Deadline: 22-Mar-23
UK registered higher or further education institutions, RTOs or Catapults, can apply for a share of up to £2.5m from the African agriculture KTP, working with a knowledge base and business partner registered in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa.
The African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme supports a partnership between:
- a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult (which they will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’)
- an African business or not for profit organisation (which they will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’)
- a knowledge base in Africa (which they will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’)
Your project must be in one of the following areas:
- primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
- non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
- challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value addition, such as through a change in the physical state or form of the product
- improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and nutritious foods.
Funding Information
- The project’s total costs must not exceed £250,000 and must be split equally between the UK and the African knowledge base partners at £125,000 each. The business partner is responsible for their own costs. Projects must be between 18 to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Each African agriculture KTP is a partnership between the following:
- a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult (which they will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’)
- an African business or not for profit organisation (which they will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’)
- a knowledge base in Africa (which they will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’)
- The business and African knowledge base must both be based in one of the following countries:
- Republic of Ghana
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Republic of Kenya
- Republic of South Africa
- The African agriculture KTP does not support projects where the business partner is in the public sector.
- Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian and Belarusian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. This includes any goods or services originating from a Russian and Belarusian source.
Ineligible
- They will not fund:
- projects that are not strategic for the business partner
- projects that do not demonstrate a genuine market opportunity or viable route to market
- research projects
- projects where the business partner is a public sector organisation
- projects which are classed as State aid under EC regulations or a subsidy under the EU-UK TCA
- undertakings which gain a selective economic or commercial advantage from the funding
- They are also not funding projects with the following themes:
- forestry or ornamentals
- wild-capture fisheries
- equine
- crops for energy production.
For more information, visit Innovate UK.