Innovate UK

Contracts for Innovation: Cyber scale in critical sectors in Lancashire

Innovate UK

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Total: 3500000

Individual: 300000

Minimum company size: 1

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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3.5 million in this Contracts for Innovation competition.

This is subject to us receiving a sufficient number of high quality applications.

The aim of the competition is to support cyber security organisations in their growth efforts by demonstrating the operation and value of their innovative solutions in real environments within critical sector organisations.

Funding is targeted at promising cyber security organisations, with solutions at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 and potential to commercialise and grow at scale.

By the end of the project innovations will have:
  • demonstrated user acceptability and market fit through use in a real operational environment
  • been improved based on feedback from end users
  • a completed business plan and a development case study for commercialisation of the solution

This is a single phase competition.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding budget of up to £3.5 million, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects.
It may be the case that your project scores highly and receives positive comments from the assessors but we are still unable to fund it due to the portfolio approach we take.

Any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be subject to a separate, possibly competitive, procurement exercise. This competition does not cover the purchase of any solution.

We expect to receive a high volume of applications and will not be able to fund them all. We expect to award a maximum of 20 contracts.

We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny.

We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions.

This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.
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