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

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Developing the UK’s Clean & Resilient PEMD Supply Chains
Applicant Briefing Webinar:
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Introductions
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Innovate UK:
• Dr Will Drury, Challenge Director, Driving the Electric Revolution
• Dr Martyn Cherrington, Innovation Lead, Driving the Electric
Revolution
• Dawn Manser, Portfolio Manager
Knowledge Transfer Network:
• Dr Sven Knowles, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Dr Paul Huggett, Knowledge Transfer Manager
• Simon Buckley, 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
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Timings
Presenter
1 Welcome & Introductions 13.00 Sven Knowles, KTN
2 Competition Overview:
• Aims
• Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge
13.05 Will Drury, IUK
3 Strand 1: Aims & Scope 13.25 Martyn Cherrington, IUK
4 Competition Scope Q&A 13.50 Martyn Cherrington, IUK
Will Drury, IUK
Sven Knowles, KTN
5 Comfort Break 14.15
6 Competition Process 14.30 Dawn Manser, IUK
7 Competition Process: Q&A 15.15 Dawn Manser, IUK
Sven Knowles, KTN
8 Support from the Knowledge Transfer Network 15.45 Sven Knowles, KTN
9 Close 16.00

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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 PEMD innovation
landscape – albeit virtually!
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Clean recovery from COVID-19
• UK Government is actively supporting businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19
pandemic
• Innovate UK – and the Driving the Electric Revolution team - has been consulting with
our industrial stakeholders
• We have listened to you, re-planned and this is our response to you, our community
• This competition is an opportunity to get us to invest in your business by applying for up
to £5 million in innovation projects and help us realise our net-zero ambitions
• Successful projects will catalyse green innovation across transport, energy and industrial
sectors
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Since the briefing, strand 2 has been announced by the
Secretary of State for Transport, further details will follow but
the subsequent slide provide a link to the competition page –
there is no other stand 2 information in this slide deck.
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Now LIVE - https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/652/overview
Investing £10 million in innovative technologies that will secure the future of UK’s zero emission vehicles industry
Funding research and development projects covering a variety of zero emission vehicle technologies across a range of
technological maturities:
• On-vehicle technologies, including batteries
• EV charging technologies
Summary
• Feasibility studies and R&D projects
• 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
• Application closes on 29th July 2020
Note: there will only be 6 weeks to apply!
Catalysing Green Innovation:
Strand 2 - Securing the Future of ZEV

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Driving the Electric Revolution:
Challenge Overview
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Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
Investing in challenge-led programmes
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AI and data
economy
Ageing
society
Clean
growth
Future of
mobility
Putting the UK at the forefront of
the artificial intelligence and data
revolution
Harnessing the power of
innovation to help meet the
needs of an ageing society
Maximising the advantages for
UK industry from the global shift
to clean growth
Becoming a world leader in
shaping the future of mobility
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How is this funded?
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Supply chain development in PEMD
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Power Electronics Machines
Development of semiconductors
(e.g. Si, SiC, GaN) and their
packaging to enable switching of
high power (voltage and/or current)
whilst minimising loss
Conversion between electrical
energy and kinetic energy through
electromagnetic, mechanical and
thermal design optimised for each
application
Drives
Intelligent digital control systems
embracing power electronics,
passive components, thermal
management, mechanical design
and the overall system
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Cross-sectoral opportunities
maximise green growth
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What is Driving the Electric Revolution?
UK supply
chain
Exploit
leading R&D
Talent
Prototyping
and Scale-Up
Investment
in the UK
SME growth
Intellectual
Property Training
Collaboration
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Supporting whole process
materials to product
System
Integration
Component
Sub-
component
Processed
Material
Raw
Mineral
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Catalysing Green Innovation:
strand 1, advancing PEMD supply chain
Aims and Scope
Dr Martyn Cherrington
Innovation Lead – Driving the Electric Revolution

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Competition Strand Aims
Innovation to drive electrification and decarbonise transport, energy and industrial
sectors
• Driving the electric revolution is enabling electrification across multiple sectors through
the development of supply chains for power electronics, machines and drives.
• 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:
o productivity
o capacity
o quality
o efficiency
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Strand 1: advancing PEMD supply chain
• Projects must be:
o collaborative
o standalone and exist as a distinct separate project in its own right
o able to start by 1 November 2020
o able to show a demonstrable benefit to the UK PEMD supply chain and ideally impact on
multiple sectors
o exploitable through future activities and demonstrate credible return on investment.
• We will take a portfolio of projects, across the breadth of the supply chain for PEMD that
facilitate us achieving the objectives for the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge.
“It’s not what you make but how you make it”
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Strand 1: Scope themes (i)
Manufacturing process development
• innovations and approaches to improve
manufacturing productivity
• implementation of an innovative new
tool into a process line
• automation of a specific process
• reconfiguring a process line in an
innovative way to improve productivity or
flexibility
Design for manufacture
• designing/redesigning a product where
the focus is on how you manufacture it
more efficiently and cost effectively
• specification of a manufacturing process
• virtual process development including
improvements in modelling and
simulation software
• developments which enable products to
be manufactured with recycling taken
into consideration
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Strand 1: Scope themes (ii)
Circular economy
• scale-up of processes for the recycling
and recovery of materials from end-of-
life PEMD products
• life-cycle and embedded carbon analysis
with a view of process improvement
• waste reduction and process energy
efficiency improvements
Innovative testing and validation processes
• virtual product validation
• scale-up and/or automation of testing
and validation processes, with an aim of
increasing productivity
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Note: Themes are not intended to be exhaustive – contact us if you want to discuss

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Strand 1: Industry Leadership and Collaboration
• Projects must be led by a UK-based business, working within the limits provided in the
general guidance for applicants
• All projects must be collaborative
• We are only funding industrial research and experimental development projects
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Strand 1: Project size and duration
• Project size: Total eligible project costs between £100,000 and £500,000
• Duration: Projects must last between 3 and 9 months
• Start date: Projects should start by 1 November 2020
• If you are thinking about submitting a project outside of these cost ranges, please
contact us at least 10 days prior to closing date – support@innovateuk.ukri.org
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Strand 1: Funding & Project Categories
Industrial research projects
• you could get funding for your eligible
project costs of:
o up to 70% if you are a micro or small
business
o up to 60% if you are a medium-sized
business
o up to 50% if you are a large business
Experimental development projects
• These are nearer to market. You could get
funding for your eligible project costs of:
o up to 45% if you are a micro or small
business
o up to 35% if you are a medium-sized
business
o up to 25% if you are a large business
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• Total funding available is up to £5 million
• Project categories:

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RTOs and Universities
• Can participate in projects, but not lead them
• Funded at 100%
• The research organisations in your consortium can share up to 30% of the total eligible
project costs.
• If your consortium contains more than one research organisation, this
maximum is shared between them.
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Strand 1: Return on Investment
• Projects must demonstrate good value for money with a clear, realistic exploitation path
• Driving the Electric Revolution has targets for industry co-investment
• Evidence of credible post-project investment is required
• In your application Q11 you will be required to provide details on you, and your partners,
plans following the successful completion of your project, specifically:
o details of post-project activities
o what investment is forecast and how this will be raised
• You must submit one appendix that includes:
o a table detailing a forecast of the full breakdown of fiscal investments and turnover increase
by partner,
o in terms of, equipment, premises and staff per Innovate UK financial year (ending 31 March),
for up to 36 months after project completion
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Strand 1: We are not funding….
Х Fundamental research, feasibility studies or proof of concept projects
Х Non-collaborative projects
Х Projects that solely focus on product development
Х Projects that do not develop capability that will enhance UK PEMD supply chains
Х Projects that do not demonstrate credible return on investment
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Key dates
For strand 1:
• Competition Opens: 16 June 2020
• Competition Closes: 11am, 29 July 2020
• Applicants notified: 28 August 2020
• Note: This is a single stage competition. There will be no interviews
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Strand 1: Summary
Up to £5m is available for innovation R&D projects
Focus on UK PEMD supply chain and manufacturing capability growth
Business-led and collaborative
3-9 months in duration
£100k - £500k total costs
4 themes:
I. Manufacturing process development
II. Design for manufacture
III. Circular economy
IV. Innovative testing and validation processes
Credible post-project investment plan
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Application Process
Dawn Manser– Portfolio Manager, Competitions Team

32. Eligibility criteria

33. 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:
 has been updated based on assessor feedback
 and is materially different from the application
submitted before
 and fits with the scope of this competition
Resubmissions
This competition does not allow resubmissions.
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34. Project eligibility
 Lead must be a UK-based business
 Must be collaborative
 You must carry out your project in the UK
 Exploit the results from / in the UK
Project cost £100,000 to £500,000
Project length between 3 and 9 months
Eligibility criteria

35. • 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

36. 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

37. 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.

38. • 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

39. 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?

40. Making more than one application
• Any one business may be involved in up to 3 applications to this competition, but can only be the lead
partner in one application
• If a research and technology organisation is not the lead on any application, they can be a partner in
any number of applications

41. 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.

42. Timeline Dates
Competition Opens 16th June 2020
Briefing Event 15th June 2020
Submission Deadline 29th July 2020 @ 11am
Applicants informed 28th August 2020
Key Dates

43. Innovation Funding
Service (IFS)

44. Search for a funding competition and review criteria *

45. 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

46. 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
• 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

47. 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
Appendix
Q11
Appendix Q2
Application Questions
Detailed Guidance
available on IFS
Appendix Q4
Appendix Q6
Appendix Q8

48. Application finances

49. 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
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50. Ineligible:
• Dividends
• Bonuses
• Non productive time
Eligible:
• Staff working directly on
project
• Paid by PAYE
• NI, pension, non-
discretionary costs
Labour

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Organisation /
type of activity
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.

60. 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%

61. Academic partners

62. 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

63. • 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

64. 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

65. Submitting your
application

66. 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

67. 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

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

69. Assessment

70. 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!

71. 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.

72. 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

73. 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.

74. • 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

75. Assessor feedback

76. Project setup for
successful applicants

77. 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

78. 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)

79. 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.

80. 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

81. Project Change Requests (PCR)
• We are unable to process any PCRs before the Grant Offer Letter is issued
• If a member of your collaboration has failed UiD and is unable to resolve you will be advised
to withdraw and apply into the next round of the competition
• PCRs will only be agreed and authorised by Head of Operational Delivery

82. Customer Support Services:
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