2017 Request for Innovation (RFI)

Webinar: Tuesday, June 20

Proposals Due: 5pm PST July 31

Director, Dr. Bryan Willson

Director, Dr. Justin Siegel

Our vision is to have facilitated deployment of products or processes that enable safe, sustainable, and secure nutrition for all.

Our mission is to catalyze and support uncommon collaborations that will accelerate innovations which

address global nutritional challenges.

Innovation Institute for Food and Healthhttp://foodaghealth.solutions/

Dr. Justin B. Siegel, Faculty Director (jbsiegel@ucdavis.edu) 2

Building a Robust Network

Achieving our mission & vision through…

RFI

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Catalytic Funding for  Strategic Impact

Current State

De‐risked Endeavor

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Impact focus

>1M Tons of produce in Yolo County, yet~20% of population is food insecure.

At least 25% of crops worldwideare affected by aflatoxins.

Drying accounts for 10‐30% of production costs for U.S. crops.

The world needs scalable, distributed, low‐energy nutrient preservation technologies.

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Program informationhttp://foodaghealth.solutions/funding/

Colorado (midwest facing) & California (coastal facing) have topically related but uniquely focused expertise

Unique opportunity…

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Energy usage across food sector (U.S. Annual is ~100 QBTUs)

Seed investmentSCOPE ∙ Encourage 1 year projects  ∙ Maximum 2 year projects

FUNDS ∙ $50,000 per project ∙ Maximum $250,000 per project (including indirects)NOT ∙ Faculty salaries

Required for the scale of the challenge

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Review criteria – in summary

1. Clear milestones and deliverables

2. Result in reduced technical, business or social risk

3. Opportunity clearly defined

4. Interdisciplinary: strongly encourage industry partnership 

5. Clear steps to impact

Priority areas

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Proposal sectionsA. Public abstract = 1/4 page

B. Project description = 4 pages

• energy savings

• mitigation of food waste

• nutrition capture or stable storage 

C. Team qualifications = 1 page

D. Budget justification = 1 page

E. Timeline (+ quarterly deliverables) = 1 page

F. References = NOT included in page limit

G. CVs = 2 pages (each)

FORMATTING ∙ Arial font size 11  ∙ Single spacing  ∙ 1 inch margins

SUBMISSION ∙ innovation@ucdavis.edu

Proposal submission: 5pm PST, July 31

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Timeline

* Quarterly reporting + Biannual review

Proposal submission: 5pm PST, July 31

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Jun‐Jul

• Join teaming list – on website• Ask questions – FAQ form

Aug‐Sep

• Submit joint proposal (+ industry)• Independent review

Oct‐Nov

• Awards announced• Institutional funds disbursed *

A Growing IIFH Network

5 Prime VenturesArcadia BiosciencesArdent MillsArea 52ARPA‐EAssembly Member CaballeroAT&TBASF CorpBusiness Futures NetworkCA Crop Improvement Association Center for Program Innovation, UCDECoca‐ColaColorado State UniversityDavis RootsDiamond Foods LLCDT Consulting GroupDurst Organic GrowersFactor[e] VenturesFall Line CapitalFarm FoundationFood Origins

Food.Tech.DesignFreedgeFuture Food InstituteGates FoundationGeneral ProduceHorizons VenturesHubert H. Humphrey ProgramImpossible LabsKansas State University Lineage LogisticsLiving Economy AdvisorsLos Alamos National LaboratoryMarker Campbell ConsultingMars, IncorporatedMesa GroupMeyer Family EnterprisesMITMorning StarNASAPacific Gas & ElectricPacific Heights Advisors

Peak PlatePowWow EnergyRhino researchSecondMuseSierra EnergyStrategic Fresh LLCTechAccel, LLCCulinary Institute of AmericaThe Mixing Bowl/Better Food VenturesThomas Jefferson FoundationUC ANRUC DavisUC RiversideUC BerkeleyUSDAValley VisionX: (formerly known as Google X)Yolo Food Bank

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More program informationhttp://foodaghealth.solutions/funding/