Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector. Total funding: £5 million Minimum award: £25,000 Maximum award: £160,000 Location: England Who can apply: Private Sector Closing date: 2026-12-02 11:00 (UK time) Eligibility Who can apply Your project If your application passes the technical assessment, any awards given to primary agricultural producers are subject to the green box exemption under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. See further guidance on green box subsidies WTO Guidance for support in Agriculture. Applicants receiving this type of support must ensure that there is minimal to no distortion of trade and comply with the requirements of Annex 2 of the Agriculture Agreement. Your project must: - have total costs between £50,000 and £200,000 - last between 6 and 24 months - start by 1 April 2027 - end by 31 March 2029 Any organisation receiving funding must carry out its project work in the UK, intend to exploit the results in the UK, and spend most of the funding within the UK. Projects must always start on the first of the month, even if this is a non-working day. You must not start your project until your Grant Offer Letter has been approved by Innovate UK. Any delays within Project Setup may mean we need to delay your project start date. You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs. Lead organisation To lead a collaborative project you must: - be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England - be able to evidence that you are an established commercial business, including sole traders and partnerships - have an eligible UK bank account - collaborate with at least one other farming, growing or forestry business of any size, based in the UK It is desirable that you also collaborate with ot Summary Description The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £5 million for on-farm trials and farm experiment projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The aim of this competition is to support innovative, on-farm trials or experiments to test ideas or solutions and demonstrate that they will address major on-farm or immediate post farmgate challenges or opportunities. Your project must have the potential to significantly improve one or more of the following: - productivity - resilience - sustainability and progression towards net zero farming Your proposal must demonstrate to other English farmers, growers or foresters how the idea or solution will be of benefit to them. If you are unfamiliar with the Innovate UK application process, you may wish to explore the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant. The support grant is designed for applicants to engage with an external Project Facilitator to aid in the project scoping and application submission to the ADOPT Full Grant competition. There is also a Su Objectives Your proposal The aim of this competition is to support innovative on-farm trials or experiments to test ideas or solutions and demonstrate that they will address major on-farm or immediate post farmgate challenges or opportunities. Your project must have the potential to significantly improve one or more of: - productivity - resilience - sustainability and progression towards net zero farming Your project must focus on testing and trialling ideas or solutions that are either new or not yet wide Dates 8 October 2026 Recorded briefing scope and process: watch the scope recording and watch the process recording Briefing slides are available to download in supporting information 6 January 2027 Applicants notified 20 January 2027 Applicants notified 1 April 2027 Project star