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We’re hiring!
20 June 2025 We are happy to announce that we are expanding the Ceres Agri-tech team. Applications are now open for a Commercialisation Manager. Help shape a national initiative at the forefront of agri-tech innovation. This is a rare opportunity to play a foundational role in establishing a new, multi-institutional national tech transfer office […]
Ceres spin-out Fruitcast tells their story
20 June 2025 We were thrilled to have one of our spin-out companies featured by Cambridge Enterprise this month. Fruitcast Founder, Dr Raymond Martin, applied to Ceres funding to start his journey of taking his PhD research out of the lab and into the hands of growers. Ceres supported not only funded that initial research […]
New Commercialisation training sessions – available to sign up now!
Following the success of our previous Agri-tech Commercialisation Training webinar series, which saw sessions on the anatomy of a patent, licensing, software commercialisation, company formation and fundraising, we are pleased to announce the next phase of training webinars is now open for registrations. The sessions are open to researcher from all UK Universities and RTOs […]
A Bright Future for Agri-Tech Innovation as Region Receives £5m Award to Help Commercialise Research
9th May 2025 A new partnership led by the University of Lincoln, UK, to develop a globally recognised agri-tech innovation cluster in the East of England has received a major national funding award from Research England to advance commercialisation of research through new spin-out companies. Agri-tech Commercialisation Ecosystems (ACE), a partnership project from the universities […]
New Lincam funding call now open! March 2025.
Ceres Agri-Tech is pleased to announce that the March 2025 Call for Lincam Ceres Agri-Tech Projects and Proof of Concept Awards is now open for applications from researchers at UK HEIs and EPSRC approved RTOs. These awards are designed to support the translation and commercialisation of crop based agri-tech innovations using the established Ceres Agri-Tech […]
Ceres at Agri-Science week in Parliament
Cambridge Enterprise initiative Ceres Agri-Tech and the University of Lincoln partner to showcase innovative agri-tech solutions from university science addressing global challenges. Ceres Agri-Tech and University of Lincoln have partnered to present Agri-Tech Innovation as part of an Agri-Science Week in Parliament exhibit on 27-31 January. The team will share highlights from the Ceres Agri-Tech programme that is translating […]
New Lincam call now open. January 2025.
Ceres Agri-Tech is pleased to announce that its January 2025 Call for Lincam Ceres Agri-Tech Projects and Proof of Concept Awards are now open for applications from UK university researchers. Lincam Ceres Agri-Tech funds impact delivery of agri-tech innovations that support the regions’ crop based production sector and its supply chains in terms of concurrent […]
New January Call on wheat open!
Ceres Agri-Tech is pleased to announce that for this January 2025 call we have been working with our international partners to identify the common challenges facing wheat growers in both the East of England and Australia. This builds upon the international links developed in our Agri-Tech Global programme. Our plans are to consolidate the link […]
Translating Research into Impact
Ceres Agri-tech is collaborating with Agri-TechE to bring thematic workshops on potatoes, cereals and field vegetables for academics from different disciplines to bring ideas to address industry problems, with a view to shaping projects for translational research.