{"id":106,"date":"2026-09-29T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T10:59:02","slug":"at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu\/fr\/about-us\/at-a-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About CIRC4FOOD<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Transforming research excellence
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CIRC4FOOD is a European alliance working to strengthen research and innovation excellence and accelerate Europe\u2019s transition towards circular, sustainable and energy-efficient food systems.<\/p>

By connecting universities, research organisations, industry and innovation actors across Europe, CIRC4FOOD builds a collaborative ecosystem in which research excellence can translate into tangible environmental, economic and societal impact.<\/p>

The project combines institutional modernisation and impact-oriented research assessment with advanced skills development, shared research capacities and interdisciplinary collaboration. It strengthens knowledge valorisation and entrepreneurship, helping researchers transform promising results into new solutions, business opportunities and pathways towards commercialisation.<\/p>

At the same time, CIRC4FOOD advances the digital transformation of food research and innovation through AI-enabled tools, digital twins and FAIR data approaches. Research and technological solutions are brought closer to real-world application through industrial pilots, while Living Labs engage industry, citizens, researchers and other stakeholders in co-creation and validation.<\/p>

Through this integrated approach, CIRC4FOOD aims to strengthen the competitiveness and long-term innovation capacity of Widening institutions while delivering practical solutions for more circular, resource-efficient and sustainable European food systems. The project contributes to the ambitions of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Project in numbers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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