Full ADOPT grant: round 10
Full ADOPT grant: round 10 supports farmers, growers and foresters through collaborative trials of new agricultural solutions to improve productivity, resilience and sustainability in English farming.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: December 2, 2026, 11:00am UK time (Application) | January 6 and January 20, 2027 (Notifications) | April 1, 2027 (Start by) | March 31, 2029 (End by)
Funding Amounts: Up to £5 million total; eligible project costs £50,000–£200,000; projects last 6–24 months
Summary: Supports collaborative farmer-led trials demonstrating new agricultural ideas and solutions for adoption by English farmers, growers and foresters.
Key Information: An England-based commercial farming, growing or forestry business must lead, with another UK farming partner and a registered ADOPT Project Facilitator.
Description
Full ADOPT supports collaborative, farmer-led on-farm trials and experiments that test innovative 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. ADOPT stands for Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies.
Projects must test ideas or solutions that are new or not yet widely used in agriculture, horticulture or agro-forestry. They must have potential to significantly improve productivity, resilience, or sustainability and progression towards net zero farming. Demonstrating benefits to other English farmers, growers and foresters, and sharing results during and after the project, are central requirements. The programme promotes peer-to-peer learning, practical adoption and stronger innovation skills across the farming sector.
