Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9
Forecasted
Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9 supports farmers, growers and foresters through collaborative on-farm trials of practical innovations to improve productivity, resilience and sustainability in England.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Competition deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to £5 million total; £50,000–£200,000 total project costs over 6–24 months
Summary: Supports collaborative, farmer-led on-farm trials demonstrating new solutions that benefit farmers, growers and foresters in England.
Key Information: An established commercial farming, growing or forestry business in England must lead, with a funded UK farming partner and registered ADOPT Project Facilitator.
Description
Full ADOPT supports innovative on-farm trials and experiments that test practical solutions to major on-farm or immediate post-farmgate challenges. Funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and delivered with Innovate UK, it forms part of the Farming Innovation Programme’s ADOPT Fund. Projects must test ideas that are new or not yet widely used in agriculture, horticulture or agro-forestry.
Trials must have the potential to significantly improve productivity, resilience, or sustainability and progression towards net zero farming. They must demonstrate benefits to other English farmers, growers or foresters and share outputs during and after the project. The programme promotes collaborative peer-to-peer learning, wider adoption of practical innovations, and stronger farming-sector skills in innovation and research.
