ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant Programme (Round 3) – UK

This competition is designed for farmers, growers and foresters based in England who are keen to test and trial new ideas or solutions on-farm and require support to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application.

Aims

• The aim of this competition is to:
  • provide grant for a farmer, grower or forester based in England to engage an external Project Facilitator to support with submissions into the Full ADOPT Grant competitions
  • improve the quality of Full ADOPT Grant applications
  • make ADOPT funding accessible to a wider range of applicants
  • enhance the skills and expertise of the farming eco-system to engage with innovation funding

Specific Themes

• Your project must address a significant industry challenge or opportunity in at least one or more of the following sectors:
  • agriculture
  • horticulture
  • agro-forestry

Funding Information

• The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has allocated up to £100,000, to provide support through the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grants. Funding will be in the form of a grant of £2,500 per successful applicant.

Ineligible Projects

• They are not funding projects that:
  • do not benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England
  • are based on funded crop variety plot trials
  • are based on existing demonstration trials or projects
  • are for the production of crops or plants for medicinal or pharmaceutical use
  • are for cultivated meat
  • are based on equine systems
  • involve wild caught fisheries
  • involve aquaculture, such as algae and seaweed, or fermentation systems for bacteria, yeast or fungi for human consumption
• They cannot fund projects that are:
  • dependent on export performance, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it exports a certain quantity of bread to another country
  • dependent on domestic inputs usage, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it uses 50% UK flour in their product

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to apply for this competition, you must:
  • engage with an external Project Facilitator that is registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database
  • work with the facilitator to develop and submit an eligible application for a Full ADOPT Grant competition
• Project Facilitator
  • The Project Facilitator is the person who will be working with you to submit a Full ADOPT Grant application. They must be registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database.
• Lead organisation
  • To lead a project your organisation must:
    • be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England
    • be able to evidence that you are an established commercial business, including sole traders and partnerships
    • have a UK bank account

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