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Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Round 8 Full ADOPT Grant opened Thursday 4 June and closes 29 July 2026.

ADOPT will support collaborative farmer-led, on-farm trials or experiments to generate, test and demonstrate innovative solutions and practices to farming challenges.

Project outputs will provide knowledge of new approaches which will be shared to the wider sector to provide confidence for others to adopt.

How it works

ADOPT has two different types of grants available depending on the needs of the grant applicant:

• A small Support Grant to access professional assistance from an industry expert to help develop an application to the Full ADOPT Grant . These small Support Grants are intended for applicants who are less familiar with Innovate UK systems. You do not have to apply for a Support Grant in order to apply for a Full Grant.
• A Full ADOPT Grant will support collaborative farmer-led, on farm trials or experiments.

See:

ADOPT – Farming Innovation Programme

ADOPT Fund

Adopt Support Hub

UKRI The ADOPT Funding Opportunity

Through the Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund, £10 million in grant funding is available to support projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding is available across 2 priority areas:

• developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
• testing food production systems that work with higher water tables

The fund will support projects that:

• develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
• develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
• strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

This can help you:

developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
testing food production systems that work with higher water tables
The fund will support projects that:
develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

The fund is open now and closes at 5pm on 21 August 2026.

Through the Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, £36 million is available to support water management projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding will support water infrastructure projects that help manage water levels across peat landscapes.

This can help to:

• protect peat soils from degradation
• improve long-term land viability
• support more resilient farming systems

Projects can support both sustainable agriculture and wider environmental benefits in lowland peat catchments.

If you already have a water management implementation plan, you can apply for between £100,000 and £2 million. Grants can cover up to 100% of eligible project costs.

The grant scheme is now open for applications and closes at 11.59pm on 18 September 2026. 

We expect to award grants in December 2026. Grant-funded projects must be completed by 31 March 2030.

Learn more

The Environment Agency (the organisation delivering the grant) will host a one-hour webinar on 15 July at 10am to explain the grant and the application process.

You will be able to put your questions directly to the team. Register to attend the webinar. 

Further details on the Water Implementation Grant scheme can be found on the GOV.UK website.

To request an application pack, email peatwatergrants@environment-agency.gov.uk.

We plan to open a second application window in summer 2028 for applicants who need more time to develop a water management implementation plan. Projects funded through this window must also be completed by 31 March 2030.

Guidance
Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26): scheme information

Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI26 actions.

Window 1 is due to open on 30 June 2026.

You can apply in Window 1 if your farm business (as identified by its SBI) meets all of the following criteria:

1. It was registered with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), so it had an SBI by 1 January 2026 and the SBI had some agricultural land (defined in section 3.3) linked to it on that date.
2. It qualifies as either a small farm (defined in section 3.1), or a farm without an existing Environmental Land Management (ELM) revenue agreement (defined in section 3.2) – your farm business only needs to be in one of these groups.
3. It has at least 3 hectares (ha) of agricultural land (defined in section 3.3) linked to its SBI at the point you want to apply – this does not set a minimum area you need to enter into your SFI26 application.

This initial application window will remain open for around 2 months. It may close sooner if demand is high and the Window 1 budget is fully allocated.

If you’re eligible for Window 1 but do not apply during that window, you can apply in Window 2 instead.

Window 2 will open in September 2026 for all farmers and land managers.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Through the Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund, £10 million in grant funding is available to support projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding is available across 2 priority areas:

• developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
• testing food production systems that work with higher water tables

The fund will support projects that:

• develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
• develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
• strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

This can help you:

developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
testing food production systems that work with higher water tables
The fund will support projects that:
develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

The fund is open now and closes at 5pm on 21 August 2026.

Through the Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, £36 million is available to support water management projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding will support water infrastructure projects that help manage water levels across peat landscapes.

This can help to:

• protect peat soils from degradation
• improve long-term land viability
• support more resilient farming systems

Projects can support both sustainable agriculture and wider environmental benefits in lowland peat catchments.

If you already have a water management implementation plan, you can apply for between £100,000 and £2 million. Grants can cover up to 100% of eligible project costs.

The grant scheme is now open for applications and closes at 11.59pm on 18 September 2026. 

We expect to award grants in December 2026. Grant-funded projects must be completed by 31 March 2030.

Learn more

The Environment Agency (the organisation delivering the grant) will host a one-hour webinar on 15 July at 10am to explain the grant and the application process.

You will be able to put your questions directly to the team. Register to attend the webinar. 

Further details on the Water Implementation Grant scheme can be found on the GOV.UK website.

To request an application pack, email peatwatergrants@environment-agency.gov.uk.

We plan to open a second application window in summer 2028 for applicants who need more time to develop a water management implementation plan. Projects funded through this window must also be completed by 31 March 2030.

Guidance
Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26): scheme information

Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI26 actions.

Window 1 is due to open on 30 June 2026.

You can apply in Window 1 if your farm business (as identified by its SBI) meets all of the following criteria:

1. It was registered with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), so it had an SBI by 1 January 2026 and the SBI had some agricultural land (defined in section 3.3) linked to it on that date.
2. It qualifies as either a small farm (defined in section 3.1), or a farm without an existing Environmental Land Management (ELM) revenue agreement (defined in section 3.2) – your farm business only needs to be in one of these groups.
3. It has at least 3 hectares (ha) of agricultural land (defined in section 3.3) linked to its SBI at the point you want to apply – this does not set a minimum area you need to enter into your SFI26 application.

This initial application window will remain open for around 2 months. It may close sooner if demand is high and the Window 1 budget is fully allocated.

If you’re eligible for Window 1 but do not apply during that window, you can apply in Window 2 instead.

Window 2 will open in September 2026 for all farmers and land managers.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Through the Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, £36 million is available to support water management projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding will support water infrastructure projects that help manage water levels across peat landscapes.

This can help to:

• protect peat soils from degradation
• improve long-term land viability
• support more resilient farming systems

Projects can support both sustainable agriculture and wider environmental benefits in lowland peat catchments.

If you already have a water management implementation plan, you can apply for between £100,000 and £2 million. Grants can cover up to 100% of eligible project costs.

The grant scheme is now open for applications and closes at 11.59pm on 18 September 2026. 

We expect to award grants in December 2026. Grant-funded projects must be completed by 31 March 2030.

Learn more

The Environment Agency (the organisation delivering the grant) will host a one-hour webinar on 15 July at 10am to explain the grant and the application process.

You will be able to put your questions directly to the team. Register to attend the webinar. 

Further details on the Water Implementation Grant scheme can be found on the GOV.UK website.

To request an application pack, email peatwatergrants@environment-agency.gov.uk.

We plan to open a second application window in summer 2028 for applicants who need more time to develop a water management implementation plan. Projects funded through this window must also be completed by 31 March 2030.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.

Funding will be awarded to successful applicants throughout the application window, so you should submit your application as soon as it is ready.

Contact IW National Landscapes for further details.