Let's talk food.

Cities are more attractive than ever before: To remain liveable as a city, long-term alternatives to conventional food production are needed. This has also become apparent during the covid pandemic. Therefore, the focus in 2020/2021 will be on innovative food projects in the fields of production, packaging, logistics, recycling and innovative gastronomy.  

Specific calls on the topic of food

• Funding call Urban Food from 1.10.2020 - 31.1.2021 for creative business projects
• Funding call R&D Food from 10.12.2020 - 7.4.2021 for research projects

In addition, food bonuses are available at grant application evaluations in six current grant programmes:

• Funding porgram creative_pioneer for startup projects in the creative sector
• Funding porgram Innovation for the development of innovative food-related services and products
• Funding porgram Local Supply for innovative solutions involving local supply and gastronomy 
• Funding porgram Material Assets_Innovative Investitions for investment
• Funding porgram Shared Facilities for the purchase of equipment and infrastructure to be used jointly by multiple food industry companies
• Funding porgram Local Initiative for the new establishment, expansion or relocation of company sites

Expertise 

• The “Urban Food” white paper includes inspiration and ideas for potential projects and collaborations between creative industries and the nutrition sector.
• The “technology report "Lebensmittel (food)" (pdf in German) provides an overview of food production and nutrition trends and associated research at the Vienna location. 

Networking

Benefit from our network of experts. We can connect you with potential collaboration partners from research, production and creative industries.

The cooperation with Vienna Design Week focused on the question: How are local food production, distribution and local consumption organized in a time before and after COVID-19? The best projects of the "Urban Food & Design Challenge 2020" 

Consultation

We offer individual consultation and information regarding implementation, potential funding and suitable collaborations for your project in the nutrition sector.