Innovate UK Smart Grant November 2020 and January 2021

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Jeremy Guy Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Dear Innovate UK,
Please could you provide the following information in Regard to the two most recent Smart Grant competitions with the following details
1. Total number of applications
2. Number of assessed applications
3. Number of applications funded
4. Number of applications funded per 'innovation area'
5. Average funding amount per project
6. Smallest and largest amount of funding per project
7. Average score
8. Success threshold
9. Decision-making process based on portfolio (i.e. why higher scoring projects might not get funded and lower scoring project get funded).
I believe it is in the public interest for this information to be published, ensuring that UKRI / Innovate UK are held accountable for their utilisation and allocation of public money.

Yours faithfully,
Jeremy Guy Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Jeremy Guy Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Dear Innovate UK,
Apologies in the previous request I refer to the August 2020 Smart award and the November 2020 Smart awards, not the January 2021 Smart Award competition which has not yet closed.

Yours faithfully,

Jeremy Guy Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Information Rights Team,

Dear Mr Rodriguez-Peppiatt,

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Information Governance
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UK Research and Innovation
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Information Rights Team,

Dear Mr Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Reference: FOI2021/00181

Thank you for your information access request. I can confirm your request
will be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We are currently reviewing your request and will provide a response no
later than 27th April, in line with the 20 working days statutory
requirement.

In lieu of our response, it may be of interest to know that an identical
request to your own has already been submitted and responded to in regard
to the Innovate UK Smart Grants August 2020 competition and is publicly
available on WhatDoTheyKnow.com.

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Andy Trotter

Information Governance
Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
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Dear Mr Rodriguez-Peppiatt

Reference: FOI2021/00181

Please find attached our response to your above information request.

Kind regards

Andy Trotter

Information Governance
Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
[Innovate UK request email] | [email address]