JOHN INNES FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£1.7m
Grants listed (FY2025)
20
Listed grants total
£1.1m
Accounts grants total
£920k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Submit completed applications to: [email protected]
- Deadlines: Applications are considered three times a year. Submission deadlines are: 31 January , 30 May , and 30 September .
- What they don’t fund: The Foundation does not currently provide direct funding to individuals for internships, studentships, or pre-doctoral placements.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Ireland
- Norfolk
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales
- Colombia
- Northern Ireland
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | JOHN INNES CENTRE | — | £600k |
| new | University of East Anglia, Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development | — | £150k |
| new | EARLHAM INSTITUTE | — | £48k |
| new | HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY | — | £37k |
| new | Anglia Innovation Partnership LLP | — | £30k |
| new | Writtle University | — | £19k |
| new | Other | — | £16k |
| new | SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE | — | £10k |
| not listed | JIC NGI Infrastructure site redevelopment | £4.5m | — |
| not listed | JIC Studentships (John Innes Foundation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences) | £510k | — |
| not listed | UEA Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development | £150k | — |
| not listed | JIC Sir Ben Gill Fellowship | £77k | — |
| not listed | JIC Chris Leaver Fellowship | £57k | — |
| not listed | Agricultural Bursaries | £46k | — |
| not listed | Earlham Institute Data Driven Science | £42k | — |
| not listed | JIC Rare Books Collection - administration | £21k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £600k | Studentships (JIC Studentships - John Innes Foundation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences) |
| University of East Anglia, Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development | FY2025 | £150k | Research & Translation Grants (Fellows collaboration with JIC) |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £77k | Sir Ben Gill Fellowship |
| Earlham Institute | FY2025 | £48k | Data Driven Science Fellowship |
| Harper Adams University | FY2025 | £37k | Agricultural Bursaries |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £30k | JIC Education Manager |
| Anglia Innovation Partnership LLP | FY2025 | £30k | AIP Seed Funding (Seed Fund Enterprise) |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £21k | JIC Undergraduate Summer School |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £19k | JIC recreation and sporting facilities for staff and student welfare |
| Writtle University | FY2025 | £19k | Agricultural Bursaries |
| Other | FY2025 | £16k | Other grants |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £14k | JIC Outreach Curator |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £12k | JIC Student Voice |
| Sense About Science | FY2025 | £10k | Voice of Young Science training workshop |
| SAW Trust | FY2025 | £10k | Forest Science Garden in Schools Project |
| Royal Agricultural University | FY2025 | £9k | Agricultural Bursaries |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £8k | JIC Rare Books Collection - administration |
| John Innes Centre | FY2025 | £6k | JIC Find My Future |
| Royal National Agricultural Association (RNAA) | FY2025 | £4k | Agricultural Bursaries Administration Fees |
| University of East Anglia | FY2025 | £3k | PhD Climate Change Research |
| JIC NGI Infrastructure site redevelopment | FY2024 | £4.5m | Other Grants |
| JIC Studentships (John Innes Foundation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences) | FY2024 | £510k | Studentships |
| UEA Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development | FY2024 | £150k | Research & Development Grants |
| JIC Sir Ben Gill Fellowship | FY2024 | £77k | Research & Development Grants |
| JIC Chris Leaver Fellowship | FY2024 | £57k | Research & Development Grants |
| Agricultural Bursaries | FY2024 | £46k | Education Grants |
| Earlham Institute Data Driven Science | FY2024 | £42k | Research & Development Grants |
| JIC Rare Books Collection - administration | FY2024 | £21k | Other Grants |
| JIC Undergraduate Summer School | FY2024 | £21k | Education Grants |
| JIC Year in Industry supporting science education | FY2024 | £20k | Education Grants |
| JIC recreation and sporting facilities for staff and student welfare | FY2024 | £19k | Other Grants |
| SAW Trust Forest Garden Project, Agritech Taster Course, and Science Story adventure for children. | FY2024 | £18k | Education Grants |
| AIP Seed Funding (transferred from Research & Development) | FY2024 | £16k | Enterprise Grants |
| JIC Student Voice - social, academic, wellbeing and training support | FY2024 | £12k | Other Grants |
| Quadram Institute Amylose Research | FY2024 | £11k | Research & Development Grants |
| Other Grants | FY2024 | £10k | Education Grants |
| AIP Seed Funding Administrator (transferred from Other Grants) | FY2024 | £10k | Enterprise Grants |
| JIC Find My Future | FY2024 | £4k | Education Grants |
| Agricultural Bursaries Administration Fees (RNAA) | FY2024 | £4k | Education Grants |
| Other grants | FY2024 | £600 | Other Grants |
| JIC Studentships (John Innes Foundation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences) | FY2023 | £446k | Studentships |
| UEA Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development | FY2023 | £150k | Research & Development |
| JIC Sir Ben Gill Fellowship | FY2023 | £87k | Research & Development |
| JIC Chris Leaver Fellowship | FY2023 | £74k | Research & Development |
| Earlham Institute Data Driven Science | FY2023 | £70k | Research & Development |
| AIP | FY2023 | £57k | Research & Development |
| Quadram Institute Amylose Research | FY2023 | £46k | Research & Development |
| Agricultural Bursaries | FY2023 | £28k | Education |
| JIC recreation and sporting facilities for staff and student welfare | FY2023 | £25k | Other |
| JIC Year in Industry supporting science education | FY2023 | £20k | Education |
| JIC Undergraduate Summer School | FY2023 | £20k | Education |
| JIC Rare Books Collection - administration | FY2023 | £20k | Other |
| Other education grants | FY2023 | £16k | Education |
| JIC Student Voice - social, academic, wellbeing and training support | FY2023 | £12k | Other |
| SAW Trust | FY2023 | £10k | Education |
| Other grants | FY2023 | £8k | Other |
| JIC Women of the Future | FY2023 | £3k | Education |
| Earlham Institute | FY2022 | £683k | Earlham Institute Fellowship |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £430k | Studentships (John Innes Foundation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences) |
| University of East Anglia | FY2022 | £176k | Institute for Sustainable Development Fellows |
| Quadram Institute | FY2022 | £126k | Institute Amylose Research Fellowship |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £89k | Air conditioning for Rare Books Collection |
| Anglia Innovation Partnership LLP | FY2022 | £75k | Pilot of a new AIP Seed Enterprise Fund |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £44k | Sir Ben Gill Fellowship |
| Food Farming and Discovery Trust | FY2022 | £30k | Education in schools and Gaia science event |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £22k | Administration of the JIC Historical Collection |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £20k | JIC Undergraduate Summer School |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £17k | Recreation Centre Manager |
| LEAF Education | FY2022 | £15k | Schools project with The SAW Trust and The Papillon Project |
| Royal Agricultural University | FY2022 | £8k | Agricultural bursaries |
| Sense About Science | FY2022 | £8k | Norwich Research Park Standing up for Science event |
| LEAF Education | FY2022 | £5k | JIC Year in Industry project |
| Sense About Science | FY2022 | £5k | JIC's participation in the Evidence Week at Westminster event |
| Student Voice | FY2022 | £3k | Student support activities |
| John Innes Centre | FY2022 | £3k | JIC Women of the Future events |
| Newcastle University | FY2022 | £0 | Agricultural bursaries |
| Harper Adams University | FY2022 | £0 | Agricultural bursaries |