Save the Date: Reunions of the innovation groups

After a long, involuntary break, the dates for the meetings of the innovation groups are now defined. The respective steering groups have used the reunion-free time to put together an exciting and inspiring programme.

• Aquaculture, Tuesday, 27 October 2020
• Bioconversion, Thursday, 29 October 2020
• Proteins4Future, Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Consult the events and the pages of the respective innovation groups to find out about the location and the program, as well as to get to the registration form.

Partnership with AVINA STIFTUNG

Swiss Food Research is proud to count on a partnership with the renowned AVINA STIFTUNG for the years 2020-2023. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Viktoria Schmidheiny, the Avina Foundation today focuses on the topic of sustainably produced, healthy nutrition. In accordance with the guiding principle "Foundation for the Food of tomorrow", the foundation aims to stimulate change by providing a platform for pioneers and promoting pioneering projects.

AVINA STIFTUNG supports Swiss Food Research in its mission to network specialists, researchers and doers and to act as a catalyst for innovative solutions. AVINA STIFTUNG and Swiss Food Research jointly promote innovation with the aim of establishing healthy and sustainable food as a new standard.

Success Stories 2019

Since 2014, Swiss Food Research has evaluated 104 projects with experts and funded 57 projects with a total of CHF 507,500.
70% of the projects funded by Swiss Food Research received follow-up funding from Innosuisse.
In 2019, too, there were successful projects with ZHAW and NTB BUCHS, for example.

Swiss Food Research Call - Learn more before you submit!

Research institutes and companies in the Swiss Food Research Network can submit a project for the Swiss Food Research Call 2020 until 15 June 2020.

The call serves for::

Validation of ideas
- Proofing concepts
- Assessment of the possible application
- Matchmaking Research & Industry Partners

Watch the online Q&A session with success stories and experiences of successful applicants.

Agro-Food Innovation Forum

Postponed to 2021 - The Agro-Food Innovation Forum enters the third round. After the success of 21 March 2019 with 28 start-ups and 150 participants,the date of 16th June 2020 had been set and now had to be postponed due to the corona pandemic.

Once again, 4 Swiss networks are joining forces to bring together innovators from start-ups, research and industry. For more information and impressions of the past events follow the link. Save the date: 16th of June 2020!

Next Generation of Swiss Food Ecosystems

Swiss Food Research and Cluster Food & Nutrition joined forces and formed an association to act as a
"leadinghouse" for the Agri-Food-Nutrition segment in Switzerland. The association has in due time applied for the NTN - Innovation Booster.

The Booster is supported by 23 organisations, both from research and industry, who declared their profound interest in the adressed subject.

Swiss Pavilion @ Seeds & Chips

Postponed! For even greater visibility and increased presence of Swiss agro-food start-ups, Swiss Food Research is co-organising participation at Seeds&Chips - The Leading Food Innovation Summit in the World with Switzerland Global Enterprise and the Swiss Consulate General in Milan under the umbrella of a Swiss Pavilion. Participating start-ups will have access to an international audience at the summit and local stakeholders in an additional cooking event downtown Milan.

Registration until further notice

Future Food Symposium

SGLWT, SVIAL and Swiss Food Research will hold the Future Food Symposium on 7 February 2020 at the Technopark in Zurich. We will be looking into the future! An incredible number of start-ups, new technologies and new solutions are available for the agro-food sector today. However, it is difficult for today's and tomorrow's managers to assess which technologies and which approaches will prevail. Scientists from ETH, universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes will present their views. The first symposium will focus on novel foods, meat analogues and packaging.

Member of EIT Food

EIT Food is a European Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), which was set up to transform our food ecosystem. By connecting consumers with businesses, start-ups, researchers and students from around Europe, EIT Food supports innovative and economically sustainable initiatives which improve our health, our access to quality food, and our environment. With the Swiss Food Research accession its members have access to the spoken grants.