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.

SUCCESSFUL PROJECT APPLICATIONS 2023

SUCCESSFUL PROJECT APPLICATIONS 2024

Scope

Funded projects will focus on advanced, sustainable and digitally connected dairy production and manufacturing.

Priority R&D themes include:

Reducing waste

Improving sustainability

Reducing carbon emissions

Optimising production and manufacturing

Digitalising the supply chain

Increasing productivity

Novel and high-value products from dairy

Your Project Must:

Be collaborative and business led

Have total grant funding request between £50,000 and £250,000

Last between 6 and 24 months

Carry out a significant proportion of its project work in South and West Scotland or Cumbria

Intend to exploit the results in South and West Scotland or Cumbria

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.