FOI2022/00322: Smart Grants April 2022
Case reference FOI2022/00322
Published 1 February 2023
Request
Request Received: 6 October 2022
RE: Innovate UK Smart Grants: April 2022 (Deadline 27th July 2022). (Applicants were notified of their outcomes on 30th September 2022).
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 £100-£500k), and;
b) Stream 2 projects (19-36 months duration, total eligible project costs between £100K-£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: 1 November 2022
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