Applications Invited for GFI Research Grant Program

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About the Organization

The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals. Alongside scientists, businesses, and policymakers, GFI’s teams focus on making plant-based and cultivated meat delicious, affordable, and accessible. Powered by philanthropy, GFI is an international network of organizations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the world’s climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.

About the Grant

Powered by donations from a small number of generous donors, our Research Grant Program funds open-access alternative protein research.

We are excited to announce the release of our 2024 RFP for research projects in the field of alternative protein development.

• Total funding available: $3.4MM
• Project duration: Up to 24 months
• Funding amount per project: Up to 250,000 USD with up to 50,000 USD additional funding for projects partnering with researchers and/or industry stakeholders not previously engaged in alternative protein research.

We are seeking proposals for three key topic areas:

• Priority A: Upcycled plant proteins

Improve the functionality of known food industry sidestreams using emerging processing methods/technology with a calculated sidestream volume, limited economic assessment, and end-product demonstration.

• Priority B: Next-gen fermentation downstream processing

Sustainable and low-cost approaches for downstream food protein isolation from precision fermentation biomanufacturing.

• Priority C: Hydrolysates for cultivated meat

Optimize raw material processing and characterization to enable lower-cost and higher-performing hydrolysate ingredients for cultivated meat media.

Eligibility

Submissions are open to applicants from all sectors worldwide, encompassing academia, government, industry, and nonprofits. GFI strongly encourages women and gender minorities, racial and ethnic minorities, and other individuals under-represented in the alternative protein industry to apply for funding through this RFP.

Graduate students or postdoctoral researchers are eligible to lead the proposed project, contingent upon the inclusion of a Letter of Commitment signed by a faculty member from the student or postdoc's higher education institution. This Letter of Commitment should:

• explicitly affirm the faculty member's commitment to act as a collaborator and advisor for the project,
• confirm the proposed research will have access to the necessary laboratory facilities,
• If the applicant is a student, include the current aims of their dissertation (completed and planned) and describe how the proposed research project contributes to it.

GFI enthusiastically invites proposals from scientists who are new to the alternative protein field or have not previously received funding from GFI. However, we also welcome proposals from researchers who have previously received a GFI grant award. GFI will not fund efforts exceeding 100% FTE (full-time equivalent) for any personnel.

Investigators may be included as key personnel in multiple proposal submissions, but are limited to serving as the Principal Investigator on one proposal per RFP.

How to Apply

Submission deadline: May 23rd, 2024 at 4pm ET (1pm PT)

Proposals are created and submitted through our proposal portal. Applicants must create a user profile to create and submit a proposal.

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