Farming Innovation Programme: R&D Partnerships

Join us for this webinar if you are a businesses, research organisation, farmer, grower or forester looking for partners to apply to this Large R&D Partnership competition.

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.8 million for large R&D partnership projects via Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK. This funding aims to accelerate ideas that improve the productivity and environmental sustainability of farming by enabling the winning recipients to develop solutions that upgrade farming methods. If you are an agriculture business or research organisation, farmer, grower, or forester that is looking for collaborative partners to apply to this Large R&D Partnerships competition, don’t miss out on attending this event.

Who is this event for?

For this Large R&D Partnership Projects funding, you will need to apply as a team of at least one UK organisation and one research organisation. We’re here to help you make connections with the right people and increase your chances of success.

During the event, you will meet organisations and individuals you could collaborate with.

You need to be a UK registered business to lead a project. Research organisations and other businesses, including farmers, growers and foresters, can collaborate as part of the project team.

Who is the funding for?

This funding will enable winning recipients to develop a new farming product or service. To apply, you must:

• Have an idea with the potential to substantially improve the productivity and environmental sustainability of farming
• Offer a large scale research, development and demonstration of the solutions that will improve farming methods and help the environment in England
• Lead a projects from a UK registered business
• Ensure the collaborative project has at least one SME and one research organisation
• Have a project with costs between £3 million and £5 million.