ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant, £2,500, England, Innovate UK
Summary
Innovate UK and Defra are jointly offering grants of £2,500 to farming, growing, or forestry businesses based in England to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application. Applications open 15 April 2026 at 9:30am UK time and close 27 May 2026 at 11:00am UK time. To lead a project, applicants must be active farming, growing, or forestry businesses based in England, able to evidence they are an established business (including sole traders and partnerships), and have a UK bank account.
“Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.”
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Innovate UK and Defra have launched round 8 of the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant programme, offering a fixed award of £2,500 per grant to eligible farming, growing, or forestry businesses in England. The grant is specifically intended to fund engagement of an external Project Facilitator to assist applicants in developing a Full ADOPT Grant submission. The competition accepts single applicants only; eligibility extends to established businesses of any size, including sole traders and partnerships, provided they have a UK bank account.
Agricultural and forestry businesses in England seeking to apply should prepare to register on the Innovation Funding Service before the 27 May 2026 11:00am UK time closing date. As this is a grant programme rather than a regulatory mandate, there are no compliance obligations imposed on the sector; however, businesses pursuing innovation funding should ensure they can evidence business establishment status at the point of application.
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Funding opportunity
Funding opportunity: ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: round 8
Opportunity status: Open Funders: Innovate UK Co-funders: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Funding type: Grant Award: £2,500 Publication date: 23 April 2026 Opening date:
15 April 2026 9:30am UK time
Closing date:
27 May 2026 11:00am UK time
See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must:
- be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England
- be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and partnerships
- have a UK bank account
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