Funded projects - AFN Network+

Funded projects

Over the life of the Network, we have allocated more than £1 million to dozens of projects. We provide funding in two ways:

  • Scoping Study Grants are led by an academic partner, and provide up to £50,000. Projects are inter-disciplinary and include at least one non-academic partner.
  • FlexFund Grants provide non-academic members of the AFN Network+ with between £1,000 and £5000 to support activities that identify and shape research, innovation and policy development.

Funded Scoping Studies

Our Scoping Study fund is now closed. We ran two funding rounds in 2023 and 2024, awarding projects that addressed the challenge of reaching net zero through agri-food. Projects were multidisciplinary and had to include collaboration between researchers and food system stakeholders.

Find out more about the studies we have funded

Funded FlexFund Projects

Our FlexFund is open to UK-based stakeholders to implement activities that support our mission to build a community working towards achieving net zero through agri-food sector by 2050. We award grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 four times a year.

Find out more about the projects we have supported

UK Research and Innovation has funded this network with support from these four councils:

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

UK Research and Innovation