ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 10

Key Features

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.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £100,000

Opens: 2nd Jul 2026

Closes: 12th Aug 2026

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Grant Overview

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs alongside Innovate UK will invest up to £100,000 in support of the development of applications for on-farm trails and farm experiment projects.

Grant Scope

The aim of this competition is to provide farmers, growers or foresters based in England who are keen to rest and trial new ideas or solutions on-farm and require support to develop a Full ADOPT application.

Projects must address a significant industry challenge or opportunity in one of the following sectors:

  • Agriculture
  • Horticulture
  • Agro-forestry

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply for this competition you must work with an external Project Facilitator who is registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database. Working with the facilitator to develop and submit an eligible application for a Full ADOPT Grant competition. The £2500 must be added to ‘other costs’ in the finance section of the application form.

Lead Organisation: To apply for this grant organisations must be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England and with a UK bank account. You must be able to provide evidence that you are an established commercial business. Organisations that are not profit driven or do not have commercial focus are not allowed to participate in this competition.

Project Facilitator: Project facilitator is the person working with you to submit a Full ADOPT grant application. They must be registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database.

Subcontractors: Subcontractors are not allowed in this competition.

Number of applications: A farmer, grower or forester can only submit one application per competition round and receive a maximum of two Facilitator Support Grants in total.

Previous applications: Previously submitted applications can be used in this competition.

Grant Exclusions

The following projects will not be funded:

  • Projects that do not benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England
  • Projects based on funded crop variety plot trials or existing demonstration trials or projects
  • Projects for the production of crops or plants for medicinal or pharmaceutical use
  • Projects for cultivated meat
  • Projects based on equine systems or involve wild caught fisheries
  • Projects that involve aquaculture or fermentation systems for bacteria, yeast or fungi for human consumption

Grant Funding

The department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has allocated up to £100,000 to provide support through the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grants. Funding will be in the form of a grant for £2,500 per successful applicant.

You can get 100% funding for your eligible project costs if you are an active farmer, grower or forester based in England.

For further information on this competition, please see full details.

Full competition details

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