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FOI2024/00198: Innovate UK Smart grants: June 2023

Case reference FOI2024/00198

Received 8 March 2024

Published 1 July 2024

Request

Request Received: 8 March 2024

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

Innovate UK Smart grants: June 2023

https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1539/overview/c1be09e2-f448-4559-8a56-2ab5c5c5d090

Competition opens: Thursday 15 June 2023

Competition closes: Thursday 28 September 2023 11:00am

Could you kindly provide, Split into the 2 streams where possible:

- <18 month stream [<£500k]

- >18 month stream:

Application Data:

1. Total number of applications.

2. Total number of applications ineligible for assessment.

3. Total number of successful applications.

4. Total number of applications considered a resubmission of a previous application.

5. Total number of successful applications which were considered a resubmission of a previous application.

6. The success rate.

7. The score of the lowest scoring funded project.

8. The score of the highest scoring funded project.

9. The score of the highest non-funded project.

10. The average (mean) score of funded projects.

11. Average grant fund value of funded projects.

12. The score distributions of the applications (eg. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, 85.1-90, 90.1-95, 95.1-100).

13. The number of assessed applications by research category.

14. The number of successful projects by research category.

15. The number of assessed applications by innovation area.

16. The number of successful projects by innovation area.

17. The number of unsuccessful applicants, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

Response

Response Sent: 8 April 2024

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