On Tuesday the 20th of April 2021, Innovate UK and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), in collaboration with KTN, have hosted a competition briefing event and matchmaking session. Up to £2 million is available for business-led innovation in the dissemination and application of resilient time, frequency and synchronisation (TFS).
Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme competition briefing is an opportunity to find more about this funding supporting the development of innovations for the floating offshore wind industry.
On Tuesday 27th April 2021, KTN in partnership with Innovate UK and BEIS, hosted a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) – An interactive guide event. This webinar will provide you with the opportunity to hear from KTN’s experienced Knowledge Transfer Adviser Team who help deliver the KTPs / Management KTPs Programme. The webinar also showcases case studies from businesses and academics who are currently involved in Management KTP projects.
Medicines Manufacturing Challenge EDI Survey Briefing WebinarKTN
In anticipation of the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge sending out an EDI survey to those involved in any projects funded under the programme, this webinar provides more context behind the request, an overview of the Innovate UK Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) programmes, and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and get involved.
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2 Competition BriefingKTN
Slides from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In Round 2 of the competition there is up to £60m to support manufacturing businesses and data centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with decarbonisation and energy efficiency.
Designed for Ageing: Competition Briefing Event, Followed by Collaborators ClubKTN
The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge is pleased to open registration for the Designed for Ageing competition briefing event. Designed for Ageing is a grant funding opportunity for UK companies looking to develop innovations to help people as they age. Find out more about scope, and about how to apply, by signing up for this webinar event.
SBRI competition: Sort and Segregate Nuclear WasteKTN
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Innovate UK are delivering an SBRI competition to fund innovative ideas that will lead to cheaper, safer and faster ways of sorting and segregating radioactive waste. Closes 11 November.
Register here https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/685/overview
Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme competition briefing is an opportunity to find more about this funding supporting the development of innovations for the floating offshore wind industry.
On Tuesday 27th April 2021, KTN in partnership with Innovate UK and BEIS, hosted a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) – An interactive guide event. This webinar will provide you with the opportunity to hear from KTN’s experienced Knowledge Transfer Adviser Team who help deliver the KTPs / Management KTPs Programme. The webinar also showcases case studies from businesses and academics who are currently involved in Management KTP projects.
Medicines Manufacturing Challenge EDI Survey Briefing WebinarKTN
In anticipation of the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge sending out an EDI survey to those involved in any projects funded under the programme, this webinar provides more context behind the request, an overview of the Innovate UK Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) programmes, and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and get involved.
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2 Competition BriefingKTN
Slides from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In Round 2 of the competition there is up to £60m to support manufacturing businesses and data centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with decarbonisation and energy efficiency.
Designed for Ageing: Competition Briefing Event, Followed by Collaborators ClubKTN
The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge is pleased to open registration for the Designed for Ageing competition briefing event. Designed for Ageing is a grant funding opportunity for UK companies looking to develop innovations to help people as they age. Find out more about scope, and about how to apply, by signing up for this webinar event.
SBRI competition: Sort and Segregate Nuclear WasteKTN
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Innovate UK are delivering an SBRI competition to fund innovative ideas that will lead to cheaper, safer and faster ways of sorting and segregating radioactive waste. Closes 11 November.
Register here https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/685/overview
Innovate UK’s Young Innovators Awards 2021/22 will award 32 people from diverse backgrounds with a £5,000 grant, one-on-one business coaching and an allowance to cover living costs. This briefing event presented more information about the awards, eligibility criteria, the application process and timelines. Find out more: https://ktn-uk.org/programme/young-innovators/
Women in Innovation - Project Planning "How to Package My ProjectKTN
The aim of this workshop is to provide tools and insights focused on Questions 9 and 10 of the application. We will explore the following:
- How to break down the activities you propose to undertake over the course of the 12 months programme into costed “Work Packages”
- How to prepare a Gantt Chart, what activities to include, and how to use this as an ongoing planning and reporting tool
- What to consider if you are subcontracting, how to manage collaborators and suppliers
Competition scope, competition eligibility conditions and application process...KTN
George Papadakis & Victoria Meredith from Innovate UK outline the details of the Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Business-led Demonstrators Phase 1 EOI competition, covering the competition scope, competition eligibility conditions and application process.
Catalysing Green Innovation: Strand 1, advancing PEMD supply chainKTN
Funding briefing event for the next funding competition for the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge. A comprehensive brief on the competition scope, eligibility criteria and application process with a live question and answer session from Innovate UK.
In response to the disruption caused by COVID-19 to the UK industry, Driving the Electric Revolution is investing up to £5m in innovation projects that will support the UK’s continued push towards net zero. This is part of a larger effort to catalyse the green economic recovery in transport, energy and industrial sectors.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/catalysing-green-innovation
Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory Competition BriefingKTN
This competition briefing outlines how this funding opportunity aims to support industrial research that addresses digital innovations to improve the sustainability of manufacturing processes.
How to Create a Good Horizon Europe Proposal WebinarKTN
This webinar provides you with the essential hands-on knowledge and skills to transform your innovative project ideas into competitive project proposals in response to calls under Horizon Europe.
Competition Briefing - Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy KTN
This briefing provided more information on the scope and application process for Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to develop open software, hardware and data solutions that address the challenges of transforming to a net zero energy system in the UK.
Network Rail & Innovate UK: Background to the Network Rail Challenges - Janin...KTN
Two new SBRIs have been announced to drive efficiency and safety in the rail industry. Network Rail will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £3m to address two of the objectives identified in Network Rail’s CP6 funding strategy for research and development:
- Automated tunnel examination
- Security surveillance analytics for stations
This briefing event is an opportunity for you to find out more about the two SBRI competitions and how to apply, and there will be ample time for networking.
The webcast recording is now available: https://youtu.be/Uqq452lk90c
Find out more about the Transport Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/transport
Join the KTN Transport group on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4148691/
Innovation Loans Competition Briefing: April 2021KTN
Find out more about Innovate UK's Innovation Loans for SME businesses looking to scale and grow. KTN is hosting an applicant briefing webinar on Thursday 20th May.
Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 10 - Food Systems and NutritionKTN
Open to UK and African organisations who want to collaborate on an Agri-Tech project around food chain innovation in Africa.
Are you working on Agri-Tech innovation and would like to implement some of your ideas in Africa?
If so, you could get funding thanks to the Agri-Tech Catalyst Competition, Round 10, opening on 20 July.
The funding available through the competition is for Agri-Tech projects on food chain innovations in Africa. These projects need to be delivered by a UK and an African organisation working together.
Find out more here: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/agri-tech-catalyst-competition-round-10
Watch our Consortia Building Workshop on replay to find out more about the Small R&D Partnership Projects funding competition, including pitches from organisations you could partner with.
During this UK National Robotics Proving Ground competition briefing, we outline how to apply for up to £500,000 of funding to develop your vision for the UK’s next-generation service robotics facilities.
Overview of Horizon Europe Clusters - Webinar Series | Health (Cluster 1)KTN
KTN Global Alliance and Innovate UK present a series of webinars to tell us the opportunities available for the next European Funding Framework Programme: Horizon Europe, and give an overview on the six Clusters under Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness.
FluxSys was formed in 2013, from their base in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire they support their UK and international clients with the specification, design and prototyping of a wide range of electric machines and drives.
FluxSys uses its skills, experience and independence within customers’ projects to support their electrification journeys and skills development, utilising knowledge sharing in an open & collaborative manner with like-minded clients and technical experts.
£10m funding support for Zero Emission Vehicle innovation.
The webinar will allow attendees to hear about the new funding opportunity. The top-level details are as follows:
- Application period opens 17 June and closes 29 July
- Single or up to two partner collaborations
- Focus around feasibility studies and R&D projects
- Projects delivery in six months
- Focused on ZEV innovation including battery and charging technologies
It is vital that businesses of all sizes, academics, RTOs and local authority representatives join to hear about the scope and details of this funding.
This will be your chance to hear about the funding scope, eligibility criteria and application process and also the chance to take part in a live Q&A with Innovate UK.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/catalysing-green-innovation-strand-2
Connected digital additive manufacturing competition briefingInnovate UK
Powerpoint slide presentation from "Connected digital additive manufacturing" competition briefing in London on 7 June 2016.
Including:
- Introduction to Innovate UK
- Description of competition scope
- Description of application process
Innovate UK’s Young Innovators Awards 2021/22 will award 32 people from diverse backgrounds with a £5,000 grant, one-on-one business coaching and an allowance to cover living costs. This briefing event presented more information about the awards, eligibility criteria, the application process and timelines. Find out more: https://ktn-uk.org/programme/young-innovators/
Women in Innovation - Project Planning "How to Package My ProjectKTN
The aim of this workshop is to provide tools and insights focused on Questions 9 and 10 of the application. We will explore the following:
- How to break down the activities you propose to undertake over the course of the 12 months programme into costed “Work Packages”
- How to prepare a Gantt Chart, what activities to include, and how to use this as an ongoing planning and reporting tool
- What to consider if you are subcontracting, how to manage collaborators and suppliers
Competition scope, competition eligibility conditions and application process...KTN
George Papadakis & Victoria Meredith from Innovate UK outline the details of the Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Business-led Demonstrators Phase 1 EOI competition, covering the competition scope, competition eligibility conditions and application process.
Catalysing Green Innovation: Strand 1, advancing PEMD supply chainKTN
Funding briefing event for the next funding competition for the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge. A comprehensive brief on the competition scope, eligibility criteria and application process with a live question and answer session from Innovate UK.
In response to the disruption caused by COVID-19 to the UK industry, Driving the Electric Revolution is investing up to £5m in innovation projects that will support the UK’s continued push towards net zero. This is part of a larger effort to catalyse the green economic recovery in transport, energy and industrial sectors.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/catalysing-green-innovation
Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory Competition BriefingKTN
This competition briefing outlines how this funding opportunity aims to support industrial research that addresses digital innovations to improve the sustainability of manufacturing processes.
How to Create a Good Horizon Europe Proposal WebinarKTN
This webinar provides you with the essential hands-on knowledge and skills to transform your innovative project ideas into competitive project proposals in response to calls under Horizon Europe.
Competition Briefing - Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy KTN
This briefing provided more information on the scope and application process for Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to develop open software, hardware and data solutions that address the challenges of transforming to a net zero energy system in the UK.
Network Rail & Innovate UK: Background to the Network Rail Challenges - Janin...KTN
Two new SBRIs have been announced to drive efficiency and safety in the rail industry. Network Rail will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £3m to address two of the objectives identified in Network Rail’s CP6 funding strategy for research and development:
- Automated tunnel examination
- Security surveillance analytics for stations
This briefing event is an opportunity for you to find out more about the two SBRI competitions and how to apply, and there will be ample time for networking.
The webcast recording is now available: https://youtu.be/Uqq452lk90c
Find out more about the Transport Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/transport
Join the KTN Transport group on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4148691/
Innovation Loans Competition Briefing: April 2021KTN
Find out more about Innovate UK's Innovation Loans for SME businesses looking to scale and grow. KTN is hosting an applicant briefing webinar on Thursday 20th May.
Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 10 - Food Systems and NutritionKTN
Open to UK and African organisations who want to collaborate on an Agri-Tech project around food chain innovation in Africa.
Are you working on Agri-Tech innovation and would like to implement some of your ideas in Africa?
If so, you could get funding thanks to the Agri-Tech Catalyst Competition, Round 10, opening on 20 July.
The funding available through the competition is for Agri-Tech projects on food chain innovations in Africa. These projects need to be delivered by a UK and an African organisation working together.
Find out more here: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/agri-tech-catalyst-competition-round-10
Watch our Consortia Building Workshop on replay to find out more about the Small R&D Partnership Projects funding competition, including pitches from organisations you could partner with.
During this UK National Robotics Proving Ground competition briefing, we outline how to apply for up to £500,000 of funding to develop your vision for the UK’s next-generation service robotics facilities.
Overview of Horizon Europe Clusters - Webinar Series | Health (Cluster 1)KTN
KTN Global Alliance and Innovate UK present a series of webinars to tell us the opportunities available for the next European Funding Framework Programme: Horizon Europe, and give an overview on the six Clusters under Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness.
FluxSys was formed in 2013, from their base in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire they support their UK and international clients with the specification, design and prototyping of a wide range of electric machines and drives.
FluxSys uses its skills, experience and independence within customers’ projects to support their electrification journeys and skills development, utilising knowledge sharing in an open & collaborative manner with like-minded clients and technical experts.
£10m funding support for Zero Emission Vehicle innovation.
The webinar will allow attendees to hear about the new funding opportunity. The top-level details are as follows:
- Application period opens 17 June and closes 29 July
- Single or up to two partner collaborations
- Focus around feasibility studies and R&D projects
- Projects delivery in six months
- Focused on ZEV innovation including battery and charging technologies
It is vital that businesses of all sizes, academics, RTOs and local authority representatives join to hear about the scope and details of this funding.
This will be your chance to hear about the funding scope, eligibility criteria and application process and also the chance to take part in a live Q&A with Innovate UK.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/catalysing-green-innovation-strand-2
Connected digital additive manufacturing competition briefingInnovate UK
Powerpoint slide presentation from "Connected digital additive manufacturing" competition briefing in London on 7 June 2016.
Including:
- Introduction to Innovate UK
- Description of competition scope
- Description of application process
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Powerpoint slide presentation from "Connected digital additive manufacturing" competition briefing in London on 7 June 2016.
Including:
- Introduction to Innovate UK
- Description of competition scope
- Description of application process
Aerospace Technology Institute Programme: R&D Support for Smaller BusinessKTN
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest in research and technology projects. This is to deliver world leading aerospace technologies in the UK.
The competition opens on 25th November 2019 to support and encourage industrial investment into the aerospace sector and its supply chain, through the support of innovative and high impact projects. These projects will demonstrate forward-looking and disruptive solutions to UK civil aerospace challenges.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/webcast-aerospace-technology-institute-programme-rd-support-for-smaller-business
UKRI, in collaboration with the dept for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, is seeking to invest up to £1 million to support collaborative projects to plan their route to cluster decarbonisation as part of the £170m Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC).
Background
As part of the UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), the IDC programme aims to accelerate the cost-effective decarbonisation of industry by developing and deploying low-carbon technologies. It aims to enable the deployment of infrastructure at scale by the mid-2020s.
It will support delivery of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge and the Industrial Clusters Mission, which has set an ambitious target to establish at least one low-carbon industrial cluster by 2030 and the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040. The Mission, and this challenge, will help to place the UK at the forefront of the global shift to Clean Growth, by driving the technologies, services and markets to produce low carbon industrial products.
Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/iscf
This latest competition will award up to £30m to industry led projects aimed at addressing technological barriers to the commercial or industrial exploitation of quantum technologies in the UK. This in contrast to recent CR&D and FS competitions which focussed on developing products, services and components.
Projects should exploit second generation quantum techniques and focus on one or more of the challenge areas of:
- Connectivity
- Situation awareness
- Quantum computing
Projects must be collaborative, business led, and have eligible costs of £4m-£20m (with a maximum grant size of £10m).
Details from the competition scope will be posted on Innovate UK’s website during October. The EOI stage of the competition will open on 28th October 2019 and close on 27th November 2019.
Background: The Commercialising Quantum Technologies ISCF Challenge was launched in July 2019 by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). The ISCF provides funding and support to UK businesses and researchers. The fund is designed to ensure that research and innovation takes centre stage in the government’s Industrial Strategy.
The fund is being administered by UK Research and Innovation.
The Commercialising Quantum Technologies ISCF Challenge is an investment of £153m over 6 years.
Find out more about the Quantum Technologies Special Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/quantum-technologies
Construction Futures Wales & Wales Nuclear Forum - React to Nuclear EventRae Davies
Introduction into the Wales Nuclear Forum and the opportunities within the Welsh Nuclear Energy sector. Overview of current projects and support available
Offshore Wind in China, USA, Japan and South Korea Global Expert Mission Diss...KTN
The webinar presented the findings of the output report and gave delegates the opportunity to talk directly with representatives who went on the Mission in a Q&A Session. KTN hosted this event on behalf of Innovate UK and was presented by Sandeep Sandhu, KTN, Brendan Vickers, Innovate UK, David Hytch, Innovate UK, Zoe Barnes, Everoze, Roger Townsend, Innovate UK, James Battensby, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Nee-Joo Teh, KTN, Bruce Clements, UK Department for International Trade, Daniel Finch, EDPR, and Chris Briggs, SGRE.
To help UK businesses become truly global enterprises through strategic collaboration, Innovate UK launched its Global Expert Missions in October 2017. Delivered by KTN, the missions provide an expert-led evidence base to strengthen Innovate UK’s global investment strategy: how and where it should invest to create UK business opportunities in partnerships with key economies.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/offshore-wind-in-china-usa-japan-and-south-korea-global-expert-mission-dissemination-webinar-recording-and-slides-now-available
ISCF Driving the Electric Revolution - Building Regional Centres of ExcellenceKTN
This latest competition will award up to £30 million to build regional centres of excellence for the development, prototyping and scale-up of power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) technologies.
This competition aims to provide funding to establish the centres, building on existing capabilities and expertise where it already exists across the UK. The centres will support the industrialisation of PEMD technologies to help accelerate the growth of the UK’s supply chains for PEMD. The centres must be open access facilities that support the development, prototyping and scaling of PEMD technologies and manufacturing processes.
ISCF funding will support:
- The investment in capital equipment needed to create the centres
- Funding for operational costs to enable the centres to become established up to the end 31 March 2024
Details from the competition scope will be posted on Innovate UK’s website during October. The competition will open on 21st October. The Innovate UK pages will include all the details potential applicants need to know, including dates for submissions.
The Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge was launched in July 2019 by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). The ISCF provides funding and support to UK businesses and researchers. The fund is designed to ensure that research and innovation takes centre stage in the government’s Industrial Strategy.
The fund is being administered by UK Research and Innovation.
The Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge is an investment of £80 million over 4 years. It was set up to help UK businesses seize the opportunities presented by the transition to a low carbon economy. It aims to ensure the UK leads the world in the design, development and manufacture of power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) across 7 sectors.
The challenge will create world-leading supply chains in the UK and expertise for the manufacture of Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD).
Find out more about the Electronics, Sensors and Photonics Main Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/electronics-sensors-photonics
An Introduction to Eurostars - an Opportunity for SMEs to Collaborate Interna...KTN
This webinar highlighted opportunities within the EUREKA Eurostars programme and how Innovate UK KTN and partners can help your business to innovate and go international.
Prospering from the Energy Revolution: Six in Sixty - Technology and Infrastr...KTN
Hear about one of the key facets of PFER, a £104m programme focussed on the integration of power, heat and transport and the business models needed to enable Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) to scale towards net zero.
UK Catalysis: Innovation opportunities for an enabling technologyKTN
Read about how accelerating innovations in catalysis will play a vital role in enabling the UK to meet its net zero targets in the areas of hydrogen production, Power-to-X, carbon dioxide utilisation and the use of alternative feedstocks.
Industrial Energy Transformational Fund Phase 2 Spring 2022 - Competition Bri...KTN
The Phase 2 competition for England, Wales and Northern Ireland opens on the 31st January 2022 and runs until 29th April 2022 and is worth up to £60 million in funding.
Horizon Europe ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ Consortia Building...KTN
This webinar highlights relevant call topics within Cluster 2 which focuses on challenges pertaining to democratic governance, cultural heritage and the creative economy, as well as social and economic transformations.
Horizon Europe ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ Consortia Building...KTN
This webinar highlights relevant call topics within Cluster 2 which focuses on challenges pertaining to democratic governance, cultural heritage and the creative economy, as well as social and economic transformations.
Building Talent for the Future 2 – Expression of Interest BriefingKTN
This competition briefing is supporting the creation, delivery, and growth of PEMD industry-focused course content, materials, and support for skills plus training.
Performance Projects specialises in niche vehicle and motorsport innovation, designing, building and supplying complex subsystems through to whole vehicles.
Horizon Europe Tackling Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Webinar a...KTN
Innovate UK KTN Global Alliance in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) the UK Science and Innovation Network in Ireland and the Nordics, and UK National Contact Points (NCPs) from Innovate UK (UKRI) hosted a workshop to help delegates form international collaborations and strategic partnerships.
Custom Interconnect Ltd (CIL) is a global provider of engineering solutions for mission critical applications. Based in Andover it has the most advanced electronic assembly facility in the UK, ranging from 6 SMT lines, 3D AOI, flying probe test, X-Ray/CT-Scan, laser depanelling, vacuum assisted vapour phase, 7 auto wire-bonders and 3 auto die bonders, and a scanning acoustic microscope.
ZF is a global technology company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers.
Driving the Electric Revolution – PEMD Skills HubKTN
Watch this briefing webinar to find out more about this new competition which supports the development of the Skills Hub, a training platform to support the PEMD sector.
Horizon Europe Clean Energy Webinar - Cluster 5 Destination 3 | PitchesKTN
This webinar highlights funding call topics within Cluster 5 / Destination 3 of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme and bring you plenty of networking opportunities.
Horizon Europe Clean Energy Webinar - Cluster 5 Destination 3 | SlidesKTN
This webinar highlights funding call topics within Cluster 5 / Destination 3 of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme and bring you plenty of networking opportunities.
Horizon Europe Quantum Webinar - Cluster 4 Destinations 4 and 5 | SlidesKTN
KTN Global Alliance in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Germany, UK Science and Innovation Network and UK National Contact Points (NCPs) from Innovate UK as well as European NCPs focussed on pitching of project ideas and brokering partnerships for European Research and Innovation collaborations and networking.
Horizon Europe Quantum Webinar - Cluster 4 Destinations 4 and 5 | PitchesKTN
KTN Global Alliance in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Germany, UK Science and Innovation Network and UK National Contact Points (NCPs) from Innovate UK as well as European NCPs focussed on pitching of project ideas and brokering partnerships for European Research and Innovation collaborations and networking.
Net Zero in Medicines Manufacturing: Measuring and Reporting Carbon FootprintKTN
On Friday 22nd October 2021, KTN hosted a webinar on Net Zero in Medicines Manufacturing, aimed at medicines manufacturers to learn about systems and tools for measuring and reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon outputs. The webinar was hosted by the KTN Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community in partnership with Innovate UK, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, featuring presentations and discussion from GSK, AstraZeneca and Pfizer on reporting and science-based targets.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
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Competition Briefing Event: Innovation in Time Dissemination & Application
1. www.ktn-uk.org
KTN Introduction and housekeeping
Bob Cockshott
Innovation in Time Dissemination and
Application Competition Briefing
20 April 2021
2. • Please use the Q&A box to post questions
• Q&A will be monitored and questions put to presenters
• Please only use the chat box for housekeeping – not for questions
• Recording and slides will be available afterwards
Housekeeping
3. 10:00 KTN intro & housekeeping Bob Cockshott KTN
10:05 Competition intro Carol Sunderland Innovate UK
10:20 NPL, NTC and signal access Leon Lobo NPL
10:30 Test and evaluation facilities Elizabeth Laier English NPL
10:40 Break
10:45 Competition details Natalie Gray Innovate UK competitions team
11:15 KTN support details Bob Cockshott KTN
11:20 Q&A Natalie Gray Innovate UK competitions team
11:50 Close
13:00 MeetingMojo matching making session Separate log in!
Agenda
4. • Help finding contacts
• Advice
• Proposal reading and commenting
We can’t write proposals!
Bob Cockshott
bob.cockshott@ktn-uk.org
07808 739946
KTN support
6. UKRI is the national funding
agency for science, research and
innovation.
It brings together nine leading
academic and industrial funding
councils.
By partnering with academia and
industry, UKRI helps create
knowledge with impact.
UK Research and Innovation
7. Innovate UK funds business-led innovation to
stimulate commercially driven collaborative
research and development, and its exploitation.
Innovate UK also provides connections, access to
networks and knowledge transfer. This is where
the capabilities of the Knowledge Transfer Network
(KTN) are particularly relevant.
Overall, Innovate UK drives productivity and
economic growth and serves a wide range of
sectors and all regions of the UK.
Innovate UK
Innovate
Edge
8. Innovate UK core grant funding to nations and regions
Core Grant Funding FY 2018/2019
*Per Business, based on BEIS business population estimate 2019
9. Innovation is the key to UK’s future growth and prosperity
UK ranks 5th in Global Innovation Index
• Innovation accounts for up to 50% of
labour productivity growth
• Firms that persistently invest in R&D
have higher productivity
• Innovating companies are more likely
to export and generate growth
11. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Competition overview
Innovate UK is working with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to invest up
to £2M in feasibility studies for innovation in the dissemination and application of
resilient time, frequency and synchronisation (TFS).
This is for business-led developments and is open to all UK based organisations.
Projects can involve single organisations (a business) or collaborations (involving
at least one business).
Project costs can be from £50,000 to £250,000 for feasibility studies of 4-6
months in length.
12. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Competition overview
This is the first of two associated competitions funded from the Strategic
Priorities Fund (SPF) as part of the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme,
led by NPL.
The total programme budget for funding business-led innovation is £6.7
million.
The second competition will offer the opportunity for demonstration projects.
13. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Competition overview
The National Timing Centre (NTC) programme was launched in 2019 as a five
year programme.
It is led by NPL and is supported by other government agencies.
Innovate UK is the delivery partner for the innovation objective and this is
focused on the deployment of the innovation budget.
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is involved as part of Innovate UK.
14. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Competition overview
The aims of this competition are to:
support and enable business-led innovation across the UK supply chain in resilient
Time, Frequency and Synchronisation (TFS) for the development of products,
services and end user applications
develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national
infrastructure
disrupt and create new markets to improve the provision of TFS
16. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope
Projects must be focused on one or more of these development types, relating to the
dissemination of Time, Frequency and Synchronisation (TFS):
products
services
protocols and algorithms
standards
We are looking for your projects to be scalable, geographically or across applications.
17. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope
Your project should lead to the following types of impact for the UK:
economic, including new revenue, cost savings, other economic impacts
national capability in Time, Frequency and Synchronisation (TFS)
18. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope
During the project, NPL can provide up to 12 hours of free consultancy and free access
to highly accurate and traceable time and frequency signals from four locations in the
south-east of England. These include an experimental test facility and validation and
characterisation capabilities.
If you require access to consultancy or test facilities, you must:
1.Make a request by e-mail to the Innovate UK Customer Support Service at least 10
working days before the submission deadline.
2.Download, complete and upload the NPL technical annex as part of your answer in
question 4.
19. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope – Industry sectors
Projects that include one or more industry sectors are of interest.
Example sectors include but are not limited to, telecommunications, energy, autonomy,
finance, smart factories, sensors, the Internet of Things (IoT), broadcast, health, space,
and transport including rail, road, aviation, maritime.
Projects involving cross-sector technologies such as those contributing to
telecommunication technologies or timing over digital networks are of particular interest.
20. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope - Themes
Your project must focus on one or more of the following themes:
distribution
trust, assurance and security
resilience
21. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope - Themes
Distribution
Your project must enable end users to have improved access to time or frequency signals.
You must include one or more of the following:
dissemination to multiple users
scalability
accessibility (geography)
ubiquity and availability, including rural and GNSS denied locations
For example, developments could include scalability to users at the edge of networks or to those
currently without access.
22. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope - Themes
Trust, assurance and security
Your project must contribute to the trust, assurance and security of time or frequency signals from the
source to the end user (or a defined subset of this path).
You must include one or more of the following:
integrity
accuracy (absolute time value at the end user compared to the traceable source)
confidence in end-to-end transmission
validation
This could, for example, relate to audit and certification of time signals at various levels of accuracy or
signal integrity when transferring time signals over distances and mediums. Algorithms and protocols,
especially those that increase the integrity of timing signals, are also in scope.
23. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope - Themes
Resilience
Your project must contribute to the resilience of the time dissemination supply chain in one or more of
the following:
availability (continuity of signal)
redundancy and holdover
alerting and monitoring
24. Innovation in time dissemination and application
Scope – Projects we will not fund
We are not funding projects that are:
exclusively related to atomic clock development
exclusively related to the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
dependent on export performance - for example giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that
they export a certain quantity of bread to another country
dependent on domestic inputs usage - for example if they insisted that a baker use 50% UK flour in
their product
Projects which involve the integration of atomic clocks or GNSS into timing systems would be in
scope.
26. 1000+ staff
600+ scientists
Home of the UK’s time scale
UTC(NPL)
the national realisation of Coordinated
Universal Time
▪ World leading National Measurement Institute
▪ BEIS’ largest science and technology asset
▪ State of the art facilities
▪ 400 laboratories
The UK’s National Standards Lab
27. National Timing Centre
The National Timing Centre programme,
led by the National Physical
Laboratory (NPL), is paving the way
for trusted and assured time and
frequency across the UK.
Developing the capability to
improve security and
resilience, communication,
and implementation of
new technologies across
the country.
30. Funded by UKRI’s Strategic Priorities Fund, the 5-year programme
aims to support multiple industries.
Focus on aspects of resilience for UK time: GNSS independent time
source, supporting the UK supply chain, supporting disruptive
innovation in dissemination and application of time.
www.npl.co.uk/ntc
National Timing Centre
31. National
Timing Centre
Resilience
Develop a resilient timing infrastructure for the UK
by building and linking a new atomic clock network
distributed geographically in secure locations
Innovation
Provide innovation opportunities for
UK companies by funding projects
in partnership with Innovate UK
Skills
Respond to the specialist skills shortage in
timing and synchronisation solutions
through training opportunities for
specialists, postgraduates and apprentices
National Timing Centre
32. Target Sectors and Scope
• Target sectors include but are not limited to: telecommunications,
energy, autonomy, finance, smart factories, sensors, the Internet of
Things (IoT), broadcast, health, space, and transport including rail,
road, aviation, maritime.
• Themes within scope of competition:
• distribution
• trust, assurance and security
• resilience
33. www.npl.co.uk/ntc
Current and future dissemination plans
Plans in development to determine the terms and extent of the core network and
facilities for access. The ambition is to scale delivery over time with a range of
services accessible to industry. The current and planned future signal access levels
being developed are:
• free services, comprising as a minimum the MSF radio signal and network time
protocol (NTP) servers
• low-cost signal access hand-off points for onward use and distribution by service
providers where cost, scale and assurance level will be based on industry
demand and requirements
• high-end, integrated capability at a higher cost
Opportunity for UK industry to be involved at an early stage in developing products
and services in this space.
36. Test and evaluation facilities
This presentation will describe the
optional facilities available to support this
competition. These are:
• time and frequency (T&F) signals and
test and evaluation capabilities
• consultancy to support your project
• four test and evaluation environments
• the different test and evaluation
facilities offered at each location
37. Test and evaluation facilities
These test and evaluation capabilities are
expected to be of interest to those:
• testing their own T&F products and
services, or
• validating third-party supplied T&F
products and services
If you require access to consultancy or test
facilities, you must:
• Make a request by e-mail to the Innovate
UK Customer Support Service at least
10 working days before the submission
deadline.
• Download, complete and upload the NPL
technical annex as part of your answer in
question 4.
38. Overview of the signals and capabilities
The following T&F capabilities will be available across four different locations:
• access to high-quality time (1 Pulse Per Second) and frequency (e.g., 10 MHz) signals
• access to a range of test and measurement hardware (e.g., time interval counter, phase
comparator)
• access to packet-based IEEE 1588 signals over optical fibre for high accuracy synchronization of
devices to UTC(NPL)
o Accuracy to UTC(NPL) is at the microsecond level when using Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
or nanosecond level when using White Rabbit (PTP-WR).
• bespoke characterisation of a diverse range of T&F devices or frequency sources against
UTC(NPL)
o The range of fractional frequency instabilities we can characterise is between 1e-9 and 2e-15
at 1 day (95 % confidence interval).
• access to the 5G testbed at the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC)
39. Overview of the technical consultancy
Technical advice and consultancy in T&F is available to support your project. It can be provided:
• either on-site or remotely
• for up to 12 hours per project
The requested consultancy must be directly relevant to the project scope.
40. Test and Evaluation environments
NPL
(Teddington)
5GIC
(Guildford /
University of
Surrey)
Telehouse
(London)
Daisy
(Reading)
Four test and evaluation locations are available:
Each location will provide access to slightly different signals and capabilities
41. Commercial data-centre environment
Test and Evaluation environments
NPL
(Teddington)
5GIC
(Guildford /
University of
Surrey)
Telehouse
(London)
Daisy
(Reading)
Laboratory / R&D environment
Laboratory space and R&D facilities are
available to applicants.
Laboratory access may be supervised by T&F
experts. Some laboratory spaces have open
access.
T&F signals can be provided to the applicant’s
rack space in the data-centre.
If the applicant does not have direct access to
the data-centre, signals may be disseminated
externally via fibre service providers.
42. NPL (Teddington) laboratory test and
evaluation facility
This facility offers:
• a range of high-quality T&F signals, including 1 PPS, 10 MHz and 100 MHz
• synchronisation of devices to UTC(NPL) using PTP or WR-PTP over optical fibre over internal
fibre optic link or fibre spools
• access to a range of test & measurement hardware e.g., time interval counter, phase comparator,
phase noise analyser, oscilloscope.
• bespoke characterisation of frequency sources against UTC(NPL)
o This could include a diverse range of T&F devices and components such as oscillators,
clocks, filters and custom hardware, which can be shipped to NPL for characterisation.
• limited laboratory space, which will be supervised by NPL’s T&F experts
• on-site support from NPL’s T&F experts, including advice on bespoke characterisation and use of
hardware for taking measurements
43. 5GIC (Guildford / University of Surrey)
laboratory test and evaluation facility
This facility offers:
• high-quality T&F signals (1 PPS and 10 MHz)
• synchronisation of devices to UTC(NPL) using WR-PTP over optical fibre, simulating the operation
of a time distribution node
• supervised or open laboratory access
• access to a range of basic test & measurement hardware, dependent on the applicant’s
requirements and availability
• technical support from both NPL and 5GIC, which may include installation of equipment to connect
devices to T&F signals
• access to the 5G testbed at the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC)
o Applicants wishing to make use of the 5G testbed must contact customer services before
submitting their proposal.
44. Telehouse North (London) and Daisy (Reading)
data-centre test and evaluation facilities
At Telehouse data centre and Daisy data centre, a PTP time signal is available with traceability to
UTC(NPL) provided via a fibre link from NPL Teddington. There are two options for optical fibre
connection:
1) If the applicant has a presence in the data-centre, access to the PTP signal can be provided
from NPL’s rack via optical fibre cross-connect (or meet-me room connection) to other racks
within this facility.
2) If the applicant does not have direct access, the PTP signal can be disseminated externally via
existing fibre service providers.
These are commercial data-centre environments, and as such do not provide R&D laboratory
facilities.
NPL’s T&F experts will be able to provide further support and guidance, and if required can help to
configure timeserver devices.
45. If you require access to consultancy or test facilities, you must:
• Make a request by e-mail to the Innovate UK Customer Support Service at least 10
working days before the submission deadline.
• Download, complete and upload the NPL technical annex as part of your answer in
question 4.
Customer Support Services will put you in touch with NPL and/or 5GIC, who will support
you in defining your requirements and completing the technical annex forms.
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/info/contact
Further information
48. Previously submitted application Not a previously submitted application
A previously submitted application 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 submitted or ineligible application which:
✓ has been updated based on assessor feedback
✓ and is materially different from the application
submitted before
✓ and fits with the scope of this competition
Previously submitted applications
This competition does allow you to submit a previously submitted application.
49. Project eligibility
✓ Lead must be a UK registered business of any size
✓ Applying as a feasibility study
✓ Can be single or collaborative
✓ You must carry out your project in the UK
✓ Exploit the results from / in the UK
Project cost £50,000 to £250,000
Project length between 4 to 6 months with the start date being from 1st October 2021
Eligibility criteria
50. • Business – Small/Micro, Medium or Large 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
• If you are 100% owned by a large parent company as a small subsidiary this means you are classed as a large company
and will only be entitled to the relevant grant
Types of organisations we fund
51. To help you understand whether you are eligible to apply we have created an eligibility tree.
Am I eligible to apply
52. Eligibility Criteria - EU State Aid Regulations – Northern
Ireland Protocol
If you are an applicant who is conducting activities that will affect trade of goods and/or electricity between Northern Ireland and the EU as
envisaged by Article 10 of the Northern Ireland protocol, then you must apply under European Commission State aid rules
Undertaking in Difficulty
For applicants subject to the European Commission State aid rules, you will be required to prove that they were not an “Undertaking in Difficulty”
(UiD) on the date of 31 December 2019 but became a UID between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. We will ask for evidence of this.
This test applies to:
• companies that are more than 3 years old
• companies where more than half of its subscribed share capital has disappeared as a result of accumulated losses.
• your parent or holding company
Certify you are eligible
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
If you are applying for an award funded under State aid Regulations, the definitions are set out in theEuropean Commission Recommendation of
6 May 2003
53. Compliance with the UK Subsidy Control Regime
On 1 January 2021, the UK left the EU and is no longer subject to EU laws on State aid. We draw your attention to the guidance issued by
BEIS: Complying with the UK’s international obligations on subsidy control: guidance for public authorities. Please be aware this is a living
document and may be updated by BEIS as time progresses.
The set rules (typically GBER) which we previously relied on for the limits of what we could award, have now been replaced byinternal
decisions based on the new BEIS Subsidy Control regime, and on policy, which will in turn set out bespoke eligibility requirements for each
funding opportunity.
Innovate UK is offering funding for this competition in line with the UK's obligations and commitments to Subsidy Control.
To ensure that Innovate UK remains compliant with the UK’s international Subsidy Control duties in respect of:
• The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement;
• Article 10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol: (successful applicants which are affected by the Northern Ireland Protocol will
be funded in line with EU State aid regulations)
• Article 138 of the Withdrawal Agreement (some Union law applicable after 31 December 2020 in relation to the UK’s
participation in Union programmes and activities)
• The Subsidies and Countervailing measures within the WTO (ASCM);
• Any other Free Trade Agreements active at the time of award.
All awards will be conditional on compliance at all times with the UK Subsidy Control regime – this will be reflected in
the terms and conditions of any award.
54. Due diligence for UK Subsidy Control Regime
Under the Subsidy Control Regime, we will carry out financial health checks and going concern assurances on your
organisation.
Certify you are eligible
When submitting an application, you must certify that you are eligible for funding. If you are unsure, please take independent
legal advice before applying. Should you be successful, we will complete these financial checks and assurances before
confirming the grant offer.
For more information on company sizes, please refer to the Company accounts guidance.
Further information is available on our website in the general guidance
55. Eligibility Criteria: Funding Opportunities
For feasibility studies projects, you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:
• up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
• up to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
• up to 50% if you are a large organisation
For general guidance on what our research categories are please visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/innovation-apply-for-a-
funding-award#categories-of-research-and-development
56. The aim of this funding opportunity is to:
• optimise the level of funding to business and
• recognise the importance of research base to project
• At least 50% of total eligible project costs must be incurred by business
• The maximum level (50% of project costs) is shared by all research organisations collaborating
on the project
Participation Rules
57. In all collaborative projects there must be:
• at least two organisations claiming grant within the application (including the lead)
• evidence of effective collaboration
• we would expect to see the structure and rationale of the collaboration described in the
application
What is collaboration?
58. Making more than one application
• A business can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in a further 2
applications
• If a business is not leading an application, they can collaborate in up to 3 applications
• Research organisations can collaborate on any number of applications
59. 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
60. Timeline Dates
Competition Opens Monday 19th April 2021
Briefing Event Tuesday 20th April 2021
Submission Deadline Wednesday 9th June 2021 at 11am
Applicants informed Friday 30th July 2021
Key Dates
63. Search for a funding competition and review criteria
64. 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
65. 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 & Resubmission (y/n)
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
66. Application form Appendix?
Question 1 Project partners location (not scored) No
Question 2 Need or challenge No
Question 3 Approach and innovation Yes - optional
Question 4 Team and resources
Yes – 1 optional & 1 mandatory if you
require NPL support
Question 5 Market awareness No
Question 6 Outcomes and route to market No
Question 7 Wider impacts No
Question 8 Project management Yes - mandatory
Question 9 Risks Yes - mandatory
Question 10 Added value No
Question 11 Costs and value for money No
Application Questions
Detailed guidance available on IFS
68. 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, so your company number begins with FC
• Your organisation is setup as a branch, so your company number begins with BR
• Your company is based in Jersey, so your company number begins with JE
69. Eligible:
• Staff working directly on
project
• Paid by PAYE
• NI, pension, non-discretionary
costs
Ineligible:
• Dividends
• Bonuses
• Non productive time
Labour
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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.
73. Subcontractors
Eligible:
Justified and quantified.
If 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.
74. 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
75. 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
76. 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
77. Organisation /
type of activity
Technical feasibility studies
Business
(economic activity)
Micro/Small – 70%
Medium – 60%
Large – 50%
Research Organisation
(non-economic activity)
Universities – 100% (80% of Full Economic Costs)
Other research organisations can claim 100% of their project costs
Public Sector Organisation or Charity
(non-economic activity) 100% of eligible costs
Research Organisations (undertaking economic activities)
Organisations receive funding related to the size of their
organisation
Micro/Small – 70%
Medium – 60%
Large – 50%
78. 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 50%) 50.00%
80. 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
• The Je-S system is completely separate from Innovate UK and we cannot advise on its usage
81. • 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
Queries about Je-S:
Contact Je-S Helpdesk (not Innovate UK)
• jeshelp@je-s.ukri.org
• 01793 444164
Project costs – academic partners
83. Project cost summary
Ensure the highlighted costs
fits the criteria for this
competition – no less than
£50,000 and no more that
£250,000
All organisations can see a
summary of project costs
84. Checking your finances are complete
IFS checks
• all organisations have marked
their finances as complete
• research organisation participation
is no greater than 50% of the total
project costs
• IFS DOES NOT VALIDATE TOTAL
PROJECT COSTS
85. Editing a submitted application
Reopen by
clicking here
Remember to
press SUBMIT
88. 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!
89. 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 reached outside the IFS system
90. 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
91. 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
92. • The green box = particular assessor 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
95. Avoid delays in project setup
All grant claiming project partners in a
collaborative project will be required to
complete project setup. To avoid delays
you should consider:
• who will be the project manager
(lead)?
• who will be the finance contact for
each partner?
• what will be required from your
consortium?
• starting to work on your collaboration
agreement (if applicable)
96. Innovation Funding Service - 8 steps for successful applicants
Project setup: 8 steps to complete
• Applicable to all grant claiming partners
in a collaboration.
• Project team, project details and bank
details must be completed within 30
days - projects must start within 90 days
or funding may be withdrawn
• We request bank account confirmation
to ensure we are paying the correct
partner & you may be asked to provide a
redacted bank statement to confirm this
97. Project setup if successful - essential next steps
PROJECT MANAGER
(LEAD), FINANCE
CONTACT FOR EACH
ORGANISATION OF
CONSORTIUM
8 STEP PROCESS TO
COMPLETE WITHIN
INNOVATION
FUNDING SERVICE
(IFS)
ONCE SIGNED AND
DATED GRANT OFFER
LETTER (GOL) IS
RETURNED AND
APPROVED, ‘GO LIVE’
EMAIL IS SENT WITH
FURTHER
INFORMATION
PROJECT TEAM,
PROJECT DETAILS
AND BANK DETAILS
ON IFS MUST BE
COMPLETED WITHIN
30 DAYS - PROJECTS
MUST START WITHIN
90 DAYS OR FUNDING
MAY BE WITHDRAWN
98. ‘Go Live’ email - avoid delays
All successful grant
claiming project
partners will be
required to sign the
GOL, which will be
returned to us by the
Project Manager.
To avoid delays in
confirmation from us
that you have
completed all key
project setup stages,
you should ensure
that:
- the GOL is signed by all grant claiming project
partners
- the project start date in the GOL is the first
day of a calendar month
- the project end date in the GOL is the last day
of a calendar month and matches the duration
of the project
99. Grant claims and
payments -
manage your
cashflow
• All grants are claimable quarterly in arrears. Claims are only
paid following quarterly reporting and necessary audits
• 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
• Projects over 6 months are monitored on a quarterly basis.
This will be carried out against your detailed project plan and
financial forecast. Any change to this will be discussed on a
case by case basis
• Monitoring of the project includes a visit from the appointed
Monitoring Officer
100. Project setup – key points
Grant offer letters
Only the project manager can sign the grant offer letter on behalf of your organisation
Accepted business bank accounts
• Innovate UK accepts most of the major UK high street banks, including these online providers: Starling, Monzo and
Metro
We cannot accept the following business bank accounts
In order to process claims we need to demonstrate that the bank details on the IFS portal relate to a UK high street bank
that is regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), with a clearing facility, dated within the last 3 months and in
the name of the participant who submitted them as per the initial application on the IFS portal.
This list is not exhaustive:
• Prepay Solutions
• Ebury
• Revolut
• Transferwise
• Rabobank
• Cashplus
• Tide
• Mettle
If you have any doubts that your bank account will not meet Innovate
UK’s funding criteria, please feel free to use the following sort code
checker - http://www.fasterpayments.org.uk/sort-code-checker. If you
input the sort code and find a successful result, this will give you an
indication that the bank account you hold is acceptable. See image
to the right.