job or opportunity offer, a job seeker or an opportunity seeker is 100% responsible of applying at his own risk.
Check well before applying, if you doubt about the eligibility of any offer do not apply and notifie to mucuruzi.com via this email: mucuruzi2016@gmail.com and remember to never pay any fee to have a job or get any opportunity, if you do so, do it at your own risk.
