Deadline: 17 April 2017
The George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited are inviting Letter of Intents (LOI) for “Food Innovation grants 2017” to provide seed funding for trans-disciplinary research proposals that address food and health challenges that will impact Canadians and are of global concern OR offer debt/equity investments to business-focused projects that have a real social impact both in Canada and globally.
The 2017 Seeding Food Innovation program (the “Program”) continues a long history of philanthropic support from the Weston family of companies in the area of food, which has ranged from funding the Loblaw Chair of Sustainable Food Production at the University of Guelph to the Weston Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Funding Information
Funding of up to $150,000 per project is available for projects with an estimated duration of up to two years within the field of food innovation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Companies are only able to accept Letters of Intent (“LOI”) and Proposals from institutions (or individuals affiliated with and applying through or on behalf of institutions) that are Canada Revenue Agency qualified donees in Canada. Funds can also be used to support the Canadian portion of collaborations with members from other geographies.
- To be most effective, projects should involve teams of partners to provide a trans-disciplinary approach. Partnerships could be with university-based researchers, the private sector, civil society organizations, or community organizations.
- A LOI submitted pursuant to this Program does not need to be approved by the relevant institution on whose behalf or through which the LOI is being submitted. However, any Proposal submitted pursuant to this Program must be approved by the institution on whose behalf or through which the Proposal is being submitted.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Canada
For more information, please visit Food Innovations Grants.