Good Application Guide
This guide aims to support prospective grant applicants to submit high quality proposals, giving them the best chance of success.
Good Application Guide
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How to apply for funding
Grant funding is often seen as “free money”, but that’s a misnomer – it is as free as securing a sale or equity investment. You need to put in effort into presenting the most compelling case that your grant application is a better option than all the other applications that are being assessed.
Many of the questions that are asked by the grant application process are similar to the questions that investors or potential customers might be asking about your opportunity. As well as funding important R&D work, securing grant funding can provide validation of your project by a third party. This can be useful in the investment process, to help investor confidence.
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Investment team have produced a useful guide on how to apply for funding.
Download the ‘Good Application Guide’
To find how Innovate UK Business Connect can support your funding application or help you find partners, click here.
Related Opportunities
Innovate UK Smart grants: November 2024
Opens: 14/11/2024 Closes: 22/01/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £15m for game changing, commercially viable R&D that can significantly impact the UK economy.
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India - UK Collaborative R&D for industrial sustainability Rd 2
Opens: 25/11/2024 Closes: 12/02/2025
UK registered organisations can collaborate with Indian businesses to apply for a share of up to £2m for innovative proposals.
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2024 to 2025 Round 5
Opens: 09/12/2024 Closes: 12/02/2025
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9m to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.
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Related Events and Recordings
Mon
20
Jan
2025
Innovation Loans Round 19 - Applicant Briefing Webinar and Deep-dive Workshops
11.00 - 11.30 | Online
Watch briefing recording and register for deep dive workshops
Tue
28
Jan
2025
Horizon Europe Roadshow: Information, Networking and Collaboration for Success – Wales
09.30 - 16.00 GMT | Cardiff
Register for this event
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