 The NCFM Research and Technical Resources coupled with industry and academic partnerships enable NCFM to readily progress multidisciplinary research and practical problem solving for the food industry.NCFM’s research agenda reflects the food sector’s innovation priorities and is informed by funding partners and directly by the needs of the diverse food sector including retailers and food businesses of all sizes from multinationals to SME and micro businesses.Research at NCFM is funded by a number of sources (dependent upon the specific challenge) including direct consultancy with business, Innovate UK, BBSRC, EPSRC, FSA, EU Interreg programmes and Horizon 2020 initiatives.