<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/1FA8A7C6-7B82-4692-B6BF-278916567EC2" ns1:id="1FA8A7C6-7B82-4692-B6BF-278916567EC2"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/FC156412-7707-48BF-B9D0-2DA95D77D3C0" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/4C335C37-6A9B-47FC-A535-3477A45EA5D8" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/4C335C37-6A9B-47FC-A535-3477A45EA5D8" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2020-12-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/BC148BB3-234C-44C4-87A2-B983D9C34219" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">82723</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Sustrate</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Small Business Research Initiative</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This project seeks to develop a UK produced, renewable, sustainable, recyclable and biodegradable alternative growing media for intensive horticulture. This will give an agricultural by-product a new purpose, making better use of natural resources and displacing less environmentally friendly established products. Our product will be low energy, low water, low waste and novel in its approach.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>