Farming Innovation Programme – Feasibility Round
Funds UK farming and agri-tech businesses to run feasibility-stage R&D projects into new agricultural innovations.
Businesses apply through Innovate UK's Innovation Funding Service to competitions run under the Farming Innovation Programme, drawn from a total £15 million pot for feasibility projects. Individual project caps and terms are set out in each specific competition brief rather than fixed centrally.
This feasibility round backs early-stage R&D into agriculture, farming innovation and related technologies, for UK businesses that apply as part of a consortium rather than alone. It sits within Innovate UK and Defra's wider Farming Innovation Programme of industry-led R&D partnerships.
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