Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 5 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

For farmers, growers and foresters in England to engage an external Project Facilitator to help develop and submit a Full ADOPT Grant application for on-farm trials and experiments.

For short, collaborative R&D and innovation sprint projects that address national materials challenges and accelerate technology translation.

For farming, growing and forestry businesses in England to test and demonstrate innovative ideas that boost productivity, resilience and sustainable, net zero farming.

For women founders and co-founders of UK-based late stage start-ups in Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Technologies, or Life Sciences.

For businesses looking to scale, this competition provides up to £900k in grant funding to accelerate late-stage R&D and commercialisation, supported by aligned private investment.

For UK businesses collaborating with Japanese and international partners to develop innovative, market-ready technologies through industrial research.

For UK SMEs with late-stage R&D needing flexible, below-market-rate finance to reach first commercial sales.

For UK businesses to develop investment-ready feasibility studies for UK manufacturing of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) technologies.

For UK businesses developing advanced materials seeking grant funding to accelerate feasibility and translation toward industrial adoption across key growth themes.