Karla JakemanInnovate UK

Innovation Funding & Connecting

Landscape

Karla Jakeman@karla_Jakeman

The UK Government’s

innovation agency

Accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation

FUND and CONNECT

Data: 2015-16

2015-16

Working with the research community and across Government to turn scientific excellence into economic impact

Accelerating UK economic growth, nurturing small, high-growth companies, with strong productivity and export success

Building on innovation excellence throughout the UK, investing locally in areas of strength

Developing Catapults within a national innovation network

Evolving our funding models; helping public funding go further

Our 5-point plan

Data: 2015-16

Supporting businesses across the UK

New regional presence across the UK

▪ Strengthening relationships

▪ Identifying regional hubs

▪ Engaging affiliate funders to enhance support for businesses

N. Ireland

Scotland

East Midlands

East of England

South East

North West

West Midlands

Wales

South West

North East, Yorkshire

& Humber

Emerging

and

Enabling

Health

and Life

Sciences

Infrastructure

Systems

Manufacturing

and

Materials

Open

Programme

Mar 2017Competition

currently open

Oct 2017Next sector competition

July 2017Next sector competition

May 2017Next sector competition

June 2017Next sector competition

Our competitions schedule includes programmes run with partners – more details on our webpage

Sectors approach to supporting businesses

Horizon 2020 is a large source of funding for SMEs

Rank Country HEIs Private (SME) Research Org Public Total

1 Germany €945m €833m (318m) €1150m €61m €3.03bn

2 UK €1700m €564m (347m) €242m €88m €2.63bn

3 France €282m €539m (233m) €852m €44m €1.76bn

4 Spain €333m €519m (285m) €541m €84m €1.51bn

5 Italy €440m €506m (261m) €385m €56m €1.41bn

SMEs have been awarded €347 million from Horizon 2020 over the past 2 years –similar to the amount awarded by Innovate UK.

No further opportunities for 2017. Next round end of 2017 for 2018 submission.

N.B. Brexit has no impact until we actually leave and that HM Treasury have guaranteed to underwrite any UK commitments at that time

Investing in science, research & innovation

Upgrading infrastructure

Improving procurement

Delivering affordable energy &

clean growth

Driving growth across the whole

country

Developing skills Supporting businesses to start & grow

Encouraging trade & inward investment

Cultivating world-leading sectors

Creating the right local institutions

Investing in science, research and innovationWe must become a more innovative economy and do more to commercialise our world leading science base to drive growth across the UK

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Initial investment of £270 million in 2017 to 2018 to kick-start the development of

disruptive technologies that have the potential to transform the UK economy.

▪ Industry-led and powered by multi-disciplinary research and business

academic collaboration

▪ Develop UK industries that are fit for the future, driving progress in

technologies where the UK can become a world-leader in research

and commercialisation

Department for Transport – T-TRIGTransport Technology Research Innovation GrantT-TRIG fund early-stage research projects into innovative ideas or concepts to help create a better transport system.It is part of the Department for Transport’s Innovation Grant funding.

• The purpose of the scheme is to:• reduce barriers to innovation and advance technology in transport• enable a better transport system in the UK• exploit smart ideas that have the potential to develop further• fund early stage innovations to take to the next stage of development

The scheme funds research into a wide-range of novel and innovative solutions that use science, engineering and technology to advance the UK’s transport system.

We can’t stop thinking about

the future

Innovation doesn’t just happen…

@karla_Jakeman