🚀 September Opportunities: Hackathons, Mobility to Agrifood Calls, Funding Await

23^rd of September, 2025

Dear BGI’s Community,

Summer’s dwindling, but the real fun is just getting started. 🚲🌾🤖
This month, we’re serving up hackathons with real-world urban mobility data, challenges that could change the way we eat, and funding calls big enough to supercharge your ideas.

Whether you want to code, create, or conquer, there’s something here with your name on it. Are you in? - So, scroll down, pick your adventure, and let’s make things happen. 🚀

The BGI Team

Get Involved

🔥 NEW! Urban Mobility Data Hackathon

Work with key players like Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa, use real-world data, get expert mentorship, and compete for prizes up to €500 while creating solutions to transform cities.

Secure your spot!

🌿 Inspire - Digital Technologies in the Food System

This isn't just a course, it's a hands-on program where you'll solve real-world problems with real data. You'll work on practical missions and case studies while getting direct mentorship from top industry experts.

Learn more!

🌐 Are You the Next Cybersecurity Innovator?

CyberSecDome is on the hunt for ambitious projects to test its cybersecurity platform. They're offering up to €120,000 in funding to help SMEs, research organizations, and tech adopters deploy and validate their solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to secure funding and demonstrate the effectiveness of your platform in key sectors, including healthcare, energy, finance, smart cities, and industrial IoT.

Don't miss this chance, you have until 30th September!

Opportunities

Want to expand your knowledge and develop skills in Agrifood?

EIT Food offers a range of innovative training programs, covering everything from sustainable production to digital technologies and regenerative aquaculture.

Register here!

Don't Just Participate, Lead. Join an Agrifood CoVE!

The AgriFood4Future project is building a powerful network of Centers of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) across Europe, and we're looking for key players like you.

By joining a CoVE, you will:

• Co-create cutting-edge educational content.
• Implement innovative solutions that solve real-world problems.
• Build a lasting support system for entrepreneurs and businesses in smart farming.
• This is your chance to go beyond collaboration and actively shape the agrifood sector's future.

More details here!

Are you an Investor? Why not learn more?

On 13^th October at our Blue Economy Acceleration Demo Day, BGI is inviting angel investors to a special Angel Canvas workshop. This is a unique opportunity to create a personalized tool that will help you identify and articulate how you can add value beyond just funding to startups in the blue economy.

Following the Angel Investors workshop, the seven “Blue Economy” pitching finalist teams will present their innovative projects to a jury of investors, including a select group from the Core Angels workshop. It's a perfect chance to both sharpen your investment strategy and discover the next big thing in the blue ocean economy!

Click to register your interest!

Ready to Solve the Next Big AI Challenge?

EIT AI Community is launching its AI Challenge 2025, a powerful matchmaking program designed to accelerate AI deployment across Europe.

This is your opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders and tackle real-world problems in areas like generative AI, process optimization, and smart data.

Showcase your scalable, AI-driven solution and compete for a €10,000 cash prize and a spot in the exclusive AI Founders Club. Applications close: October 29^th.

Click to know more!

Why not join EIT Food’s Next Bite?

Don't miss EIT Food's Next Bite event in Brussels. This dynamic gathering brings together leading food innovators and thought leaders to discuss the latest policy developments and ground-breaking solutions.

It's your chance to network with a global community and help shape a sustainable food landscape.

To register click here!

BGI Highlights

The Tech4RegenAg Acceleration Programme has come to an inspiring close, and we couldn't be prouder of our three finalists who are leading the way in regenerative agriculture:

• Agribot: Creates AI technology that provides early insight for the agrifood industry.
• BioArmix: Tackles urgent bacterial plant pathogens.
• Nature Robots: Develops l11eading AI and robotics for complex farming.

And the Journey Continues… Our next call for startups is coming in November! If you're a TRL 5-7 regenerative agri-tech startup, get ready to apply.

Follow us to know more!

On September 22^nd, BGI transformed a parking space in Linda-a-Velha into a vibrant community hub for Park(ing) Day 2025! The event was a huge success, filled with energy and activities for all ages, who enjoyed a fantastic day focused on sustainable mobility and community building. Children present also had the opportunity to explore our program Food Educators Program in Portugal, which seeks to educate on sustainable food choices.

The Tech4RegenAg launched a short quantitative study (survey) to learn more about your views on Regenerative Agriculture and how consumers are shaping the future of food systems. If you are 18 to 65, share your thoughts on: Practices used in regenerative agriculture; Expectations about regenerative products; The type of information you’d like to know as a consumer.

Your feedback will help us. Take part!

Share your opinion

🌱 What's Next for Farming?

EIT Food's latest Consumer Observatory report, "Securing the Future of Farming", delves into what young people really think about careers in agriculture. The report offers key recommendations for policymakers, industry leaders, and educators on how to promote farming as a viable and attractive career path for the next generation.

Read all about it here!

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