Deadline: 5 July 2023 /11:00am
This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) competition is part of the African agriculture strand of KTP. Innovate UK is investing up to £2.5 million towards the funding of projects in this strand.
Eligibility
Each African Agriculture KTP is a partnership between the following:
- a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult, which we will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’
- an African business or not for profit organization, which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’
- a knowledge base in Africa, which we will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’
The business and African knowledge base must both be based in one of the following countries:
- Republic of Ghana
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Republic of Kenya
- Republic of South Africa
The African Agriculture KTP does not support projects where the business partner is in the public sector.
Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian and Belarusian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. This includes any goods or services originating from a Russian and Belarusian source.
Competition Stages
This competition is being run in 2 stages. Stage 1 will require the lead organisation to submit a Fact Find Form. Projects meeting the competition criteria will be invited to submit a full application in stage 2.
In stage 1 and stage 2, the application must be led by a UK registered knowledge base, working with an African business partner and African knowledge base.
This is stage 1 of a 2 stage competition. No funding is awarded at this stage.
Project Funding
The project’s total costs must not exceed £250,000 and must be split equally between the UK and the African knowledge base partners at £125,000 each. The business partner is responsible for their own costs. Projects must be between 18 and 24 months.
For more information and application.