Funding Opportunities

WRAP Capital Grants
http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/funding/capital_grants/index.html

Defra Rural Development Programme
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe/index.htm

Defra - Current Research Competitions
http://www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/science/funding/competitions.htm

Department of Energy & Climate Change Bioenergy Capital Grant Scheme
http://www.bioenergycapitalgrants.org.uk

Carbon Trust Applied Research (currently closed - next call opens 14 December 2009)
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/technology/appliedresearch/

Technology Strategy Board - Collaborative research and development

Grants for R&D:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/

detail?r.l1=1073858796&r.l3=1074463677&type=

RESOURCES&itemId=1074469930&r.l2=1073859020&r.s=sc

FP7 calls
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

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Organisations (Government etc)
Who are involved in sustainable food issues:

WRAP: Separate food waste collection trials http://www.wrap.org.uk
Love Food Hate Waste http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
Courtauld Commitment http://www.wrap.org.uk/retail/courtauld_commitment/

Defra: following link will take you to sustainable development page of the DEFRA website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/index

BIS: UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - this link will take you to their website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/

Technology Strategy Board - the following link takes you to their website:  http://www.innovateuk.org/

Food and Drink Federation http://www.fdf.org.uk/priorities_sus_comp.aspx
Food Chain Centre - (now completed work but contains useful info) http://www.foodchaincentre.com/
FCRN (Food Climate Research Network) http://www.fcrn.org.uk/

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