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SATW Food 4.0 – winners

This year’s call for proposals to promote innovative projects in the Swiss food system met with great interest. A panel of experts selected the six most promising projects from the 30 submitted, and we are happy to announce that 2 of the supported projects are from EPFL!

FUTURE FOOD P-ACT

Future Food P-act est une initiative portée par les Innovation Boosters Swiss Food Ecosystems et Future Food Farming, soutenus par Innosuisse.
Les participants auront l’opportunité de bénéficier d’un financement pouvant atteindre jusqu’à 39’000 CHF pour concrétiser leurs idées novatrices.

Internship at Givaudan

As an Intern in Science & Technology, in the Delivery Systems group, of Givaudan’s Taste & Wellbeing Division you will work on emulsions and other encapsulation systems related topics. You will work on the formulation of liquid and solid delivery systems, prepare them with different types of equipment and characterise them. This internship is limited to 6 months and is based in Kemptthal.

Meat the Future

In this conference, Tobias Leenaert, prominent speaker, educator and author on the subject, will dive into the challenges surrounding the exploitation of animals, while also explaining how advocacy and alternatives to animal products (plant-based, fermentation, and animal cell cultivation) can be leveraged to create positive change.

Appel à projets en économie circulaire

Avez vous des idées pour rendre votre ville plus écologique et plus agréable à vivre?
L’incubateur d’économie circulaire (EC) permet aux équipes et aux startups de préparer et de développer des solutions contribuant à accélérer la transition vers l’économie circulaire en Suisse. Les entrepreneurs sélectionnés travaillent au développement de leur produit minimum viable (MVP) et à la validation de leur modèle économique, avec le soutien de conseillers, d’experts et de notre réseau d’investisseurs concernés.

Alimentation durable: qu’y aura-t-il dans nos assiettes en 2050?

26.10.2023 à 17h45, Forum Rolex

Marc Dufumier est agronome, professeur honoraire en agriculture comparée et développement agricole à l’AgroParisTech (Paris). Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages, Marc Dufumier a réalisé de nombreuses missions d’appui à des projets de développement agricole et rural dans les pays du Sud.

Call for proposals Food 4.0

Become part of this forward-looking initiative and submit your project by 23.10.2023 to contribute to a successful future for Switzerland’s food system!
Funding will be provided for innovative implementation projects in the following main areas:
Technologies for hybrid products of different protein sources
Precision biotechnology / biotransformation
Digital transformation of the food system
Precision agriculture

ETH Joint Initiatives: Call for preliminary ideas

EPFL wishes to consider a broad range of proposals and is launching an internal call for ideas. The suggestions collected will be evaluated by the EPFL Academic Strategic Committee in the following areas:

Human Health
Responsible Digital Transformation
Advanced Materials and Key Technologies

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Future Food Initiative – Call 2022/23 Winners

In 2019, EPFL and ETH Zurich have launched Future Food – A Swiss Research Initiative, together with Swiss food industry leaders Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé. The goal of the initiative is to expand research and education in the area of food and nutrition sciences to develop solutions that address grand challenges of the current food systems. The program is co-managed by the Integrative Food and Nutrition Center at EPFL and the World Food System Center at ETH Zurich.

Funding for PhD students carrying out Flavor research

GIRACT is the leading transnational business research and consultancy organization specializing in food ingredients, additives and related fine chemicals and technologies.
The consortium of industry sponsors aims to raise awareness of the industry and career opportunities in order to increase the flavor research talent pool in Europe.