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FOI2021/00181: Smart Grant August & November 2020

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Case reference FOI2021/00181

Published 30 June 2021

Request

Request Received: 27 March 2021

Please could you provide the following information in regard to the two most recent Smart Grant competitions with the following details [August 2020 and November 2020 competitions]

1. Total number of applications

2. Number of assessed applications (not disregarded due to being deemed out of scope etc)

3. Number of applications funded

4. Number of applications funded per 'innovation area'

5. Average funding amount per project

6. Smallest and largest amount of funding per project

7. Average score

8. Success threshold

9. Decision-making process based on portfolio (i.e. why higher scoring projects might not get funded and lower scoring project get funded).

Response

Response Sent: 19 April 2021

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