[ STOP Call for industry-led projects | Research funding ]

EIT Food would like to bring a new Call to your attention from the STOP consortium. STOP is a Horizon 2020 funded project with the objective to “generate scientifically sound, novel and policy-relevant evidence on the factors that have contributed to the spread of childhood obesity in European countries”. (More information on STOP can be found on its webpage http://www.stopchildobesity.eu/.) 
 

The STOP Consortium, in collaboration with EIT Health and EIT Food, has launched a call for industry-led projects aimed at developing innovations that have the potential to curb childhood obesity in Europe, either by making critical improvements in the food environments faced by children and their families, or by increasing children’s fitness and physical activity.
As part of this call, the STOP Consortium will make available €600,000 to fund up to four projects aimed at developing innovations at technology readiness level 4 or 5. In addition to the funding, successful applicants will benefit from in-kind support and opportunities provided by members of the STOP Consortium and wider partnership, to help them succeed in their projects, including the following:

1. Access to scientific support in a wide range of disciplines potentially available from STOP research partners, including, but not limited to, nutrition and food sciences, biomarkers, behavioural sciences, physical and health education, marketing, statistics and econometrics.
2. Access to the EIT Health and EIT Food accelerator ecosystems, providing the support, skills and services that companies need to get their ideas off the ground and into the market. This includes access to living labs/ test beds, market coaches, and investment advice, where appropriate.

• Submission deadline: 23 May 2019
• Project implementation starts 1 September 2019
• Project evaluation (STOP consortium) starts 1 March 2021