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FOI2023/00614: Smart Grants: Jan 2023 Portfolio Approach

Case reference FOI2023/00614

Published 1 December 2023

Request

Request Received: 16 August 2023

I am trying to better understand the funding process, and portfolio approach of Innovate UK.

For the following competition could you kindly provide:
Innovate UK Smart Grants: January 2023
(Competitions opened: Thursday 19 January 2023, Competition closed: Wednesday 14 June 2023).
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1448/overview/304e6f31-0117-44d1-8c2c-4852876a7928

Split into the 2 strands where possible:

1. Project with an overall requested grant up to £500,000
2. Project with an overall requested grant of over £500,000

Application data:

1. Was any portfolio/thematic selection performed; and the categories which were used if appropriate.
2. If there was a portfolio/categorised approach used, the number of assessed and number of successful applications for each theme.

Response

Response Sent: 8 September 2023

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