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FOI2022/00087: Biomedical Catalyst scheme stats

Case reference FOI2022/00087

Published 24 August 2023

Request

Request received: 15 March 2022

Given the new Biomedical Catalyst scheme has been announced and how popular it is, I was wondering whether you could supply me with the following figures for the last three years (2019, 2020, 2021);

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 per round;
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.The lowest score application funded under the Portfolio approach
10.The highest scoring application not funded

Response

Response sent: 11 April 2022

I can confirm UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) hold the information relevant to your request. Please see the information attached at FOI2022/0087 Annex 1.

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