Good Food Institute (GFI) Research Grant Program

GFI specifically work to catalyze research and development to improve the organoleptic properties, price point, and production capacity of plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated meat products. This program supports essential research designed to solve many of the challenges facing these industries and seeks to create open-access tools and methods for the development of appetizing, affordable, and widely available alternative protein products.  This RFP seeks research proposals within the following priority areas:

A / Extrusion 2.0: Enhancing traditional extrusion through process innovation and mechanistic evaluations of protein texturization

B / Developing tools and knowledge to promote stemness and proliferation in seafood cell cultures

C / Data collection and curation to inform the development of genome-scale metabolic models for optimization of feedstock formulation and feed conversion

D/ Improving feedstock availability for food fermentation in biomass and precision fermentation platforms

Funding: up to $250K over 2 years. Multi-partner proposals may request an additional $100K to support collaborations in which at least one of the partners has not previously worked on alternative protein research.

https://gfi.org/researchgrants

https://gfi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Research-Grant-Program-RFP-2023.pdf

Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZcW2Nqa48