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FOI2021/00182: Smart Grants: November 2020

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Case reference FOI2021/00182

Published 30 June 2021

Request

Request Received: 29 March 2021

RE: Innovate UK Smart Grants: November 2020 (Deadline 20 January 2021). (Applicants were notified of their outcomes on 26 March 2021).

I would be very grateful if you could please provide the below information on the above funding competition for both:

a) Stream 1 projects (6-18 months duration, eligible project costs between £25-£500k), and;

b) Stream 2 projects (19-36 months duration, total eligible project costs between £25K-£2M).

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 average score 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.

Response

Response Sent: 27 April 2021

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