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Ceres Agri-Tech – June funding call now open

Ceres is pleased to announce that the latest round of Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards is now open for applications from researchers at Ceres partner universities. If you need proof-of-concept data to start commercialising your agri-tech innovation, we want to hear from you. Ranging from £5,000 to £20,000, Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards support the commercialisation of plant agri-tech […]

Ceres Agri-Tech – April funding call now open

Ceres is pleased to announce that the latest round of Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards is now open for applications from researchers at Ceres partner universities. If you need proof-of-concept data to start commercialising your agri-tech innovation, we want to hear from you. Ranging from £5,000 to £20,000, Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards support the commercialisation of plant agri-tech […]

Ceres at Food Matters Live – 9th March 2021

On Tuesday 9th March, at the virtual Food Matters Live 2021 conference, Dr Louise Sutherland, Director of Ceres Agri-tech, will be hosting a panel discussion with fellow industry experts Fabio Ziemmsen, CEO of NX-Food, and Matja Zuli, CEO of Agrivi, on ‘Sustainable supply chains in the world of digitalisation’. Covid-19 has provided a catalyst for […]

Ceres Agri-Tech opens second round of Proof-of-Concept Awards

Ceres is pleased to announce that the second round of Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards are now open for 2021 applications from researchers at Ceres partner universities.

Ceres at Food Tech Matters 2020

On 14th October, at the virtual Food Tech Matters 2020 conference, Dr Louise Sutherland, Director of Ceres Agri-tech, will host a panel discussion with fellow industry experts Dirk Vandenhirtz...

Ceres at the World Agri-tech Innovation Summit

Ceres will be connecting with the global agri-tech community at the biannual World Agri-tech Innovation Summit, to be held virtually on 15th and 16th September 2020.

Ceres Agri-Tech launches new Proof-of-Concept Awards

The first round of Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards are now open for application to researchers at Ceres universities.

Ceres technology featured at Fruit Focus 2020

Dr Avice Hall (University of Hertfordshire) is at this year’s virtual Fruit Focus 2020  to explain to growers how the University of Hertfordshire decision...

Data-driven agriculture and food production: podcast

In this Food Matters Live Tabletop podcast Dr Louise Sutherland, Director of Ceres Agri-tech partnership, chats with Stephen Gates...

Submission Deadlines: Ceres Project Awards

Outline proposal submission Final slidedeck submission Pitch date
Mon 19th April 2021 Wed 28th April 2021 Fri 14th May 2021
Fri 7th May 2021 Fri 28th May 2021 Mon 21st June 2021

Submission Deadlines: Ceres Proof-of-Concept Awards

Outline proposal submission Final slidedeck submission Pitch date
Mon 19th April 2021 Wed 28th April 2021 Fri 14th May 2021
Fri 7th May 2021 Fri 28th May 2021 Mon 21st June 2021