Innovate UK Funding to support Analysis for Innovators (United Kingdom)

The aim of this competition is to help businesses address their existing analysis and measurement problems. These are problems that can be best explored by scientists and cutting-edge facilities available in the UK.

Funding Information

• There is no funding for stage 1 of this competition. If successful at stage 1, your stage 2 project’s total costs must be between £15,000 and £100,000.

Ineligible Projects 

• They will not consider problems that are:
  • not measurement or analysis problems
  • ones they consider to be resolvable with easily available methods, such as those that do not require any innovative or cutting-edge science or facilities
  • solely computer software analysis problems, such as algorithms to analyse objects
  • not related to a company’s existing processes, products or services owned or used by the company
• In the stage 2 competition they will not fund any projects that are:
  • involved with primary production in fishery and aquaculture
  • involved with primary production in agriculture
  • relating to the purchase of road freight transport
  • not allowed under De minimis regulation restrictions
  • not eligible to receive Minimal Financial Assistance
  • dependent on export performance, for example, giving an award 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 give an award to a baker on the condition that they use 50% UK flour in their product

Who can apply?

• Your application
  • Your project must:
    • meet the A4I problem scope requirements
    • relate to work being undertaken in the UK
    • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
    • involve at least one of the A4I partner organisations
    • indicate a stage 2 project duration of between three and six months
• Lead organisation
  • To apply to this stage, your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.
• Number of applications
  • A business of any size may make only one application to this competition.
• Sanctions
  • This competition will not fund you, or provide any financial benefit to any individual or entities directly or indirectly involved with you, which would expose Innovate UK or any direct or indirect beneficiary of funding from Innovate UK to UK Sanctions. For example, through any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any entity as lead, partner or subcontractor related to these countries, administrations and terrorist groups.
• Use of animals in research and innovation
  • Innovate UK expects and supports the provision and safeguarding of welfare standards for animals used in research and innovation, according to best practice and up to date guidance.
  • Applicants must ensure that all of the proposed work within projects, both that in the UK and internationally, will comply with the UKRI guidance on the use of animals in research and innovation.
  • Any projects selected for funding which involve animals will be asked to provide additional information on welfare and ethical considerations, as well as compliance with any relevant legislation as part of the project start-up process. This information will be reviewed before an award is made.

For more information, visit Gov.UK.