PERRY FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£198k
Grants listed (FY2025)
18
Listed grants total
£113k
Accounts grants total
£113k
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applications for PhD studentships commencing September 2026 have closed and those for September 2027 will close on 31st October 2026
- Deadlines: Applications for PhD studentships commencing September 2026 have closed and those for September 2027 will close on 31st October 2026
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | AFCP grant Harper Adams Mres | — | £4k |
| new | LEAF | — | £3k |
| new | Essex Schools Day | — | £1k |
| new | N Strong | — | £1k |
| new | C Wheeler | — | £660 |
| new | F Bhatti | — | £45 |
| up | Claire Wheeler - University of Herts | £7k | £14k |
| up | Zoe McFarlane Glasgow University | £7k | £14k |
| down | Laura Gimenez-Molina University of Herts | £3k | £1k |
| not listed | Alex Milliken - Essex University | £10k | — |
| not listed | Evren Bingol - University of Herts | £6k | — |
| not listed | Laura Sapelli - University of Herts | £3k | — |
| not listed | LEAF small grant | £2k | — |
| not listed | Abi Brock/TMAF small grant | £2k | — |
| not listed | L Mackinlay-Amos Harper Adams small grant | £2k | — |
| not listed | AFCP AUC grant | £780 | — |
| not listed | Claire Wheeler travel grant | £500 | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Wheeler - University of Herts | FY2025 | £14k | Clostridioides difficile in UK pigs and risks to the food chain |
| Zoe McFarlane Glasgow University | FY2025 | £14k | Exploiting recent advances in plant biology to develop drought-resistant crops |
| Joseph Leaper Worcester Univ | FY2025 | £14k | Ecologically intensifying UK vineyards to enhance their sustainability |
| Patrick McClean Rothamsted/Herts | FY2025 | £14k | Investigating fungal spore production in UK arable crop systems under current and future environmental conditions |
| Piotr Kaszniki Essex University | FY2025 | £12k | Photosynthesis and water use in wheat ears |
| Cristina McBride-Serrano Lancaster University | FY2025 | £9k | Can increased plant diversity restore soil-associated ecosystem services in agroecosystems experiencing variable rainfall patterns? |
| Fareed Bhatti - Rothamsted/Notts | FY2025 | £8k | Understanding Eyespot disease of cereals: past, present and future |
| Scott Ewing Glasgow University | FY2025 | £6k | Improving Crop Quality Using LED Lighting in Vertical Farms’ |
| FCCT Windsor Leadership grant | FY2025 | £5k | |
| Elena Bidash - AFCP joint studentship at Cambridge/NIAB | FY2025 | £4k | Gene editing techniques crop breeding project |
| AFCP grant Harper Adams Mres | FY2025 | £4k | |
| AFCP grant Charity Coord Director | FY2025 | £3k | |
| LEAF | FY2025 | £3k | small grant |
| Essex Schools Day | FY2025 | £1k | |
| Laura Gimenez-Molina University of Herts | FY2025 | £1k | Characterization of the durable quantitative resistance of Brassica napus (oilseed rape) against Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) |
| N Strong | FY2025 | £1k | small grant |
| C Wheeler | FY2025 | £660 | travel grant |
| F Bhatti | FY2025 | £45 | travel grant |
| Joseph Leaper Worcester Univ | FY2024 | £14k | Ecologically intensifying UK vineyards to enhance their sustainability |
| Patrick McClean Rothamsted/Herts | FY2024 | £14k | Investigating fungal spore production in UK arable crop systems under current and future environmental conditions |
| Piotr Kaszniki Essex University | FY2024 | £12k | Photosynthesis and water use in wheat ears |
| Scott Ewing Glasgow University | FY2024 | £12k | Improving Crop Quality Using LED Lighting in Vertical Farms’ |
| Alex Milliken - Essex University | FY2024 | £10k | Natural variation in pea photosynthesis and water use efficiency |
| Cristina McBride-Serrano Lancaster University | FY2024 | £10k | Can increased plant diversity restore soil-associated ecosystem services in agroecosystems experiencing variable rainfall patterns? |
| Fareed Bhatti - Rothamsted/Notts | FY2024 | £8k | Understanding Eyespot disease of cereals: past, present and future |
| Claire Wheeler - University of Herts | FY2024 | £7k | Clostridioides difficile in UK pigs and risks to the food chain |
| Zoe McFarlane Glasgow University | FY2024 | £7k | Exploiting recent advances in plant biology to develop drought-resistant crops |
| Evren Bingol - University of Herts | FY2024 | £6k | Understanding interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa for improving control of phoma stem canker on oilseed rape in |
| FCCT Windsor Leadership grant | FY2024 | £5k | |
| Elena Bidash - AFCP joint studentship at Cambridge/NIAB | FY2024 | £4k | Gene editing techniques crop breeding project |
| Laura Sapelli - University of Herts | FY2024 | £3k | Understanding host resistance to improve control of light leaf spot on winter oilseed rape in the UK |
| AFCP grant Charity Coord Director | FY2024 | £3k | |
| Laura Gimenez-Molina University of Herts | FY2024 | £3k | Characterization of the durable quantitative resistance of Brassica napus (oilseed rape) against Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) |
| LEAF small grant | FY2024 | £2k | |
| Abi Brock/TMAF small grant | FY2024 | £2k | |
| L Mackinlay-Amos Harper Adams small grant | FY2024 | £2k | |
| AFCP AUC grant | FY2024 | £780 | |
| Claire Wheeler travel grant | FY2024 | £500 | |
| Alex Millican travel grant | FY2024 | £500 | |
| NIAB small grant | FY2024 | £360 | |
| R McGowan Essex small award | FY2024 | £250 | |
| Scott Ewing Glasgow University | FY2023 | £15k | Improving Crop Quality Using LED Lighting in Vertical Farms’ |
| Cristina McBride-Serrano Lancaster University | FY2023 | £12k | Can increased plant diversity restore soil-associated ecosystem services in agroecosystems experiencing variable rainfall patterns? |
| Laura Giminez-Molina -University of Herts | FY2023 | £12k | Characterization of the durable quantitative resistance of Brassica napus (oilseed rape) against Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) |
| Alex Milliken - Essex University | FY2023 | £10k | Natural variation in pea photosynthesis and water use efficiency |
| Laura Sapelli - University of Herts | FY2023 | £10k | Understanding host resistance to improve control of light leaf spot on winter oilseed rape in the UK |
| Evren Bingol - University of Herts | FY2023 | £9k | Understanding interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa for improving control of phoma stem canker on oilseed rape in the UK’ |
| Fareed Bhatti - Rothamsted/Notts | FY2023 | £8k | Understanding Eyespot disease of cereals: past, present and future |
| Claire Wheeler - University of Herts | FY2023 | £7k | Clostridioides difficile in UK pigs and risks to the food chain |
| Adam Peter - Reading University | FY2023 | £6k | Apples in a Warmer World: Understanding potential effects of climate change on fruit production to mitigate impacts for food and nutritional security |
| Sean Brierley - Salford University | FY2023 | £4k | Novel tools for exploring the epidemiology of tick-borne infections of livestock in the UK |
| Elena Bidash - Gene editing techniques crop breeding project at Cambridge/NIAB | FY2023 | £4k | |
| Jenna Shaw - Harper Adams University | FY2023 | £4k | Investigating the chemical ecology of aphid hyperparasitoids |
| Rebecca Hoyle - Liverpool University | FY2023 | £3k | Co-infection and integrated control of liver fluke and rumen fluke |
| Emelia Erland - Bristol University | FY2023 | £3k | Creating a bioplastic with the potential for environmental regeneration |
| LEAF small grant | FY2023 | £2k | |
| RAU course grant | FY2023 | £2k | |
| Essex Agriculture Schools day and awards | FY2023 | £2k | |
| Laura Sapelli travel grant | FY2023 | £1k | |
| Evren Bingol travel grant | FY2023 | £1k | |
| Fareed Bhatti travel grant | FY2023 | £397 | |
| AFCP joint studentships Fern Baker - Evaluation net carbon emissions from dairy production systems at Nottingham University | FY2023 | £370 | |
| Postgraduate Scholarships | FY2022 | £59k | Grants Paid |
| FCCT Windsor grant | FY2022 | £6k | Additional Awards |
| LEAF small grant | FY2022 | £2k | Additional Awards |
| Rebecca Hoyle travel grant | FY2022 | £500 | Additional Awards |
| Sarah Shepperd travel grant | FY2022 | £434 | Additional Awards |