Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10

You must state the name and full registered address of your organisation and any partners or subcontractors working on your project. You must also provide a list of any farmers, growers or foresters claiming or receiving grant funding in the project. Note: you must have a minimum of 50% of any grant requested by farmers, growers or foresters in the project, allocated to farmers, growers or foresters based in England. We are collecting this information to understand more about the geographical location of all applicants. Your answer can be up to 200 words long.

Will your project involve any trials with animals or animal testing? You must select one option: Yes No We will only support innovation projects conducted to the highest standards of animal welfare. Further information for proposals involving animal testing is available at the UKRI Good Research Hub and NC3R’s animal welfare guidance .

The project lead must confirm that they are a farmer, grower or forester based in England and the other farming partners must confirm they are based in the UK. All farming partners must provide details of their current engagement in English or UK farming, growing or forestry operations, as follows: name and role in the business the trading names of the farming, growing or forestry businesses if different from their registered name which county the main farming, growing or forestry activity is based in what is grown or produced, and the scale of the operation We will use these answers to confir

Will you have the correct permits and licences in place to carry out your project? We are unable to fund projects which do not have the correct permits or licences in place by your project start date. You must select one option: Yes No In the process of being applied for Not applicable

Does your proposed work involve any international collaboration or engagement? You must provide details of any expected international collaboration or engagement. You must include a list of the names and the countries, any international project co-leads, project partners, visiting researchers, or other collaborators are based in. You must also include details of any subcontractors or service providers. If your proposed work does not involve international collaboration or engagement, your answer must confirm this. Your answer can be up to 100 words long.

You must indicate whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance . You must select one option: Yes No

You must explain if your proposed project work relates to UKRI’s Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I) Principles , including: a list of any dual use (both military and non-military) applications to your research a list of the areas where your project is relevant to one or more of the 17 areas of the UK National Security and Investment (NSI) Act whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance and the status of any applications a list of any items or substances on the UK Strategic Export Control List If your proposed work does not relat

What is the problem that you are trying to fix, and what idea or solution do you wish to test? Explain: what the idea or solution is where you heard about it what problem you are seeking to address, and how this also affects other farming, growing or forestry businesses why this idea or solution is better than what already exists how it will it solve the problem you have identified Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

What is your approach to carry out this trial or experiment and what will be the focus of this project? Explain: how you plan to test this on-farm how you will create a robust trial design to maximise the potential impact of the research how you will improve on any similar trials or experiments that have already been conducted on this topic how you will manage the trial and capture data to allow meaningful analysis of the results the nature of the outputs you expect from the project, for example, reports, data records, videos Your answer can be up to 400 words long. You can submit one appendix

Who is in the project team and what are their roles? Explain: the role of the ADOPT Project Facilitator within the project: include their skills and experience, and their business relationship, if any, to your project or partners the roles, skills and experience of all members of the project team that are relevant to the approach you will be taking the resources, equipment and facilities needed for the project and how you will access them the details of any vital external parties, including subcontractors, who you will need to work with to successfully carry out the project the current relatio

What improvements will this idea or solution offer you and other farmers, growers or foresters like you? Explain how your idea or solution will impact: productivity resilience sustainability and progression towards net zero emissions Explain how you have determined whether the proposed idea or solution has any negative impacts, and how you have mitigated against them. How could the idea or solution be adopted by other farmers, growers or foresters? Describe: the applicable farming or forestry business sectors the ease of integration or adoption into existing systems Your answer can be up to 40

How are you going to communicate and share the outputs from the trial or experiment during and after your project to help with adoption? Explain: who the target audience is or applicable farming sector for your communication what methods or approaches will you use to reach your target audience, for example, physical events, social media, newspapers, journals what other organisations you will collaborate with to share your project idea and results with the wider farming community how you expect to use the results generated from the project to be used by your project team and other farmers Your

How will you and your Project Facilitator manage the project effectively? Explain: the main work packages of the project, indicating the responsible lead person assigned to each and the total cost of each one your approach to project management, identifying any major tools and mechanisms you will use to get a successful and innovative project outcome the key risks including, but not limited to, technical, commercial, managerial, and environmental your project plan in enough detail to identify any links or dependencies between work packages or milestones Your answer can be up to 600 words long.

How much will the project cost and how does it represent value for money for the team and the taxpayer? In terms of your project goals, explain: your total eligible project costs the grant you are requesting how each partner will finance their contributions to your project how this project represents value for money for you and the taxpayer how it compares to what you would spend your money on otherwise the balance of costs and grant across the project partners any subcontractor costs and why they are critical to your project Your answer can be up to 400 words long.