Digital Dairy Chain
Collaborative R&D and Growth
Funding competition
Innovate UK Grant funding is available for collaborative research and development (R&D) projects.
2024 winners have been announced!
This competition will see significant investment in innovation projects with a focus on improving productivity and sustainability in advanced, high value dairy production.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with the Digital Dairy Chain to invest up in projects, within the region of Cumbria, South and West Scotland.
Watch an update from one of our 2023 winners.
To find out more about the successful project applications from 2023 and 2024, please click the buttons below.
Scope
Funded projects will focus on advanced, sustainable and digitally connected dairy production and manufacturing.
Priority R&D themes include:
Your Project Must:
Collaborations with Digital Dairy Chain research organisations (SRUC, University of the West of Scotland, University of Strathclyde, CENSIS) are encouraged to help further develop and translate research towards commercially relevant impact and wider societal outcomes.

Find out if your location is within the project’s geographical region
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