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FOI2022/00306: Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1

Case reference FOI2022/00305

Published 3 January 2023

Request

Request Received: 23 September 2022

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

For the following competition could you kindly provide:
Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: industry-led R&D

(Competitions opened: Monday 28 March 2022, Competition closed: Wednesday 25 May 2022).

Split into the 2 strands where possible:
· Project with an overall requested grant of up to £500,000
· Project with an overall requested grant of over £500,000

Application Data:
1. The total number of applications.
2. The total number of applications ineligible for assessment.
3. The total number of successful applications.
4. The total number of applications considered a resubmission of a previous application.
5. The total number of successful applications which were considered a resubmission of a previous application.
6. The score of the lowest scoring funded project.
7. The score of the highest scoring funded project.
8. The score of the highest non-funded project.
9. The average (mean) score of funded projects.
10. Average grant fund value of funded projects.
11. The number of assessed applications by research category.
12. The number of successful projects by research category.
13. The number of applicants invited to an interview.
14. The total number of separate interview panel days.
15. Was any portfolio / thematic selection performed by the separate interview panels; and the categories which were used if appropriate.
16. If there was a portfolio /categorised approach used in the interview process, the number of interviews, and successful applications for each panel.
17. The total number of funded projects which were presented in the interviews.
18. The score of the lowest scoring funded project presented in the interviews.
19. The score of the highest scoring funded project presented in the interviews.
20. The score of the highest non-funded project presented in the interviews.
21. The average (mean) score of funded projects which were presented in the interviews.

Response

Response Sent: 28 October 2022

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