Farming Innovation Pathways (FIP) – feasibility studies
UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies to address the farming challenges of productivity, sustainability, and net zero emissions.
Opportunity Details
When
Registration Opens
01/03/2021 00:00
Registration Closes
28/04/2021 11:00
Award
Your feasibility study’s total eligible costs must be between £75,000 and £250,000. Up to 70% of this can be covered by the grant, depending on business size.
Organisation
DEFRA
The aim of this competition is to support the development of novel innovations to develop and support a productive, resilient, and sustainable agricultural sector. This funding is from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). This development is achieved through the investment of up to £5 million in feasibility studies in the agricultural sector.
Your project must address one or more high priority areas in at least one of these four industry subsectors:
- Livestock.
- Plant.
- Novel food production systems.
- Bioeconomy and agroforestry.
Your proposal must engage with farmers, growers or producers to explore the potential of early-stage farm-focused solutions. These solutions must solve the short to long-term challenges of productivity, sustainability, and net zero emissions.”
This competition is split into 2 strands:
- feasibility studies (this strand)
- industrial research
This competition is for collaborative feasibility studies only.
Your proposal should focus on the early-stage development of technologies, systems or approaches that will make significant steps towards improving productivity, increasing sustainability and resilience. It must:
- demonstrate or deliver outcomes or benefits for farmers
- help the agriculture sector to move towards achieving net zero emissions by 2040
Your project must:
- have total eligible costs between £75,000 and £250,000
- start by 1 October 2021
- last between 12 and 18 months
Lead organisation
To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business of any size, academic institution, research organisation or a research and technology organisation (RTO)
- collaborate with other UK registered businesses, research organisations or RTOs
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
Research organisation led projects must collaborate with at least one business.
3 March 2021: Applicant briefing event.
11 March 2021: KTN consortium building event.
If you want help to find a project partner, contact KTN’s Agrifood team.