ADOPT Facilitator support grant: round 12
ADOPT Facilitator support grant: round 12 supports farming, growing and forestry businesses in England with external facilitation to develop Full ADOPT proposals for testing on-farm innovations.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: October 1, 2026 (Opens) | November 11, 2026, 11:00am UK time (Closes) | December 7, 2026 (Notification) | February 1, 2027 (Start by)
Funding Amounts: £2,500 per applicant, covering 100% of eligible costs for three months; up to £100,000 available
Summary: Supports farming, growing and forestry businesses in England to engage an external facilitator to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application.
Key Information: Payment requires a Full ADOPT application sent for assessment and a facilitator invoice within three months of grant-offer approval.
Description
The ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and delivered with Innovate UK through the Farming Innovation Programme. It pays for external project facilitation to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application, rather than funding delivery of an on-farm trial itself. Support Grants are intended for applicants less familiar with Innovate UK systems, but are not a prerequisite for applying for a Full ADOPT Grant.
The intended Full ADOPT project must test new or not widely used ideas in real on-farm conditions, addressing major on-farm or immediate post-farmgate challenges. It must demonstrate benefits for other farmers, growers or foresters in England, with potential to improve productivity, resilience, or sustainability and progress towards net zero. The support competition aims to improve application quality, widen access and build innovation-funding expertise.
