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Webinar
EIT Food - Open call for Covid-19 Innovation
proposals
13/05/2020
Paola Giavedoni & Innovation Team
Elina Kuzjukevica, Operations Team
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Content –
• 1. Introduction to the Call Paola 5min
• 2. Challenges to address Paola 15min
• 3. Key elements of the Call Elina 10min
• 4. Open Innovation Platform (HYPE) Kerstin 5min
• 5. Q&A All 15min
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EIT Food COVID-19 Rapid Response Call
• New call for short term, fast-track, impactful Innovation Projects
responding to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis that address
• Food System > quick response
• Consumer needs > high impact
• Project address EIT Food’s core values:
• innovative, resilient and sustainable food system
• focus on needs, concerns and ideas of consumers
• a more resource-efficient, secure, trusted and transparent food system
• EIT Food’s strategic objectives and Focus Areas remain unchanged BUT:
• should be interpreted in context of a response to the COVID-19
situation or possible similar future Pandemics and their impact on the
agrifood sector
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
CONSUMER CENTRICITY
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What do we want to achieve?
Significant and immediate impact:
• contribute to KPIs
• EITN03 - # Products (goods or services) or processes launched on the market
(mandatory)
• EITN04 - # Start-ups created as a result of innovation projects
• this means having a clear product, services, and/or solution ready to be put on the
market by end of the year, and launched no later than the end of Q2 2021
• studies, project plans, analysis or similar are not considered as product, services
or solutions
• high TRL >5 (Technology Readiness Level)
• clear commercialisation strategy, and communication and dissemination plans that
would allow a communication launch latest 30 Jan 2021
• deliverables to be submitted by year-end must also include a business canvas
Innovation in the Coronavirus Age
Covid 19 Pandemic
2020 BC to ?
Coronavirus Age
2020 AC to?Post Covid-19 pandemic
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Challenges for the Agri-Food sector
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Supply Chain Disruption 1
Change in international trade models, regulations
• more regional/ local procurement
• impact on availability of raw materials
• consequences for product formulations?
Primary sector
• utilise surplus and reduce food loss
• accelerate adoption of circular-economy models
• accelerate digitalisation to improve productivity
• online platforms to connect supply and demand
• education, business coaching for farmersS U S T A I N A B L E A G R I C U L T U R E
S U S T A I N A B L E A Q U A C U L T U R E
C I R C U L A R F O O D S Y S T E M S
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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Supply Chain Disruption 2
Transformation/ Food Industry
• improve resilience in production
• accelerate digitalisation (production, logistic, inventory management, etc.)
• create new products from surplus of primary sector (e.g. potatoes)
• products with longer shelf-life
• adaptation of product formulations to shortage of raw materials
• new business models
• education and training
D I G I T A L T R A C E A B I L I T Y
C I R C U L A R F O O D S Y S T E M S
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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Consumer Behaviour Change
• New consumption patterns
• ‘home-based’ behaviours, home cooking
• a new “sterilised” society?
• nutrition gaining momentum, personalisation, health
• food distribution and delivery
• decentralisation (e.g. local shops, farms, etc.)
• ad-hoc e-commerce platforms
• new business models
T A R G E T E D N U T R I T I O N
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
CONSUMER CENTRICITY
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Consumer Behaviour Change
• Modified shopping experiences
• e-commerce, drive-through, click and go, last mile delivery
• prevention measurements, social distancing
• need for more transparency and trust in the quality of food
• Out-of-Home consumption reinvented
• consumption at restaurants, shops, coffee shops, bars, etc.
• neighbourhood kitchens, robotization of fast food
• need for consumer information and education
T A R G E T E D N U T R I T I O N
D I G I T A L T R A C E A B I L I T Y
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
CONSUMER CENTRICITY
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Food Safety Risks
Addressing risks of SARS Cov-2 in Food and Food-related
environments
• risk assessment, resistance,
• prevention measurements, rapid tests and controls
• inactivation processes, (in-pack treatments?)
• traceability
• alternatives to packaging that still protect fresh food
T A R G E T E D N U T R I T I O N
D I G I T A L T R A C E A B I L I T Y
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
CONSUMER CENTRICITY
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Improved Nutrition
What can nutrition do to improve health and wellbeing?
1. Boost immunosystem
2. Nutrition for populations at risk
3. TeleNutrition ?
T A R G E T E D N U T R I T I O N
D I G I T A L T R A C E A B I L I T Y
EIT FOOD FOCUS-AREAS
CONSUMER CENTRICITY
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Who can apply in this call?
• EIT Food Partners and Linked Third Parties
Participation of external organisations:
• it is encouraged to engage with external organisations, i.e. organisations outside
the current EIT Food partnership
• Possible upon invitation of an existing EIT Food Partner
• External Organisation must apply to become an EIT Food Network Partner in
2020 – application process outlined in Annex 1 of Call Guidelines; terms of
membership outlined in Partnership Policy available on the
EIT Food website
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Eligibility criteria
Proposal will become a KAVA like any other in the 2020 Business Plan (introduced at
amendment stage) → 2020 Call guidelines apply, with a few modifications:
Consortium eligibility requirements
✓ at least two entities from two different countries
✓ lead partner must be a Core Partner of EIT Food or a Linked Third Party
✓ there must be at least one Exploiting Partner that will launch the innovative
solution created (product, service, start-up)
✓ if external organisations contribute to the proposal, the Network Partner
application process must be followed and completed by the call deadline
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Eligibility criteria
Proposal eligibility requirements:
• Detailed in COVID-19 Rapid Response Call Guidelines
• Focus on significant and immediate impact
• Exceptions to standard conditions include:
✓ Timeline of EITN03 accelerated – market launch required by end Q2 2021
✓ Additional deliverables include business canvas and at least one project report that
will be published
✓ Communication launch on project outputs & outcomes, latest 30 Jan 2021
Further considerations (exceptions)
• Financial Sustainability mechanism is not mandatory, but
recommended – could be decisive in evaluation
• Co-funding is not mandatory, but is encouraged and part
of the evaluation criteria
• Indicative budget range per project: 400KEUR-800KEUR
• KCA contribution, while welcomed, is not required
Call and evaluation processes
• Step 1: Light proposal submission
• Excel application form – available to download from the Call
Guidelines or Plaza
• Application form must be submitted via email to
[email protected] by midnight, 28 May 2020
• Step 2: Submission of KAVA in the Business Plan 2020 amendment
• Selected proposals will have to complete the usual KAVA proposal
template on Plaza – by 15 July
Call and evaluation processes
• Evaluation criteria
• Evaluation process:
✓ List of projects communicated to EIT on 31 May for pre-amendment review
✓ “Light” proposals reviewed and scored against evaluation criteria by a panel
of EIT Food external reviewers during June
✓ followed by a portfolio composition review and final allocation by the
Management Board
✓ decisions communicated by 1 July at the latest.
Recap: Timeline
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HYPE Campaign
• HYPE platform can be used during the ideation phase to identify opportunities and
build consortia (or choose to develop collaborative projects directly via another means,
i.e. offline)
• Upon invitation by EIT Food Partners, external organisations can gain access to the
COVID-19 Rapid Response campaign on the HYPE platform, and then collaborate in idea
generation
• To grant access, the EIT Food Partner must submit a request to
[email protected], providing details of the external organisation name and
contact person (email address), who will then be contacted with a link to gain access to
the HYPE platform
• Link to access HYPE (Open Innovation platform, HYPE):
https://openinnovation.eitfood.eu/login?/servlet/hype
Ideation in HYPE – Tool to facilitate partners interaction
1. Check Ideas Submitted
2. Submit Your Idea 3. Add info and Submit Idea
HOW TO SUBMIT AN IDEA
OPTIONS TO INTERACT WITH AN EXISTING IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE
1. Select Campaign
2. Click idea of interest 3. Select option and post
Questions
Disclaimer: these slides are a summary of the key features of
the guidelines of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Call for
Proposals for Activities to be executed in 2020.
Please read the full guidelines which can be found on Plaza:
eit.europa.eu
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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