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Farming Futures R&D Fund: Sustainable Farm-based Protein, Industrial Research (UK)

Deadline: 21-Sep-22

The UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million across the two strands of this competition to develop innovative solutions for sustainable farm-based protein production. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund.

Aims

  • The aim of this funding is to:

    • accelerate the development of novel and disruptive technologies, that will transform traditional farm protein production systems into more sustainable models
    • support innovation with the potential to grow the sustainable protein industry and create new sources of resource efficient, low emission proteins
    • support significant improvements to farming productivity, environmental sustainability and resilience in the sector and move existing agricultural sectors to net zero
    • accelerate R&D of game changing opportunities by building diverse consortia including the UK agricultural sector and relevant research expertise
    • support projects that demonstrate environmental and societal impact, and include clear project deliverables for measuring the sustainability of the solutions and how they are preventing negative impact upon the sector
    • encourage dissemination and knowledge exchange to drive impact and wide uptake in the farming sector

Strand: Farming Futures R&D Fund: Sustainable farm-based protein, Feasibility studies.

Funding Information

  • Your project’s total costs must be between £500,000 and £1 million.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Your project

    • Your project must:

      • have total costs between £500,000 and £1 Million
      • start by 1 April 2023
      • be collaborative
      • carry out all of its project work in the UK
      • intend to exploit the results from or in England
      • have a minimum of 50% of any grant that is requested by farmers, growers or foresters, allocated to farmers, growers or foresters based in England
    • For non-breeding projects, your project must:

      • end by 31 March 2025
      • last up to 24 months
    • For breeding projects only, your project:

      • must end by 31 March 2028
      • can last up to 60 months
  • Lead Organisation

    • To lead a project your organisation must:

      • be a UK registered business of any size
      • be a UK registered academic institution
      • be a UK registered research and technology organisation (RTO)
      • collaborate with other UK registered organisations
      • If the lead organisation is an academic institution or an RTO it must collaborate with at least 2 businesses of any size.
  • Project Team

    • To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK business of any size or a UK registered:

      • academic institution
      • charity
      • not for profit
      • public sector organisation
      • research and technology organisation (RTO)

For more information, visit Innovate UK.

For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1230/overview/a41eaa6a-b1c6-4cbe-969e-d48244318018#summary