Danone Institute Accepting Grant Proposals for Sustainable Food System Initiatives

Danone Institute North America (DINA), a nonprofit foundation managed by Danone North America, has announced a request for proposals for the fourth offering of its DINA Sustainable Food Systems Initiative.

A new funding partnership with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) has provided funding for three additional grants this year, for a total of eight potential grants. DINA is now accepting grant proposals from eligible applicants in the US and Canada.

The 2025-2027 initiative has a total of $410,000 in funding, its largest contribution to date, split across eight total grants.

Over the two-year grant period, grantees will be challenged to design, implement, and evaluate actionable community-based projects for sustainable food systems that improve human health and nutrition. Each of the eight grantee teams will receive $50,000 to support and expand their project. All grantees will also have the opportunity to participate in a communications training workshop to learn how to effectively amplify the work they're doing across North America. An additional $10,000 will be granted in the fall of 2025 to the team with the strongest communications plan.

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Teams must include four members representing relevant diverse disciplines related to food systems, including but not limited to nutrition, health, economics, agriculture, community food access, and social, behavioral or environmental sciences. At least one team member must be a current academic faculty member.

The Danone Institute North America first launched the grant program in 2019 to support local projects that strengthen food systems. Previous grants have funded projects such as food-upcycling programs for colleges, food and nutrition kits for food insecure post-partum mothers, energy-efficient food production, and supporting local food growers and farmers.

Danone Institute North America is accepting proposals for the 2025-2027 DINA Sustainable Food Systems and the new Focus on Foods Initiatives through February 14, 2025, at 5 p.m. EST. To find out more, visit The Danone Institute North America.