2024 Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

Hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and funded by Seeding The Future Foundation

This challenge supports innovations with transformative potential to address global food system challenges, impacting the following domains:

• Nutritious food for a healthy diet
• Sustainable production methods
• Affordable, accessible, and appealing food trusted by consumers

Who Can Apply?

The challenge is open to:

• Scientists, engineers, innovators, and entrepreneurs
• Multidisciplinary teams from NGOs, non-profits, and social enterprises
• Universities, research institutions, and small or emerging for-profit enterprise

• Application Deadline: January 6, 2025

• Focus Areas: Innovations must demonstrate the potential for large-scale, long-term impact and align with the foundation’s mission and vision.

Transforming the global food system to ensure equitable access to affordable, safe, and nutritious food while preserving planetary health requires bold, multidisciplinary approaches.

• Advances in science and technology

• Creative collaborations across cultures and disciplines

Mission & Vision

• Mission: Support initiatives and accelerate innovations to create a nutritious, regenerative, and equitable food system.

• Vision: Achieve a sustainable, resilient, and regenerative global food system that ensures equitable access to safe, trusted, and appealing food for all.Moonshot GoalTo positively impact the lives of one billion people by driving meaningful food system transformations.

Learn More & Apply

View 2023 Winners: Explore previous winners and their groundbreaking innovations.

For more information and application, visit https://gfsc-application.ift.org/