Full ADOPT Grant Round 6
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £5 million for on-farm 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
The lead applicant must be a farming, growing or forestry business based in England. You must also collaborate with at least one other UK farmer, grower or forester. Your proposal must demonstrate to other English farmers, growers or foresters how the idea or solution will be of benefit to them.
The ADOPT Fund is designed to support farmer-led, collaborative innovation projects that trial new technologies and practices on farms. Farmers, growers, and foresters in England can apply for funding to support the introduction of innovative technologies aimed at improving productivity, resilience, and sustainability.
Full Grant (up to £100,000): To support farmer-led, collaborative research and innovation projects over 6 months-2 years.