Farming Innovation Programme small R&D partnership projects R2

Fund Details

The aim of these funding competitions is to:

• develop solutions with the potential to improve overall productivity, sustainability, resilience, and move existing agricultural sectors to net zero
• ensure solutions have positive outputs for farmers, growers or foresters in commercially relevant situations
• develop new agricultural solutions, by collaboration through engagement with end users and the UK research community in the innovation process
• accelerate adoption by ensuring knowledge exchange with the wider sector and other stakeholders

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

• livestock
• plants
• novel food production systems
• bioeconomy and agroforestry

Eligibility

Your project must:

• have total eligible costs between £1million and £3million
• start by 1 June 2023
• end by 31 May 2026
• last up to 36 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:

• be a UK registered business of any size
• collaborate with other UK organisations
• be or work with at least one grant claiming small medium enterprise (SME)

Academic institutions and research organisations cannot lead.

Talk to us today if you would like to apply for this opportunity.