FOI release

FOI2026/00422: Follow up to FOI2026/00319 - Biomedical Catalyst 2025 Consortium data

Case reference FOI2026/00422

Received 14 May 2026

Published 20 July 2026

Request

Request received: 14 May 2026

please can I request the following:

For Innovate UK's Biomedical Catalyst 2025: Industry led R&D large projects competition:

1) the number of applications submitted, split between single applicants and consortiums

2) the number of assessed applications, split between single applicants and consortiums

3) the number of applications which were invited to interview , split between single applicants and consortiums

4) the score of the lowest scoring application invited to interview (based upon the score provided by the assessor within the first paper application stage) - hereafter referred to as the interview threshold

5) the highest-scoring consortia application (after the first paper assessment / before interview)

6) the number of consortia applications with a written score above the interview threshold

7) the number of consortia applications invited to interview

Here the definition of consortia is where more than one partner submits costings through the IFS at the application stage i.e. a collaborative bid, as opposed to single applicant with just one organisation submitting finance details within the IFS (single applicant; working alone or with subcontracted skills).

Response

Response sent: 10 June 2026

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