two flagship programs designed to strengthen entrepreneurial capabilities among students and early-career professionals: Inspire: Explore and Inspire: Explore Compete .
Inspire: Explore is a free, fully online and self-paced course that equips participants with foundational entrepreneurial skills relevant to the agricultural and food sector. As highlighted in the program materials, the course enables learners to identify opportunities, develop sustainable solutions to real food-system challenges, understand markets, and learn how to mobilize resources effectively. Participants who complete the course receive an EIT-labelled Certificate of Successful Completion , strengthening their CV and professional profile.
Graduates of Inspire: Explore can advance to Inspire: Explore Compete , an innovation challenge in which participants pitch their ideas to an expert jury. As shown in the official competition overview, the initiative offers cash prizes of up to €2,000 , visibility within the EIT Food community, and personalized expert feedback. This combination of education, mentorship, and competitive experience provides students with practical, career-relevant skills and an opportunity to engage directly with a pan-European innovation ecosystem.
Your institution’s involvement would ensure that students gain access to high-quality training, international networking opportunities, and a platform that supports early entrepreneurial development. We kindly ask that you circulate these opportunities among your students, alumni, and academic networks . Program details, registration links, and promotional content are attached and readily available through EIT Food’s communication channels, including the EIT Food Professional Education LinkedIn Showcase and the EIT Food Hive community
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For further information or to discuss collaboration, please contact the program coordination team at core.inspire@eitfood.eu.
Inspire Explore is a flagship initiative by EIT Food, designed to ignite entrepreneurial thinking in the next generation of change-makers within the food system.
This free, fully online, self-paced course is open to anyone interested in creating solutions for a more sustainable, equitable, and healthy food future — regardless of prior experience.
Beyond learning, IE also empowers participants to compete — through a structured pan-European innovation competition that rewards the most promising, purpose-driven ideas.
At its core, Inspire. Explore. is about bridging education and innovation — taking individuals with potential, giving them tools and mentorship, and helping them develop early-stage ideas into impactful solutions.
Take it further:
After completing Inspire: Explore, you can enter Inspire: Explore Compete, where you’ll pitch your ideas to a jury for a chance to win cash prizes in one of three challenge categories!
How to join:
Click here to register today.
Questions? Contact Agnieszka Talik at core.inspire@eitfood.eu
Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your skills and turn your ideas into impact!