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FOI2026/00545: Innovate UK Frontier AI Discovery

Case reference FOI2026/00545

Received 25 June 2026

Published 14 September 2026

Request

Request received: 25 June 2026

I would like to request the following information regarding Phase 1 of the Innovate UK Frontier AI Discovery Competition which closed on June 10th this year:

1. Total number of Phase 1 applications; and

2. Total number of Phase 1 applications that were deemed ineligible and not sent for assessment; and

3. Of those ineligible Phase 1 applications please provide a statistical breakdown of the criteria used to reject the application.

Response

Response sent: 20 July 2026

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