29th of July, 2025 Dear BGI’s Community, As the summer unfolds and holiday vibes fill the air, our ecosystem is brimming with opportunities across agrifood, mobility, and sustainability. 🔥🌾🚲 Whether you're taking a well-earned summer break or working on your next big idea, this edition brings fresh opportunities to connect, grow, and make an impact. From hands-on learning in our Circular Agrifood Autumn School to future-shaping challenges in agrifood and mobility for early-stage organisations, there’s plenty to get involved with. Scroll down for open calls, highlights, and stories from across our ecosystem, and make this summer a season of purpose. 🌍 The BGI Team |
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🔥 NEW! Urban Mobility Startup Accelerator |
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Have a bold mobility idea? We’ll help you build your startup from the ground up, transforming your vision into a real business and giving you the chance to win up to €10,000. |
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| 🌿 Circular Agrifood Autumn School, early Bird Prices End Soon! |
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Ready to rethink agrifood systems? Apply for a hands-on experience with case studies and real-world missions, designed for changemakers like you. |
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Cities are calling for bold changemakers, are you ready to answer? This program unites innovators, students, and city leaders to co-create cutting-edge solutions for sustainable, inclusive, and seamlessly connected urban living. This year, Lisbon sets the stage for transforming the future of mobility. |
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EIT Food's Inspire: "Digital Technologies in the Food System" |
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Calling all farmers, students and researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals! Explore the personalized benefits of this training offer for each audience and unleash the potential of technology to transform the agrifood industry. |
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Opportunities for Agrifood Changemakers |
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From funding to leadership training, the European ecosystem is buzzing with chances to grow your idea, connect with partners, and accelerate your impact. EIT Food is offering 5 powerful opportunities for agrifood changemakers across Europe. From these, we would like to highlight 2 great opportunities: |
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1️⃣ Straight2Market – funding of €30,000 to accelerate food innovations and launch them with retail partners.
2️⃣ Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing – de-risk pilot projects with corporate clients and bring your agrifood solution to market. |
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Strategic Innovation Open Call Now Open |
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Up to €2M per project (total €60M funding from 2026–2028), requiring at least 2 partners from different EU or Horizon Europe countries, with the first cut-off deadline on 23 September 2025. |
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RIS Education Urban Mobility Open Call 2026 |
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The RIS Open Call 2026 by EIT Urban Mobility is now open, offering €1.25M to support projects focused on capacity building, training, and knowledge exchange. |
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From summer schools to startup-driven education, applicants can propose activities across five RISE topics, including innovation training, co-creation, and scaling local initiatives. The deadline is 10 September 2025, and applications are open to universities, SMEs, startups, cities, research institutions, and more from RIS countries. |
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| The Tech4RegenAg Startup Acceleration Programme 2025 officially kicked off on July 28, bringing together AgTech startups with breakthrough solutions ready to be validated alongside farmers and industry partners. Stay tuned! Our weeks of innovation, collaboration, and real-world impact are just beginning. Click to know more about Tech4RegenAg! |
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| Curious about how international collaboration is shaping the future of agrifood entrepreneurship? 🌍 In an article, Catarina Casadinho highlights the impact of the AgriFood4Future Entrepreneurship and Acceleration Programme. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the programme is building capacity, empowering changemakers, and growing cross-border innovation in the agrifood sector. Read the full article here! |
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Alumni Highlight 🌱 3 BGI Alumni Selected for EIT Food Seedbed Incubator 2025! |
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We’re proud to celebrate PhycoFerm, GreenCide, and MBP BioTech, three outstanding Alumni from BGI programmes, for being selected to join the prestigious EIT Food Seedbed Incubator 2025. From microalgae fermentation and bio-based pesticides to upcycled marine biomass, these startups are leading the way in sustainable agrifood innovation. Their success is a powerful testament to Portugal’s rising influence in European foodtech and to BGI’s ongoing mission to support impact-driven entrepreneurs. 👏 Congratulations to all the Portuguese startups selected! |
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