FOI2022/00014: IUK Smart Grants: August 2021
Case reference FOI2022/00014
Published 3 May 2022
Request
Request Received: 18 January 2022
RE: Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2021 (Deadline 06 October 2021). (Applicants were notified of their outcomes on 17 December 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 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
Response
Response Sent: 3 February 2022
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