ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 12

Who can apply Your project If you are successful in the Full ADOPT Grants, 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. To be eligible to apply for this competition, you must: - engage with an external Project Facilitator who is registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database - work with the facilitator to develop and submit an eligible application for a Full ADOPT Grant competition - add £2500 in the ‘other costs’ column in the finance section of the application form If you are successful in this competition you will need to: - provide evidence that your Full ADOPT Grant application has been sent for assessment - submit a claim within three months of receiving your Grant Offer letter (GOL) A total of £2,500 will be awarded per successful participant once the claim and evidence is submitted. Lead organisation To apply for this grant 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 commercial business, including sole traders and partnerships - have a UK bank account Organisations that are not profit driven or do not have a commercial focus, including Community Interest Companies (CICs) and charities, are not allowed to lead or participate in this competition. More information on the different types of organisation can be found in our Funding rules. Project Facilitator The Project Facilitator is the person who will be working with you to submit a Full ADOPT Grant application. They must be registered in the Innovate UK Business Connect database. You must only include in the ‘other costs’ line of the finance section the name of the Project Facilitator you will be working with and the maximum grant amount of £2,500. You will also be required to include their name in Question 10 in the ‘How to apply’ section. Subcontractors Subcontractors are not allowed in this competition. Number of applications A farmer, grower or forester can only submit one application per competition round and receive a maximum of two Facilitator Support Grants in total across all rounds. Sanctions This competition will not fund you, or provide any financial benefit to any individual or entities directly or indirectly involved with you, which would expose Innovate UK or any direct or indirect beneficiary of funding from Innovate UK to UK Sanctions. For example, through any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any entity as lead, partner or subcontractor related to these countries, administrations and terrorist groups. Use of animals in research and innovation Innovate UK expects and supports the provision and safeguarding of welfare standards for animals used in research and innovation, according to best practice and up to date guidance. Applicants must ensure that all of the proposed work within projects, both in the UK and internationally, will comply with the UKRI guidance on the use of animals in research and innovation. Any projects selected for funding which involve animals will be asked to provide additional information on welfare and ethical considerations, as well as compliance with any relevant legislation as part of the project start-up process. This information will be reviewed before an award is made. Previous applications You can use a previously submitted application to apply for this competition. If you have previously submitted an application that reached our assessment stage, you can re-apply once more with the same proposal. If there are minor differences to the proposal, but it is judged by us to be ‘not materially…

- add £2500 in the ‘other costs’ column in the finance section of the application form You must only include in the ‘other costs’ line of the finance section the name of the Project Facilitator you will be working with and the maximum grant amount of £2,500. You will also be required to include their name in Question 10 in the ‘How to apply’ section. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has allocated up to £100,000 to provide support through the ADOPT Facilitator Support Grants. You can get 100% funding for your eligible project costs if you are an active farmer, grower or forester based in England.

1 October 2026: Recorded briefing scope and process: watch the scope recording and watch the process recording Note: the recordings are both applicable to this round 12 competition but state round 2 within the context of the recordings. Briefing slides will be available to download from Supporting Information. 1 October 2026: Competition opens 11 November 2026 11:00am: Competition closes 7 December 2026: Applicants notified 1 February 2027: Project start by