Joint Hub Funding Call

Joint STAR Hub and Biofortification Hub 2025 funding call: Improving the nutritional, health and sustainability profile of existing or novel plant/fungi-based foods through Biofortification

In addition to regular funding calls, in 2025 the STAR Hub and Biofortification Hub have joined forces to offer an additional and unique funding call based on the common interests of both Hubs on plant-based nutrition and biofortification.

The specific remit of this joint call is to promote the use of biofortification to:

• Provide the food industry with robust evidence for biofortification to support novel reformulations based on nutritional needs appropriate for different age groups (e.g., plant-based milks for children)
• Address the issue that (highly processed) plant-based foods can be high in salt, sugar or saturated fat
• Address the dual challenge of sustainability and meeting nutritional needs at critical stages of the lifecycle.

For more information and to apply please see the funding call page

Applications open 31^st March 2025 and close 12 May 2025 (18:00 GMT)