Status: Closed
Key features: A grant scheme which offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology.
Programme: Smart
Award: Varies depending on grant type
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Opens: 29 Jan 2015, 12:22
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Registration closes: No deadline
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Closes: 26 Mar 2015, 12:00
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Support phone number: 0300 321 4357
Smart - 2014-15 - Round 6
Competition results
Please see here for the competition results.
Support for innovative SMEs
- Proof of market
- Proof of concept
- Development of prototype.
Smart – Proof of market
- market research
- market testing and competitor analysis
- intellectual property position
- initial planning to take the project to commercialisation, including assessing costs, timescales and funding requirements.
Key features
- Duration – up to 9 months
- Maximum grant – £25k
- Funding proportion – up to 60% of total project costs
Smart – Proof of concept
- initial feasibility studies
- basic prototyping
- specialist testing and/or demonstration to provide basic proof of technical feasibility
- intellectual property protection
- investigation of production and assembly options.
Key features
- Duration – up to 18 months
- Maximum grant – up to £100k
- Funding proportion – up to 60% of total project costs
Smart – Prototype development
- small demonstrators
- intellectual property protection
- trials and testing, including clinical
- market testing
- marketing strategies
- identifying routes to market
- product design work
- pre-clinical studies for medicines.
Key features
- Duration – up to 2 years
- Maximum grant – £250k
- Funding proportion – up to 35% of total project costs for medium enterprises; up to 45% for small and micro enterprises
Further information
Who can apply?
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Previous schemes
Devolved administrations
Future programmes
To apply or find out more:
Previous Smart competition results
Smart 2014/15 - Competition results
- Smart - 2014/15 - Round 1
- Smart - 2014/15 - Round 2
- Smart - 2014/15 - Round 3
- Smart - 2014/15 - Round 4
- Smart - 2014/15 - Round 5
Smart 2013/14 - Round 6 - Competition results
- Smart - Round 6 - Proof of concept
- Smart - Round 6 - Proof of market
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Smart - Round 6 - Development of prototype
Smart 2013/14 - Round 5 - Competition results
- Smart - Round 5 - Proof of concept
- Smart - Round 5 - Proof of market
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Smart - Round 5 - Development of prototype
Smart 2013/14 - Round 4 - Competition results
- Smart - Round 4 - Proof of concept
- Smart - Round 4 - Proof of market
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Smart - Round 4 - Development of prototype