AgTech & Food Systems grants
USDA and NSF funding for agriculture and food innovation
USDA runs a distinctive SBIR program across ten topic areas, with a strong preference for demonstrable benefit to producers. It is less crowded than NIH or NSF and consistently overlooked by venture-backed founders.
$240M+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.
Agencies funding agtech & food systems
Programs that fit agtech & food systems companies
USDA SBIR
Ten topic areas from plant production to rural development, $175K Phase I.
NSF SBIR: AgTech
Sensing, robotics and biological platforms applied to agriculture.
DOE bioenergy programs
Feedstock, biofuel and biomass conversion research.
What reviewers actually score
- Producer benefit quantified in yield, cost or input terms
- Letters of support from actual growers or cooperatives
- Field-season timing built into the project plan
Where we work in agtech & food systems
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
BIRL
AI / retail tech: circular economy
≈$445K match investment unlocked(£350,000)
Grant funding plus £350K match investment
Innovate UK grantSupply chain emissions platform
Clean tech: supply chain decarbonization
≈$1.5M(£1,170,000)
£1.17M secured for emissions reduction platform
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