A consortium of 3-4 international partners (one from UK, one from Brazil, one from Ghana or Nigeria, and optionally one more from any of those four countries) can apply for between £30,000 and £100,000 for an Innovation Award to accelerate the testing and/or development of technologies and/or practices that promote climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana or Nigeria.
These projects will last for 6 months, starting on the 1 August 2025, and must finish by the 28 February 2026.
Applications must be submitted by 11am BST on 7 May 2025
Please note that:
- In order to apply for this call, you will need to set up an account on Good Grants to submit your application. Submission route is from the applicant directly to the funder with no approval route through departments or RS.
- This call has capped institutional applications – Oxford can be the Administrative Lead on two applications and can be included as a collaborator in a further two applications. Brazilian, Ghanaian and Nigerian partners can be included in up to four applications.
- Given the submission route and timeframe, RS cannot coordinate submission of our 2 most competitive applications to this call.
Please email researchgrants@admin.ox.ac.uk and your departmental team with a copy of your proposal for review and approval before you submit.
The Funding Call
Projects must demonstrate a compelling business-led motivation, a focus on identifying commercial opportunities and define a clear business-related challenge or evidence of demand for innovation. Projects can be innovative either from a commercial or technical perspective.
Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that helps guide actions to transform food systems towards green and climate resilient practices. It supports reaching internationally agreed goals such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
It aims to tackle three main objectives:
1. sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes;
2. adapting and building resilience to climate change;
3. reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions, where possible (FAO, 2024).
Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and delivered by Innovate UK. This brings together innovative people and organisations to promote climate-smart agriculture in Africa.
Funding will be paid to the UK Administrative Lead organisation only on completion of the project. The UK Administrative Lead will be responsible for distributing the funding to the other partner organisations in the project.
Resources and Help
Innovation Awards for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK-Brazil-Africa - Innovate UK Business Connect
If you would like to apply to this funding call please contact your departmental support in the first instance.
If you require advice on commercialisation strategy, you are strongly encouraged to consult with Oxford University Innovation: Oxford University Innovation; enquiries@innovation.ox.ac.uk
