ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 9

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £100,000 to support the development of applications for on-farm trials and farm experiment projects. This funding is part of Defra's Farming Innovation Programme , delivered in partnership with Innovate 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. The aim of this competition is to: provide a £2,500 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 If you are successful in this competition, you will need to provide evidence within six months of funding being awarded that your Full ADOPT Grant application has been sent for assessment before any payment can be made to you. In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the applications we receive. We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny. We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions. This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief . We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

Grant

£2,500 will be awarded to successful applicants after their Full ADOPT Grant application has been sent for assessment.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments , for people who have a disability or a long term condition and face barriers applying to us. You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance. We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition's closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline. You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). If you have any enquiries about the ADOPT funding opportunity contact the ADOPT Support HUB . Further information can be found in the Supporting Information tab.