EIT Food Global Venture Programme 2020
The programme aims to boost the entrepreneurial and business creation skills of doctoral candidates, in order to tackle challenges of our food system.
Benefits:
- Bespoke training curriculum in business creation & entrepreneurship
- Bootcamps in key innovation ecosystems
- Mobility grants for individuals
- Innovation prizes
- Access to EIT Food partner network
- Online educational resources
Participation is fully covered by EIT Food and free of charge for the students. There are two open calls for applications in 2020: GFVP Stage I and Stage II
Programme`s description:
Idea Development - GFVP Stage I 40 highly motivated PhD students from across Europe will get together for a life-changing, immersive entrepreneurial experience in Madrid to learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and develop business propositions in the food space.
- 10-day Summer School in Madrid
- Mentoring by an EIT Food partner
- Mobility grants
Business pre-Incubation - GFVP Stage II 25 PhD students with solid business ideas in food & agtech will be selected for a bootcamp in Lausanne and coached over a period of 6 months to bring their idea to next level. Best projects will join a 2nd bootcamp in Europe and our final pitch competition with innovation prize awards!
- 1-week Pre-Incubation Bootcamp in Lausanne
- 1-week immersion Bootcamp in key European ecosystem
- Mentoring by an EIT Food partner
- 1-day Final Event with pitch competition and innovation prizes by the EIT Food
Deadline for applications April 5, 2020.