Mon 4th Nov 2019
by CQ
APPLICATIONS CLOSED. The British government currently are holding an opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.
Invest OpportunitiesSmart is the new name for Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme.
Applications closed on January 8th.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas. All proposals must be business focused.
Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy, such as but not exclusively:
This competition closes at midday 12:00pm UK time on Wednesday 8th January.
Duration between 6 and 18 months and total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £500,000: can be single or collaborative. Duration between 19 and 36 months and total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £2 million: must be collaborative.
Your project
Your application must include at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Your project must start by June 2020 and end no later than June 2023.
Your project must follow different rules depending on its duration:
If you want to submit a project between 19 months and 36 months with total project costs between £2 million and £3 million as a permitted exception, you must email support@innovateuk.ukri.org. You must give full justification at least 10 days before the competition closes. Do not submit your application until we write to approve your request.
Your proposal must demonstrate:
Unless you have already received our authorisation, any application submitted that does not meet the criteria will be marked as ineligible and will not be sent for assessment.
Lead organisation
To lead a project you must:
Academic institutions cannot lead or work alone.
Single applicants must claim funding. If the project is collaborative, the lead and at least one other organisation must claim funding and enter your costs as part of the application.
Project team
To collaborate with the lead organisation you must:
For full details of the funding and to apply, please click here.
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