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Farmer Funding Event ADOPT

Positive change is driven through new ideas and innovation. But innovation is complex. Sometimes projects need to be connected with new opportunities or looked at from new perspectives to make the difference. This is where Innovate UK Business Connect comes in. If you’re looking for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge, then invite us to get involved. We will not only work with you in understanding your market or challenge but will also direct you to the latest opportunities available, and how you can apply. Find out how Innovate UK Business Connect can support your application or help you find partners. This round of funding closes to registration 25/6/25@11.00am

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 1.

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £2 million for on-farms trials and farm experiment projects.

This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.

The aim of this competition is to support innovative, on-farm trials or experiments to test ideas or solutions and demonstrate that they will address major on-farm or immediate post farmgate challenges or opportunities.

Your project must have the potential to significantly improve one or more of the following:

productivity
resilience
sustainability and progression towards net zero farming

Your project must address a significant industry challenge or opportunity in agriculture, horticulture, and/or agro-forestry.

Your proposal must demonstrate to other English farmers, growers or foresters how the idea or solution will be of benefit to them.

If you are unfamiliar with the Innovate UK application process, you may wish to explore the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant, which is designed for applicants to engage with an external Project Facilitator to aid in the project scoping and application submission.

There is also a Support Hub available for applicants needing to request information or general support.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.

This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

***Source Full ADOPT Grant: Round 1 - Innovate UK Business Connect