Farming Innovation Programme - feasibility round 2

The aim of these funding competitions is to:

investigate early stage solutions that have the potential to substantially improve the overall productivity, sustainability and resilience of farming, and move existing agricultural sectors to net zero
prioritise solutions that will have positive outputs for farmers, growers and foresters in commercially relevant situations
accelerate research and development of new agricultural solutions by actively engaging collaboration with the wider UK research community in the innovation process

Your solutions must significantly improve:

Your project must be able to demonstrate how the project will benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England.

Your project must address a significant industry challenge or opportunity in at least one of the four industry subsectors below:

Your project must:

have total costs between £200,000 and £500,000
start by 1 April 2023
end by 31 March 2025
last up to 24 months
be collaborative
carry out all of its project work in the UK
intend to exploit the results from or in England
have a minimum of 50% of any grant requested by farmers, growers or foresters, allocated to farmers, growers or foresters based in England

To lead a project your organisation must:

Farming Innovation Programme – feasibility round 2