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This is the food-systems arm of RAISE, the European Commission's Resource for AI Science in Europe pilot, and it applies the automated scientific discovery agenda to a single applied domain.
The underlying ambition matches the general RAISE discovery topic - AI systems that generate hypotheses, design and run experiments, interpret results and iterate with limited human supervision - but scoped to food research, where the experimental loop covers areas such as novel food formulation, food safety, nutrition, fermentation and agricultural inputs.
The domain focus has a practical consequence worth understanding: with an indicative budget of EUR 3 million and exactly one project expected, this is a single-winner call, and the competition will turn on whether a consortium can credibly close the discovery loop in food science rather than on general AI methods strength.
Teams should expect to pair AI researchers with food science laboratories and, ideally, automated or high-throughput experimental capacity. The deadline is 2 February 2027, shared with the general HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01 topic, which carries EUR 30 million across three expected projects.
Groups whose discovery methods are domain-general should target that larger topic; only those with genuine food-science depth should commit to this one, since a general-purpose proposal dressed in food-domain framing is unlikely to survive against a specialist consortium in a one-award competition.
As with all RAISE topics, these calls function as pilots for the Commission's forthcoming AI in Science strategy, so proposals that show how their outputs would contribute to a lasting European AI-for-science resource align well with the impact criteria.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe collaborative eligibility applies: consortia must comprise at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, with at least one established in a Member State. Eligible participants include universities, research organisations, companies of all sizes including SMEs, public bodies and non-profits. Proposals must apply automated scientific discovery methods to food research, which in practice requires combining AI methods expertise with food science laboratories and experimental capacity. Entities from non-associated third countries may generally participate as Associated Partners bearing their own costs rather than receiving EU funding. Only one project is expected to be funded under this topic. The deadline is 2 February 2027, with submission through the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the topic carries an indicative budget of EUR 3,000,000 (approximately USD 3,510,000) and is expected to fund a single project, so the full topic budget effectively represents the EU contribution to one grant. Applicants should confirm the indicative EU contribution against the official topic conditions on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal before budgeting. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02 Automated Scientific Discovery for Food (RAISE Pilot) are due February 2, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02 Automated Scientific Discovery for Food (RAISE Pilot) is funded by European Commission (Horizon Europe Horizontal Activities, RAISE - Resource for AI Science in Europe pilot). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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