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Farming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Rd 5

The Farming Innovation Programme Small R&D Partnership Projects is a grant of £1,000,000 to £3,000,000 for UK businesses leading collaborative research and development projects in the UK. This scheme has closed.

Run by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Innovate UK

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 14 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for small R&D partnership projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 14 October 2026

As stated: Competition opens: Tuesday 1 September 2026 ... Competition closes: Wednesday 14 October 2026 11:00am

Confirmed on the official page

How much

£1,000,000 to £3,000,000

Whole fund: £13,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: The balance between your total eligible project costs and the amount of grant awarded must be funded by the organisation receiving the grant

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK registered businesses can apply to lead a collaborative project. The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) claiming grant funding. Project must have total costs between £1 million and £3 million, be collaborative, carry out all work in the UK, intend to exploit results in England, start by 01 April 2027 and end by 31 March 2030.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

Confirmed on the official page

How to apply

Apply through the Innovation Funding Service. Application is split into four sections: Project details, Application questions, Finances, and Project Impact.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 14 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) before you apply.

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