European Federation of Food Science and Technology

🏆 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙁𝙁𝙤𝙎𝙏2024 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨! The latest edition of the EFFoST Student of the Year Awards took place at the 38th #EFFoST International Conference in Bruges in collaboration with out sponsor Cargill. We are delighted to congratulate the six exceptional MSc and PhD students who have been honored with the SOYA! 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 🥇Dorine Duijsens | KU Leuven, Belgium 🥈 Ben Kew | University of Leeds, United Kingdom 🥉 Mikkel Lorenzen | University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet), Denmark 𝗠𝗦𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 🥇 Francesca Pompei | University of Camerino, Italy  🥈 Khalil Kaddoura | Technical University of Munich, Germany 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🥇 Marianna Giancaterino | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria Read more about the awards and participation here: 🔗 https://ow.ly/FHV050V1QkE

📣 Only two hours to go! Don't miss this webinar on emerging technologies to watch in 2025, where Edward Sliwinski will be presenting on behalf of #EFFoST as part of our project CATALYSE Project EU! Register and learn more below: 🔗https://ow.ly/C0V550UVqR2

💡 At #EFFoST, we actively participate in several EU-funded food-related projects, leveraging our expertise in communication and dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and business strategy to maximize research impact. The EU Collaboration Corner at the EFFoST Conference highlights EU-funded projects driving innovation across the food industry. Besides the projects we partake in, we invite other interesting and relevant EU projects were to participate in the conference offering a platform to increase visibility, share insights, and present key outcomes to the food science community. 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐨𝐒𝐓 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 GIANT LEAPS project TITAN Project EU CATALYSE Project EU FoodDataQuest EU Data4Food2030 #FoodPathS (SciFoodHealth) EU Enough Project 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐔 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 FAIRCHAIN_EU AgileHand Project SS4AF 🔗 Learn about the projects present and how you can showcase your project in the upcoming #EFFoST2025: https://ow.ly/5uaE50UZ9XX

👩🔬 Celebrating Women and Girls in Science: Meet the Chairs of the EFFoST2025 Conference! We want to take this opportunity to introduce the chairs of the 39th EFFoST International Conference 2025: Prof. Cristina L.M. Silva and Prof. Teresa Brandão, whose careers show the dedication, creativity, and leadership that are inspiring the next generation of women in science. ⭐ It’s important to continue breaking down the barriers that prevent equal participation. By involving more women and girls in science, innovation, and leadership, we can find diverse solutions to the world’s most urgent problems, from climate change to health. 🔗 Learn more about their work: https://ow.ly/HSPs50UXF69 #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

We're excited to kick off the VISION4FOOD project EU! Follow us on this journey as we transform and strengthen the sustainability and resilience of EU food systems. 🥗

🚨CORE Organic Programme call: Early career researchers mobility grant 2025/ 2026! The objective of the CORE Organic (CO) network is to join forces and support transnational coordinated research and innovation effort covering the most important challenges along the organic value chains. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: - The present mobility grant can support internships or a short-term research visit.  - It provides early career researchers an opportunity to explore R&I in the -European organic sector. - The grant can support projects focusing on organics and/ or agroecology. - It finances a visit to an institution where the applicant can gain experience in a new environment and exchange with researchers and/ or other professionals. - It grants a financial support of maximum 10,000 Euro for a minimum of 3 months stay, or longer.  - Applicants from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome to consider this mobility grant.  - This is a competitive call requesting high quality of application. - The final decision on granting funds will be taken by the CORE Organic Grant Committee. 📆 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! You can find more information on how tow to apply here: https://ow.ly/E15E50UAUEb

✨ New year, new opportunities! We are looking for two foodie interns to join our EFFoST team in Wageningen. Are you looking for a dynamic international environment with significant opportunities to expand your knowledge and experience in EU projects, event planning, and working at a non-profit organization? Check out our vacancies! 👉🏼 Communications intern | https://ow.ly/FLUx50Uzht1 👉🏼 Management Assistant Intern | https://ow.ly/YJfU50UzhqM

✨Our #EFFoST team would like to wish you happy holidays and a wonderful festive season! We will be back in 2025 for more foodie updates, news and, of course, conferences. 🥂Happy 2025!

🏆 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐨𝐒𝐓𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! The #EFFoST Board presented Gert Meijer with this award, in recognition of his exceptional dedication to enhancing the relationship between scientific research and the broader societal needs of the food industry, and his extraordinary contributions to advancing global nutrition, food safety, and scientific collaboration. Through his leadership, Prof. Meijer has demonstrated how scientific innovation can directly benefit communities, ensuring a safer, healthier, and more sustainable food system for all. Read more below: 🔗https://ow.ly/i64o50UtaiY

Earlier in October, one of our Horizon Europe projects, Data4Food2030, had a strong presence at the Synergy Days organized in Barcelona, Spain. Data4Food2030 focuses on uncovering the value of the data economy in European food systems. The newly released Synergy Days Report features a special section on our project, highlighting: ✔️ The inspiration behind Data4Food2030 ✔️ Its potential impact on the European agri-food sector ✔️ The importance of cross-sector collaboration ✔️ The value Synergy Days brings to Data4Food2030 Learn more in the full event report: 🔗https://bit.ly/3ZKzAHN