ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11
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ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11 supports farming, growing and forestry businesses in England with professional help to develop Full ADOPT proposals, improving access to innovation funding.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Competition closing deadline)
Funding Amounts: £2,500 per successful applicant for three months; up to £100,000 total funding
Summary: Supports farming, growing and forestry businesses in England to engage an external Project Facilitator to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application.
Key Information: Payment requires evidence that the Full ADOPT Grant application has been sent for assessment.
Description
Innovate UK delivers this facilitator support grant in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), through Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme. It funds external professional assistance to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application, rather than delivery of the proposed trial itself. The support is intended for farmers, growers and foresters in England, particularly applicants less familiar with Innovate UK systems.
The subsequent Full ADOPT proposal must test new or not widely used ideas in real on-farm conditions, addressing major on-farm or immediate post-farmgate challenges in agriculture, horticulture or agro-forestry. Projects must offer potential improvements in productivity, resilience, or sustainability and progress towards net zero farming, and demonstrate benefits to other farmers, growers or foresters in England. The support grant aims to improve application quality, widen access to ADOPT funding and strengthen innovation-funding skills.
