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FOI2026/00683: Innovate UK DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund 3rd Submission Round

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Case reference FOI2026/00683

Received 5 August 2026

Published 28 August 2026

Request

Request Received: 5 August 2026

For Innovate UK’s DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund: 3rd submission round, please could you release the following information:

1) The number of applications.

2) The number of assessed applications.

3) The number of successful applications.

4) The success rate.

5) The minimum successful score.

6) The maximum successful score.

7) The maximum score of failed applications.

8) Average grant fund value per project.

9) Average score of funded projects.

10) The number of successful projects led by SMEs.

11) The number of successful projects led by large organisations.

12) The number of successful projects that were single applicant.

13) The number of successful projects that were consortia led.

14) Average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications.

15) The number of successful projects by research category (industrial research and experimental development).

16) The number of successful projects at pilot scale.

17) The number of successful projects at demonstration scale.

Response

Response Sent: 28 August 2026

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