For SMEs and Corporate Partners
SMEs & Corporate Partners
Collaborate with us
Through a close relationship, allow IFNC to become your informed business partner.
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Tap into wide pool of science and technologies. |
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Facilitate access to funding opportunities and foundation grants. |
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Engage with our talents and have visibility on promising spin-offs. |
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Access to select community events with our network. |
Where we contribute
Bio-based materials
Smart packaging
Engineering & Processing
Degradation
Sustainability assessment
Consumer behaviours
Metabolism & nutrition
Sensing & monitoring data
Computational biology
Protein engineering
Neurosciences
Digital epidemiology
Machine learning & AI
Blockchain
Complex systems simulation
Hyperspectral imaging
Robotics & photonics
Sensors & tracking
Our approach
We take a modular and flexible project-based approach, leveraging cross-industry expertise to help our partners solve complex transdisciplinary innovation challenges.
Our approach
By connecting EPFL’s research expertise with the industry know-how, we aim to generate research and innovation around food and nutrition and translate it into real collaboration opportunities.
Check out the list below to find out what we have in store for you.
With a privileged access to the IFNC Industrial Board, our members can truly influence EPFL research programs related to food and nutrition. They also have access to events and conferences and can closely collaborate with EPFL’s scientists and start-ups. IFNC membership is reserved for companies active in the food and nutrition industry.
Want to work on a specific project that meets your needs? Take part in the IFNC Joint Research Program, which consists of a close collaboration between science and industry. Through a well-defined projet and statement of work, all parties are working together to achieve concrete outcomes.
Through diverse discovery and research programmes, non-competing members of the center work together on common issues.
Latest activities
State of Play Cultured Foods 2.0
Cultured foods offer a promising solution to some of the most pressing food system challenges. They also present a very significant market opportunity: experts predict that by 2050 cultured food could be a $1.1 trillion dollar industry, creating 9.8 million new jobs globally…
Innovation Booster: Future of Farming
This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the integration of robotics across the food chain, with focuse on agricultural practices, and food production, complemented by interactive breakout groups for in-depth discussions and collaborative problem-solving. It encourages collaboration and innovation in applying robotics to address agricultural efficiency, and food production.
SFNV Impact Forum: Food & Nutrition Security
Zero Hunger by 2030: that was the target of Sustainable Development Goal 2. Despite the looming deadline, in global terms we are far from reaching that aim. One in 11 people worldwide went hungry in 2023, with the number rising to 1 in 5 in Africa. Globally, we have seen an alarming rise since the (…)
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