Catalysing Green Innovation Strand 2

www.ktn-uk.org @KTNUK
Catalysing Green Innovation:
Strand 2 - Securing the Future of ZEV
22nd of June 2020

©2020 UKRI
Introductions
Innovate UK:
• David Tozer, Head of Land Transport
• Dr Francesca Iudicello, Programme Manager – Low
and Zero Emission Vehicles
• Dr Martyn Cherrington, Innovation Lead, Driving
the Electric Revolution
• Dr Anna Wise, Head of Battery Technology
• Dr Marco Landi, Innovation Lead – Vehicle to Grid &
EV Charging
• Victoria Meredith, Portfolio Manager
• Rachael Evans, Portfolio Manager
OLEV:
• Abdul Chowdhury, Head of Innovation and
Industrial Capability
• Jon Bray, R&D Manager
Knowledge Transfer Network:
• Simon Buckley, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Dr Sven Knowles, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Dr Paul Huggett, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Simon Buckley, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• George Filip, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Natasha Sim, Events Manager

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Agenda
1. Introductions 13.00 (MC)
2. Competition Overview 13.05 (MC, FI)
o Aim
o Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge
o Zero Emission Vehicle opportunity
3. Strand 1: Competition Aims & Scope 13.25
4. Competition Scope Q&A 13.50
5. Comfort Break 14.20
6. Competition Process 14.30 (KW)
7. Competition Process: Q&A 15.15 (KW)
8. Support from KTN 15.45 (SK, PH)
9. Close 16.00
# Item Approximate
Timings
Presenter
1 Welcome & Introductions 13.00 Simon Buckley, KTN
2 Strand 1: Overview 13.05 Martyn Cherrington, IUK
3 Welcome from OLEV 13:10 Jon Bray, OLEV
4 Strand 2: Aims & Scope 13.20 Francesca Iudicello, IUK
5 Competition Scope Q&A 13.50 David Tozer, IUK
Francesca Iudicello, IUK
Anna Wise, IUK
Marco Landi, IUK
Simon Buckley, KTN
6 Comfort Break 14.15
7 Competition Process 14.30 Victoria Meredith, IUK
Rachael Evans, IUK
8 Competition Process: Q&A 15.15 Victoria Meredith, IUK
Simon Buckley, KTN
9 Support from the Knowledge Transfer Network 15.45 Simon Buckley, KTN
10 Close 16:00

©2020 UKRI
strand 1, advancing PEMD supply chain
Innovation to drive electrification and
decarbonise transport, energy and industrial
sectors
• The aim of this strand is to facilitate UK supply
chain and manufacturing capability growth in
power electronics, machines and drives to
enable future improvements in; productivity,
capacity, quality, efficiency
4 themes:
I. Manufacturing process development
II. Design for manufacture
III. Circular economy
IV. Innovative testing and validation processes
Open: NOW
Closes: 11am, 29th July
Visit: https://apply-for-innovation-
funding.service.gov.uk/competition/648/overvie
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ü In this strand, up to £5m is available for
innovation R&D projects
ü Focus on UK PEMD supply chain and
manufacturing capability growth
ü Business-led and collaborative
ü 3-9 months in duration
ü £100k - £500k total costs per project

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Aims of today’s briefing
• To bring the scope and guidance to life, so you fully understand the competition and the
relevant rules and processes for applying for and undertaking a project;
• To give you the opportunity to ask us questions, and get appropriate guidance;
• To highlight where you can find help at KTN;
• To provide you with networking opportunities, with others, in the Zero emission vehicle
space.

WELCOME FROM OLEV
Jon Bray
R&D Programme Manager
Office for Low Emission Vehicles
CatalysingGreenInnovation:
Strand2-SecuringtheFutureofZEV

The Funder: OLEV
• The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) is working across Government to support the market for
low and zero emission vehicles
• By 2050 we want almost every car and van in the UK to be zero emission and we want the technology
needed to deliver that to be designed, developed and manufactured in the UK
• We are providing £1.5 billion to position the UK at the global forefront of ultra-low emission vehicle
development, manufacture and use
• This will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from our roads whilst contributing to
economic growth
• Since 2009, through Innovate UK, OLEV has provided R&D grants into a wide range of ultra-low and
zero emission technologies, including on-vehicle technologies (IDP), fleet trails (LEFT) and innovative
charging infrastructure (V2G)

22 June 2020
Dr Francesca Iudicello
Programme Manager
Low & Zero Emission Vehicles

Strand 2
Securing the Future of ZEV
Competition Introduction

• Innovate UK drives productivity
and economic growth by
supporting businesses to develop
new ideas.
• We connect businesses to the
people that can help them, and
fund businesses and research
collaborations in all economic
sectors, value chains and
UK regions to accelerate
innovation.
Innovate UK

UKRI
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• More than £7 billion in
combined budget per year
• 3,900 research and
business grants issued
every year
• 151 universities receiving
research funding
• 38 institutes, laboratories,
units, campuses and
innovation catapults

Innovate UK Low/Zero Emission Vehicles Platform
Series of competitions supporting
the wider automotive industrial
strategy in the form of UK based low
emission R&D:
• Contribute to the growth of the
UK automotive sector
• Increase and accelerate the
introduction of vehicle-centric
technologies to the L/ZEV
market
• Support the UK’s contribution to
national and international
emission targets
• Total project funding - 403 million
• 23 competitions delivered so far
Innovation Ecosystem
TRL 1 - 3
TRL 3 - 6
TRL 6 – 9Research
• Basic technology principles
• Technology concept
Innovate
• Proof of concept
• Demonstration
Scale
• Technology completed and qualified
• Mission operations
Integrated Delivery Programme
EV Charging
Faraday Battery Challenge
APC
DER

Zero Emission Vehicles: Policy Overview
Policy challenges 2020-2035
• The Road to Zero (2018): At least 50%, and as many as 70%, of new car sales and up to
40% of new van sales being ultra low emission by 2030
• Net Zero Report (2019): Ultra-low emission vehicles would reach 100% of sales of cars,
vans and motorbikes by 2030 or soon after, but must certainly do so by 2035
• Transport Decarbonization Plan (2020): set pathway to net zero 2050 for six strategic
priorities based on CCC’s advice
“Our mission is to put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero
emission vehicles, and for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040.”

• This competition is part of a larger effort to catalyse the green economic recovery in transport, energy
and industrial sectors in response to the disruption caused by COVID-19
• Driving Electric Revolution (DER) and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) are collaborating to
invest up to £15 million in innovation projects that will support the UK’s continued push towards net zero
Competition Aim – Strand 2
• Invest £10 million in innovative technologies that will secure the future of the zero emission
vehicles industry in UK
Catalysing Green Innovation

Strand 2
Securing the Future of ZEV
Competition Scope

Your Project
• Feasibility study
• R&D project
R&D projects (ONLY)
• must build on a project previously supported by Innovate UK (feasibility study or collaborative R&D
project) which will have completed by 30th
Sept 2020
• must benefit significantly from additional R&D funding
• must have distinct and separate eligible costs
• must show a significant value-add and exploitation with clear and distinctive scope and deliverables
Total project cost: £100,000 to £500,000

Your Project (2)
Duration
• Strictly up to 6 months
• Must start on 1 October 2020 and end by 31 March 2021
• Funding can only be claimed for project costs incurred no later than 31 March 2021
Participants
• Single participant from UK registered business of any size are allowed
• Maximum of 2 collaborators are allowed
• Can be non-funding receiving partners but their costs will count towards the total project cost
• Lead participant must be a UK registered business
• Must carry out project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• Academic institutions must have their research personnel ready to start at the beginning of the project

Your Project (3)
Subcontracting
• Can be from anywhere in the UK/European Economic Area (EEA)
• Costs must be justified and appropriate to the total eligible project costs
• If outside of the UK, applications must clearly justify why work cannot be done in the UK
Multiple applications
• Any eligible UK registered business can lead on or be the single applicant on any number of
applications and collaborate on any number of further applications
• An academic institution or RTO cannot lead on an application

SCOPE
We will fund Feasibility Studies and R&D Projects on a variety of ZEV technologies across a range of
technological maturities:
• On-vehicle technologies, including batteries
• EV charging technologies
At the end, your project must be:
• able to continue the technology development in future R&D competitions
• and/or able to raise private sector investment to take the project outcome to market
Given the potential travelling and business restrictions, we welcome applications for desk-based projects:
• design, modelling and simulation of both sub-system and overall vehicle system (including
charging), and their relative energy efficiency
• business model development

SCOPE (2)
On Vehicle Projects
Technical areas:
• power electronics, machines and drives
• energy storage (including batteries) and energy management
• lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures
• highly disruptive zero emission technologies
Technologies in scope include:
• PEMD technologies
• Electrified powertrains
• Hybridisation technologies
• Hydrogen technologies
• Battery technologies
• EV charging services and integration, HGV solutions
• Technologies that significantly increase the efficiency of the powertrain or auxiliary systems
Technology transfer projects from other transport or energy sectors are welcome
Dealt with
separately

SCOPE (3)
Zero & Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles
• We expect proposals to meet the definition for zero emission vehicles or to target emissions
significantly lower than ULEVs (75g of CO2 per km for cars & vans)
OLEV (2009):
• Zero emission vehicles produce no greenhouse gas or air pollutant tailpipe emissions
• Ultra-low emission vehicle is a car or van that emits less than 75 grams of CO2 per km from the tailpipe measured
against the European test cycle
Range Extender Technologies
• Development required to accelerate EV uptake by addressing user range anxiety and long trips mileage
Range extender technologies in scope:
• Novel and advanced REX technologies that provide a source of propulsion but achieve a significant
reduction in the current grams of CO2 per km from the tailpipe over the relevant legislative cycle
• The vehicle must be capable of driving at full power on the zero-emission technology only
• The range extender must not be capable of propelling the vehicle at full power by itself
• The zero-emission range should be at least 70 miles, preferably 100 miles

SCOPE (4)
Vehicle Types
• We encourage projects that cover both niche and mainstream on-road vehicles
• On-highway and off-highway vehicles categories L, M, N and O (trailers for HGVs), T, G and
emergency vehicles
Medium and heavy goods and off-highway vehicles
• must provide significant emission reduction
• focus on electrification of the main vehicle power source or use of hydrogen fuel cells
• can focus on auxiliary power systems, such as refrigeration
• can focus on electrifying the trailer units
• can address well to wheel (lifecycle) savings for HGVs
• include HGVs projects for all use cycles, including urban, regional and trunking
• include off-highway vehicles dedicated to construction sites and agricultural land

SCOPE (5)
Battery Technologies in Scope
• advancement of battery performance for automotive applications (including HGVs) across the battery
value chain (cell materials, cells, modules and packs)
• tools to improve efficiency of battery design, manufacture, testing, monitoring and diagnostics
• battery recycling
EV Charging Technologies in Scope
Feasibility studies:
• EVSE supply chain, EV data, advanced grid services, services integration, roaming, standards
and interoperability, procurement, fleet and HGV charging solutions
R&D projects:
• EV charging services and integrations, business models for OnStreet, Wireless and/or V1G/V2G

SCOPE (6)
R&D Project (ONLY) Requirements
• add demonstrable value to the outcomes of your previous project
• develop on-vehicle or EV charging technologies, speeding up their introduction to the market
• focus on highly integrated vehicle/charging systems, parts and/or cost reduction
• justify how the technology improves overall vehicle/charging efficiency and lifecycle efficiency
• validate the technology in a relevant environment, e.g. through a mule/adapted current production vehicle for
higher maturity technologies
• provide evidence that the durability, integrity and safety of any technology proposed is in line with industry
expectations
• show that you can realistically produce the technology at a price the market is willing to pay
• show how the future supply chain will be developed
• show a clear route to market including appropriate business models to exploit the technology commercially
• identify an appropriate end customer(s) or route to commercialisation
• where applicable define appropriate representative real-world operating conditions, and a suitable comparator
technology or vehicle against which the project will measure the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) baseline and
improvements
• show a reduction of the environmental impact of the technology including resource efficiency and end of life
options such as recycling, remanufacturing and/or reuse

OUT OF SCOPE
• PEMD projects which are in scope for the linked competition Strand 1
• Projects which primarily focus on the maritime, rail or aviation sector
• Internal combustion engine projects, even if they use hydrogen
• Business as usual projects
• Projects on zero carbon fuels
• Project on mobility scooters and factory vehicles e.g. fork-lift trucks

KEY DATES AND DEADLINES
Date
Competition Opens 17th June 2020
Competition Closes 11am - 29th July 2020
Applicants Notified 26th August 2020
Projects start 1st October 2020
Projects end 31st March 2021

Competition Process
• This is a single stage competition: no interviews
Process
• Call for applications are put out by Innovate UK
• Applications are submitted via IFS online
• Applications are scored by independent assessors
• Applications are ranked and the top-ranking projects are awarded funding
• Projects go through due diligence for eligibility and viability
• Monitoring officers (MO) are assigned
• Grant offer Letter (GoL) is issued and signed
• Projects start – GO LIVE

Summary
• Projects
• Feasibility studies (new)
• R&D projects (from preceding FS or RD project)
• Scope:
• On-vehicle technologies, including batteries
• EV charging technologies
• Total project cost: £100,000 to £500,000
• 6-month rapid-delivery projects
• Must be ready to start on 1st October 2020
• Single or up to 2-partner collaborations
• Competition closes at 11 am on 29th July 2020
Note: there will be less than 6 weeks to apply!

@InnovateUK Innovate UKInnovate UK
For questions and/or discussion around the competition or project ideas, contact:
Francesca Iudicello – Programme Manager Francesca.Iudicello@innovateuk.ukri.org

Applicant briefing
Date: 22nd June 2020

1 Welcome and introductions
2 Part 1
Scope, eligibility criteria
3 Part 2
The Innovation Funding Service, application finances,
academic partners
4 Part 3
Submitting your application, assessment, project setup for
successful applicants
Agenda

• Karl Wilkins – Portfolio Manager, Competitions Team
• Laura Thomas – Senior Portfolio Manager, Competitions Team
• Francesca Iudicello – Innovation Lead
• Martyn Cherrington – Innovation Lead
Welcome and Introductions

Resubmission Not a resubmission
A resubmission is:
an application Innovate UK judges as not materially
different from one you've submitted before (but it can
be updated based on the assessors' feedback)
A brand new application/project/idea that you have
not previously submitted into an Innovate UK
competition
OR
A previously unsuccessful or ineligible application:
ü has been updated based on assessor feedback
ü and is materially different from the application
submitted before
ü and fits with the scope of this competition
Resubmissions
This competition does allow resubmissions.

Project eligibility
ü Lead must be a UK-based business
ü Single or collaborative
ü You must carry out your project in the UK
ü Exploit the results from / in the UK
Project cost £100,000 to £500,000
Project length Up to 6 months
Eligibility criteria

• Business – Small/Micro, Medium or Large (EU definition) registered in the UK
• Research Organisation (RO):
• Universities (HEIs)
• Non profit distributing Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) including Catapults
• Public Sector Research Establishments (PSRE)
• Research Council Institutes (RCI)
• Public sector organisations and charities doing research activity
• Check out the EU definition of a business (it may affect the grant you are able to claim)
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en
• If you are 100% owned by a large parent company as a small subsidiary this means by EU rules you are classed as a large
company and will only be entitled to the relevant grant
Types of organisations we fund

Eligibility for State Aid
• Innovate UK is offering funding for this competition under the General Block Exemption Regulation. This is
available to eligible UK businesses.
• We are unable to grant funding to limited liability companies meeting the condition known as ‘undertakings in
difficulty’.
• This is where more than half of a company’s subscribed share capital has disappeared as a result of
accumulated losses.
• This test only applies to companies that are more than 3 years old.
• If you have a parent company the test can be performed on your parent or holding company.
• When submitting an application you must certify that you are eligible for state aid. If you are unsure, please
take legal advice before applying.
• Should you be successful, we will apply this test as part of our viability checks before confirming the grant
offer.
• Further information is available on our website in the general guidance under state aid

State Aid – Article 25
• Funding for R&D projects split in to 3 categories; Feasibility studies, Industrial research & Experimental development.
• Applies to almost all sectors of the economy and has a wide range of eligible costs. Pre-approved state aid covers:
o Aid for research and development and innovation,
o Regional aid
o Aid to SMEs in the form of investment aid, operating aid
and SMEs access to finance,
o Aid for environmental protection,
o Training aid,
o Recruitment and employment aid for disadvantaged
workers or workers with disabilities.
o Aid to make good the damage caused by certain natural
disasters,
o Social aid for transport for residents for remote regions,
o Aid for broadband infrastructures,
o Aid for culture and heritage conservation,
o Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational
infrastructures,
o Aid for local infrastructure.
• Special rules apply to:
o Fisheries, agriculture,
o Companies in difficulty,
o Companies undergoing a state aid recovery order.

• The aim of our State Aid scheme is to:
• optimise the level of funding to business and
• recognise the importance of research base to project
• At least 70% of total eligible project costs must be incurred by business
• The maximum level (30% of project costs) is shared by all research organisations in the project
Participation Rules

In all collaborative projects there must be:
• at least two organisations claiming grant within the application (including the lead)
• a business or RTO-led consortium, which may involve both business and the research base
and
• evidence of effective collaboration
• we would expect to see the structure and rationale of the collaboration described in the
application.
What is collaboration?

Making more than one application
• Any eligible UK registered business can lead on or be the single applicant on any number of
applications and collaborate on any number of further applications.
• An academic institution or RTO cannot lead on an application.

Other Innovate UK projects
• If you have an outstanding final claim and/or Independent Accountant Report (IAR) on a live
Innovate UK project, you will not be eligible to apply for grant funding in this competition, as a lead
or a partner organisation.
• If you applied to a previous competition as the lead or sole company and were awarded funding by
Innovate UK, but did not make a substantial effort to exploit that award, we will award no more
funding to you.

Application form
Question 1 Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
Question 2 Need or challenge
Question 3 Approach and innovation
Question 4 Team and resources
Question 5 Market awareness
Question 6 Outcomes and route to market
Question 7 Wider impacts
Question 8 Project management
Question 9 Risks
Question 10 Added value
Question 11 Costs and value for money
Appendix Q3
Appendix Q9
Application Questions
Detailed Guidance
available on IFS
Appendix Q4
Appendix Q8

Innovation Funding
Service (IFS)

Search for a funding competition and review criteria *

Applicant: create an account
To create your account:
UK based businesses - Use Companies House
lookup as it speeds up our checks by providing your
company number and your are unable to enter it at a
later date
Research organisations, academics &
Universities - Enter your information manually so
you’re not listed as a business on IFS and ensure you
receive the correct funding

Project Details
• Application Team
- Collaborators: Invite organisations who you are working with on the project
- Contributors: Invite colleagues from your own organisation to help you complete your application
• Application Details
- Title, Timescales, Research Category, Innovation Area & Resubmission
• Project Summary
- Short summary and objectives of the project including what is innovative about it
• Public Description
- Description of your project which will be published if you are successful
• Scope - How does your project align with the scope of this competition?
- If your project is not in scope, it will be ineligible for funding

To claim funding:
Your business does not have to be UK registered with Companies House when you apply but it must be
registered before you can receive funding.
You are unable to claim funding if:
• You are an overseas organisation: your company number begins with FC
• Your organisation is setup as a branch: your company number begins with BR
• Your company is based in Jersey: your company number begins with JE

Ineligible:
• Dividends
• Bonuses
• Non productive time
Eligible:
• Staff working directly on
project
• Paid by PAYE
• NI, pension, non-
discretionary costs
Labour

Overheads
Innovate UK’s definition: additional costs and
operational expenses incurred directly as a result of
the project. These could include additional costs for
administrative staff, general IT, rent and utilities
Indirect (administration) overheads
• please ensure they are additional and
directly attributable to the delivery of the
project
Direct overheads
• E.g. office utilities, IT infrastructure, laptop
provision not covered by capital usage
• must be directly attributable to the project
• Provide detailed breakdown together with
methodology/basis of apportionment

Material costs
Please be clear on what the
materials are, just putting
consumables doesn’t provide
enough detail and we will
request more information
should you be successful

Capital equipment usage
Eligible:
• Used in the project or shared with
day-to-day production
Calculations will need to be in line with your
accounting practices.
Even if the equipment is depreciated fully over the
life of the project this must be added under capital
equipment.

Subcontractors
Eligible:
• Justified and quantified
• If using non-UK sub-contractors
are being used you will need to
provide strong justification on why
an UK-based sub-contractor is not
being used
• If you’re sub-contracting to a
parent or sister company, please
ensure you list at cost and do not
include profit.

Travel & subsistence
Eligible:
Costs must be directly linked to the
project
Please breakdown your costs as
follows:
• Travel
• Accommodation
• Subsistence
If you have an annual trip to visit
the parent company this is not an
eligible cost

Other costs
Eligible:
• Costs that could not be added under
previous headings.
• Do not double count
• Patent filing costs for new IP – SMEs
up to £7,500

Funding
• Funding rules
• The level of funding awarded will depend upon the type of organisation and the type of
research being undertaken in the project
• Funding is calculated by project participant
• IFS will advise the maximum grant % you can request based upon your answers to:
• Type (and size) of organisation
• Research category defined by the lead applicant in the Application Details section of the
application

Under new laws within the State Aid scheme we are required to ask you whether you are
planning to undertake commercial or economic activities (‘selective advantage’) as part of
your project.
• This will be asked every time you apply to any competition even on multiple
applications within the same competition
• Applies to all organisation types
• Will affect the amount you are able to claim
Define your activities within a project

Organisation /
type of activity
Technical feasibility
studies and industrial
research
Experimental development
Business & research
organisations undertaking
Commercial / economic
activity
Micro/Small – 70%
Medium – 60%
Large – 50%
Micro/Small – 45%
Medium – 35%
Large – 25%
Research Organisation
(non-economic activity)
Universities – 100% (80%
of Full Economic Costs)
Other research
organisations can claim
100% of their project costs
Other research organisations must:
• be non-profit distributing and
• disseminate the project results &
• explain in the application form how this will be done
Public Sector Organisation
or Charity
(non-economic activity) 100% of eligible costs
Must be:
• Be performing research activity &
• disseminate project results & explain in the application form how
this will be done
• ensure that the eligible costs do not include work / costs already
funded from other public sector bodies
Grant % rates
Grants are awarded to each individual organisation in a consortium. The amount of funding
depends on the type and size of organisation and the activity they are doing on the project.

Worked example – £500k total cost project:
Project costs for 5 partners (2 SME, 1 University, a Catapult and 1 large), doing industrial research.
Consortium example
Total Eligible
Project Costs
Maximum % of
eligible costs which
may be claimed as
a grant
Innovate UK
Grant
Project
Contribution
Business Medium £130,000 60% £78,000 £52,000
Business Medium £90,000 60% £54,000 £36,000
Business Large £130,000 50% £65,000 £65,000
University HEI (80% FEC) £75,000 100% £75,000 nil**
Catapult RTO £75,000 100% £75,000 nil
Total £500,000 £347,000 £153,000
** 20% FEC not to be shown as a contribution
Research Base Costs £150,000
Research base % of Total Eligible costs (cannot exceed 30%) 30.00%

Why Je-S?
• We use the Research Councils’ Joint Electronic Submission System (Je-S) to collect academic
finances
• The Je-S system automates the collection of Full Economic Costs (FEC) based costs from academic
partners and tells them exactly what numbers should be used in the application form for their costs
• Also to collect project finance details from non-HEIs (e.g. RTOs) that are claiming they are carrying
out academic quality work and want to be funded on an FEC basis
• Using Je-S means that Innovate UK follows standard Research Council guidelines on funding
universities and enables Research Councils to easily co-fund Innovate UK projects

• Enter the TSB reference number here
• Enter the TSB Contribution column figures
from your J-eS output document into the
project costs section of the application
• Upload the Je-S with council status form
as a PDF at the bottom of the screen
Project costs – academic partners

Je-S application elements
Full details on the Je-S system
Queries about Je-S via the Je-S Helpdesk
• JeSHelp@je-s.ukri.org
• 01793 444164

Project cost summary
All organisations can see a
summary of project costs
Ensure the highlighted costs
fits the criteria for this
competition state total project
costs criteria

Checking your finances are complete
IFS checks
• all organisations have marked
their finances as complete
• research organisation participation
is no greater than 30% (amend if
needed) of the total project costs

Submit your application early!
Be aware of the
potential for last
minute technical
issues!

Application assessment
All applications are assessed by independent assessors drawn from industry and academia
What do they look for?
• Clear and concise answers
• The right amount of information
• not too much detail
• no assumptions
• Quantification and justification
• A proposal that presents a viable opportunity for growth, a level of innovation that
necessitates public sector investment and has the right team and approach to be successful
Keep your assessors engaged
and interested in your proposal.
You want them to be fascinated
and excited by your idea!

Note on feedback
• The feedback is compiled using the written comments of the independent assessors who review
and assess the applications.
• It is intended to be constructive in nature and to highlight both the strong as well as the weak
areas of your application.
• Please bear in mind that because applications are assessed by a number of assessors, you may
receive information which appears to be conflicting. This may reflect their different interpretations
of the proposal that you submitted.
• It must also be noted that some proposals may appear to have been favourably assessed based
on their comments, in such instances it could be that your proposal simply fell below the funding
threshold, with others achieving a higher merit score overall.

Scoring
We review scores and feedback to check assessors are adhering to our guidelines and scoring fairly.
In some cases, where we feel a score is unjust and not supported by feedback, we may remove that
score as an outlier and update the total score for the application.
Please be aware that both low and high outliers may be removed and as a result scores may increase
or decrease.
If outliers are removed we are unable to reflect this change in the scores you receive as part of
your feedback due to this decision being completed outside the system

Application assessment
• The score spread shows the difference between the
top and bottom scores
• If score spread is 30 or more we will look to see if an
outlier is apparent
• If there is a 3 or more appear in either the two
columns Count of No Scope or Count of No Recc’d
we review the applications feedback and if justified,
the application will not be eligible for funding.

• The green box = particular assessors scores on an application
• The purple box = set of scores for a particular question
• The red box = at first glance this looks like an outlier
Identifying outliers

Project setup for
successful applicants

IFS for successful applicants
Project Set up: 8 steps to complete
• Applicable to all grant claiming partners
• Must be completed within 30 days - projects
must start within 90 days or funding may be
withdrawn
• Confirmation of your bank account is required to
ensure we are paying the correct organisation
you may/will be asked to provide a redacted
bank statement to confirm this
• Project change requests cannot be submitted
before the project starts

Project set up
All grant claiming project partners will be required to complete project set up. To avoid delays you
should consider:
• Who will be the project manager?
• Who will be the finance contact for each consortium member?
• How will your consortium be set up? (if applicable)

Collaboration agreement
Original agreement signed by all participants
Key Features:
• Who is in the consortium?
• What are the aims, and how is the work divided up?
• Ownership of IPR
• Management of consortium
Negotiating a Collaboration Agreement can be complex and time consuming. Start work on this
at an early stage in the process.

Grant claims and payments
• All grants are claimable quarterly in arrears
• Claims can only be made for costs incurred and paid between the project start and end dates
• Claims may be subject to an independent audit (including all academic partners) according to grant size
• Claims are only paid once quarterly reporting and necessary audits are complete
• Projects over 6 months are monitored on a quarterly basis including a visit from the appointed
Monitoring Officer. Anything outside of this will be discussed on a case by case basis.
• The monitoring will be carried out against a detailed project plan and financial forecast

Customer Support Services:
0300 321 4357 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5:30pm)
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
Knowledge Transfer Network:
www.ktn-uk.co.uk
Innovate UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk
Q&A

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Finding valuable
partners
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Project consortium
building
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Supply Chain
Knowledge
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Driving new
connections
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Articulating
challenges
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Finding creative
solutions
Awareness and
dissemination
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Public and private
finance
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Advice – project scope
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Advice – proposal
mentoring
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Project
follow-up
Promoting
Industry needs
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Informing policy
makers
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Informing
strategy
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Communicating trends
and market drivers
Proposal review - Soft
Touch Critique
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Intelligence on trends
and markets
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Business Planning
support
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Success stories /
raising profile
Navigating the
innovation support
landscape
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Promoting coherent
strategy and approach
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Engaging wider
stakeholders
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Curation of innovation
resources
Connecting Supporting NavigatingInfluencingFunding
What we do –
Growth Through Innovation

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• People
o Find Expertise
o Meeting Mojo
• Products
o Find Markets
• Pounds
o Find Finance
• Soft Touch Critique
o Review your proposal
How do we help you?

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KTN Top tips on a
good proposal application
https://admin.ktn-
uk.co.uk/
app/uploads/2018/10/
MASTER_Good_Applicatio
n_Guide.pdf

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Fundamental 1
Is it a big enough market?
Does it represent value for money compared to the investment
requested?
Will a 10% market share give you a return to justify the grant
value that you are asking for?

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Fundamental 2
Can the innovation be world leading?
Is the idea sufficiently distinctive and strong to be successfully
exploited in the UK and globally?
Can you really not buy ‘it’ elsewhere at a reasonably comparable
cost or get ‘it’ from a consultancy?

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Fundamental 3
Is it at the right stage of development? It must be market driven,
rather than predominantly a research project.
Do you have a customer in mind for ‘it’, are they a partner on the
application and if not why not?

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Fundamental 4
Why should public money be used?
Why not use company funds or raise additional finance via VC
investment or a bank loan?

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Fundamental 5
Each proposal question is equally weighted – have you under
focused on some sections?
Eg. Do you have a strong risk register (it is not a paper exercise
where everything is nicely mitigated)?

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Key Resources
Download a copy of the full guide from the KTN:
https://admin.ktn-
uk.co.uk/app/uploads/2018/10/MASTER_Good_Applicati
on_Guide.pdf
Meeting Mojo
https://catalysing-green-innovation.meeting-mojo.com

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KTN –Getting in Touch
Sven Knowles
Strand 1
sven.knowles@ktn-uk.org
https://ktn-uk.co.uk/
Paul Huggett
Strand 1
paul.huggett@ktn-uk.org
Simon Buckley
Strand 1 & 2
simon.buckley@ktn-uk.org

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