FOI2024/00892: Innovate UK Smart Grants April 2024
Case reference FOI2024/00892
Received 4 October 2024
Published 10 December 2024
Request
Request Received: 4 October 2024
I would be very grateful if you could please provide the below information on the UK Smart grants: April 2024 funding competition for both: a) Stream 1 projects (6-18 months duration, eligible project costs between £100K-£500K), and; b) Stream 2 projects (19-24 months duration, total eligible project costs between £100K-£1M). The information I would like to request is as follows:
1. The total number of applications submitted and the number of those that were assessed (i.e. deemed eligible for funding);
2. The overall number of applications awarded funding and a breakdown of how many of these were first-time applications and how many were resubmissions;
3. The total number of applications within each innovation area and the number of those that were successful in each area;
4. The average grant request and project size of the applications successfully awarded funding;
5. The funding thresholds and average scores of successful applications;
6. The percentages of successful applications that were Industrial Research and Experimental Development;
7. The number of successful Industrial Research and Experimental Development projects that were (i) single applicant/partner, (ii) 2 partners, (iii) 3+ partner;
8. The total funding allocated in this competition round.
9. How many projects awarded went to project set up
Response
Response Sent: 31 October 2024
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