Early and Late stage EoI deadline: 17 June 2015
The Agri-Tech Catalyst supports businesses and academia in developing innovative solutions to challenges in the agri-tech sector.
The Agri-Tech Catalyst will fund proposals relating to:
- primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
- non-food uses of arable crops (for example, for biomass)
- food security and nutrition challenges in international development
- challenges in downstream food processing, provided the solution lies in primary production
The Agri-Tech Catalyst will not fund equine-related proposals, or proposals relating to forestry or wild-capture fisheries.
With two competitions per year, the Agri-Tech Catalyst will award grants for early-stage pre-industrial research feasibility studies, industrial research, and late-stage pre-experimental feasibility studies and experimental development.
Early-stage awards
These projects will explore the commercial potential of an early-stage scientific idea through feasibility studies.
Late-stage awards
These projects evaluate the commercial potential of a scientific application. This can be through pre-experimental feasibility studies or through experimental production and testing.