Agri-TechE commonly replace this submit to summarise the Defra Farming Innovation Programme funding calls. These calls are typically open to all companies, and encourage collaboration with farmers. The Farming Funding Fund is aimed in direction of growers and farmers; we listing these seperately right here. Full data on all Defra funding is out there on the UKRI web site. Agri-TechE will help discover companions and collaborators for tasks; please get in contact with us for more information.

As a part of the Spending Evaluation course of, Defra is finalising its future funding plans and we are going to replace this web page as soon as confirmed.

Farming Futures R&D Fund – Open 5 Might 2025, closing twenty fifth June 2025

Subsequent rounds under:

  • Precision Breeding: A thematic competitors that builds on the alternatives unlocked by the Genetic Know-how (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, with as much as £12.5 million obtainable to fund analysis to ship the sensible advantages of precision breeding know-how to farmers. For instance, enhanced illness resistance or decreasing the necessity for vitamins or pesticides. 

  • Low Emissions Farming: A thematic competitors targeted on Web Zero farming with as much as £12.5 million throughout tasks to fund analysis specializing in applied sciences and practices to assist transition the sector in direction of Web Zero

UK registered companies can apply for a share of as much as £12.5 million throughout the 2 strands of this competitors: Feasibility and Industrial Analysis. This competitors is for UK companies and analysis organisations who wish to work on longer-term tasks that can profit farmers, growers or foresters in England by means of the event of modern options.

Initiatives will need to have whole prices of £1million – £2.5million and last as long as 36 months.Full scope and eligibility for every name could be discovered on the hyperlinks above.

Accelerating Growth of Practices and Applied sciences (ADOPT) – Open now

Abstract:

These grants are targeted on offering teams of farmers, growers and foresters in England with help to conduct on-farm experiments and trials. It will enable farmers to drive sensible analysis that’s related to them in addition to offering “pull-through” of latest applied sciences and processes to the sensible area. The funding and help obtainable by means of ADOPT funding will assist de-risk farmers’ participation in analysis and innovation. 

How a lot you’ll be able to apply for:

There might be a complete of £20 million grant funding obtainable up till 2028/29. It is going to open for functions in spring 2025 and grants might be obtainable to fund tasks of between £50,000 to £100,000 in measurement. 

See extra details about the ADOPT programme in our Funding Finder.

 

Analysis Starter

Should you, or a gaggle of farmers, have an thought you suppose might enhance farming and resolve a long-term sensible problem, you’ll be able to apply for funding for a ‘Analysis Starter Undertaking’. The funding is for farmers, growers and foresters to discover methods to carry advantages throughout the entire farming group. You’ll be capable to examine an issue you realize exists to work out what might finest be finished about it.

£28-56k for a undertaking size of as much as 18 months (beforehand 12 months).

Discover out extra data on the decision web page.

R&D Partnership Initiatives

You probably have a brand new farming services or products you wish to develop, you’ll be able to apply to be funded as a ‘Analysis and Growth (R&D) Partnership’ undertaking.

It’s your likelihood to pitch one thing that might enhance farming strategies and assist the setting.

It’s good to be a enterprise registered within the UK to steer a undertaking. Analysis organisations and different companies, together with farmers, growers and foresters, can collaborate as a part of the undertaking group.

  • Giant R&D Partnership Initiatives 

You’ll must collaborate with at the very least one different enterprise or analysis organisation (Agri-TechE will help members determine companions). Initiatives can last as long as 4 years and must price between £3 million and £5 million, and might be industrial analysis or experimental improvement tasks addressing main on-farm or rapid submit farmgate challenges or alternatives. Full information about this name is out there right here.

  • Small R&D Partnership Initiatives

Subsequent spherical tba

You’ll must collaborate with at the very least one different enterprise or analysis organisation (Agri-TechE will help members determine companions). Initiatives can last as long as 4 years and must price between £1 million and £3 million.

Subsequent spherical tba

Should you’ve been researching an thought that might enhance farming, you’ll be able to apply for funding to verify if it is going to work in observe. The ‘Feasibility Research’ competitors is for tasks that price between £200,000 and £500,000.

Initiatives can final for as much as 2 years and will provide help to resolve if it’s price investing extra within the improvement of a services or products.

It’s good to be a enterprise registered within the UK to steer on a ‘Feasibility Research’ undertaking. Analysis organisations, farmers and growers, and different companies could be a part of the undertaking group as collaborators.

Full information could be discovered right here.