Partnering for Future Food

Swiss food industry leaders Bühler Group, Givaudan, and Nestlé share why they are partnering with ETH Zurich and EPFL to fund innovative research targeting future food issues.

22.02.2021 by WFSC

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The Future Food Fellowship is a postdoctoral program at ETH Zurich and EPFL for exceptionally qualified young researchers who propose projects targeting future food issues. The fellowship provides personal research funds for three years, enabling fellows to work on their projects and collaborate with Swiss industry partners.

Swiss industry partners talk of impact of initiative

"The Future Food is a fantastic initiative that catalyzes a number of key partners in the whole Swiss food system to really do something unique."

Fabio Campanile, Head of Science and Technology, Givaudan

"We need to collaborate around the food value chain, with industrial partners, with academia, with startups, so collaboration is absolutely pivotal in achieving this goal."

Stefan Palzer, Chief Technology Officer, Nestlé

"We will bring the know-how from the companies in addition to know-how from academia, and this will enable these fellows to really accelerate solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems in the food space."

Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Bühler Group

Call for Applications now open

The Future Food Fellowship is a postdoctoral program at ETH Zurich and EPFL for exceptionally qualified young researchers who propose projects targeting future food issues, such as nutrition, production, packaging and digital health. The Call 2021 is open to any outstanding proposal that fits the criteria. Special preference will initially be given to projects that address the following areas:

Plant based nutrition – protein and beyond
Microbiome
Climate change mitigation
Healthful nutrition for low income populations
Sustainable processes and food design

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2021, 23:59 CET

Find more information about the fellowship external pagehere.