Innovate UK will invest up to £25 million in business-led, innovative pre-market UK R&D projects developing innovative solutions to address significant health or healthcare challenges. Applicants must be able to demonstrate existing evidence of commercial and technical feasibility. Applications must show how they will improve the competitiveness and productivity of at least one UK SME involved in the project. Your project’s total costs must be between £150,000 and £4 million.

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This episode is all about the UK’s Government funded Defence and Security Accelerator’s (DASA’s) Open funding call.   

The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, technology or service. They currently run three distinct submission sections under the Open Call: Defence Rapid Impact, Security Rapid Impact and Innovation Focus Areas.

No funding limit is specified, however DASA would typically expect to fund bids between £100K - £350K.

DASA awards contracts and not grants. These are commercial contracts which act quite like grants; akin to the Small Business Research Initiative funding – see the SBRI podcast for more details on this type of funding.

Listen to The Bid Bites to find out more...then click this weblink to go to the Innovate UK funding web page. Scroll and look for the relevant competition round.

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Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to micro, small and medium sized businesses. Loans are for new, highly innovative late-stage research and development projects, with the best potential to deliver game-changing products, processes or services significantly ahead of others currently available. Or you can propose an innovative use of existing products, processes or services that generate a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact, contributing to the success of the UK economy.

Listen to The Bid Bites to find out more...then click this weblink to go to the Innovate UK funding web page. Scroll and look for the relevant competition round.

Interested in a Bid Surgery? Then click on this link and request a  Zoom meeting via Let's Get Your Project Started .

Right now, there is a £25 million SMART Grant competition open to apply for. This round is looking for game-changing, world leading ideas that have a fast commercialisation potential and economic return for the UK economy. 

Do you have a commercial project idea that fits this competition scope? New applications for Smart Grant funding can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy.

Listen to The Bid Bites to find out more...then click this weblink to go to the Innovate UK funding web page. Scroll and look for the relevant competition round.

Interested in a Bid Surgery,? Then click on this link and request a  Zoom meeting via Let's Get Your Project Started .