The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest in research and technology projects. This is to deliver world leading aerospace technologies in the UK. The competition opens on 25th November 2019 to support and encourage industrial investment into the aerospace sector and its supply chain, through the support of innovative and high impact projects. These projects will demonstrate forward-looking and disruptive solutions to UK civil aerospace challenges. Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/webcast-aerospace-technology-institute-programme-rd-support-for-smaller-business

1. Competition Briefing: Aerospace
Technology Institute Programme:
R&D Support for Smaller Business
Simon Buckley – Manager for Low Emission
Mobility at KTN
Simon.buckley@ktn-uk.org
02/12/2019

2. Agenda for Webcast
11:00 Welcome & Introduction - Simon Buckley, KTN
11:10 ATI introduction - Thomas Edgar, ATI
11:40 Competition Scope - Alfred Ng, Innovate UK
12:00 Competition Process - Isobel Finley-Day, Portfolio Manager, Innovate UK
12:20 Q&A
12:40 Webcast Close

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6. Why get in touch with us?
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We help in the application process and give feedback on proposals.
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We help in the knowledge transfer process (from one sector to another).

7. Aerospace Technology Institute
December 2019

8. Securing global
position in
growing market
£GVA
Capturing
high value
content
Securing and
growing high
value skills
Technologies for
a competitive
aerospace
Technologies for
a greener
aerospace
The ATI…
• Our mission: To lead technology in air transport
• Established in 2014 – independent backed by Government and industry
• Provides leadership for the UK’s aerospace technology community
• Defines the national aerospace technology strategy
• Leads development of an R&T portfolio worth £3.9bn to 2026
• Seeks new ways to stimulate technological innovation and create UK advantage

9. Headline Portfolio Statistics
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PARTNERS IS 4 THE
MAJORITY OF PROJECTS INVOLVE BETWEEN 2 and 5
PARTNERS, WITH 20% INVOLVING 5 OR MORETHE AVERAGE SIZE OF GRANT
FUNDING OFFERED TO PROJECTS TO DATE
£5.1 million
PORTFOLIO PROJECTS ON CONTRACT HAVE
POTENTIAL TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN UP
TO UK JOBS65,000
260 UNIQUE PARTNERS
153 LIVE PROJECTS
£1.3 billion
£2.6 billionOF GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN
AWARDED TO UK ORGANISATIONS…
…CONTRIBUTING TO THE UK AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME THAT NOW TOTALS
146 SMEs
260 PROJECTS
DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES ACROSS 4 ATI VALUE
STREAMS AND 5 KEY ENABLERS WITH
INVOLVED FROM EVERY NATION AND REGION OF
THE UK INCLUDING
HAVE RECEIVEDAND
£59M IN TOTAL GRANT FUNDING
Source: ATI Analysis of Innovate UK Public Data (1st October 2019)

10. Aerospace Innovation Funding Landscape
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme
£3.9 billion to 2026
ATI Strategic
Programme
International Bilateral
Funding Calls
R&D Funding for
smaller businesses
NATEP
Key Dates
Ongoing
- Monthly Calls for Expressions of
Interest (Stage 1)
- Quarterly Full Application (Stage 2)
Key Facts
Total grant funding: £1.9bn
Annual budget: £150m
Project grant (average): £5.1m
Project duration (average): 3 years
TRL 3 - 6
Key Facts
Total grant funding: up to £20m
2019 call grant: £8m
Project grant: £250k to £750k
Project duration: 1-3 years
TRL 2 - 6
Key Facts
Total grant funding: £13.7m
2019 call grant: £8m
Project grant: up to £150k
Project duration: up to 18 months
TRL 4 - 6
Key Facts
Total grant funding: up to £2.25m
Details announced in 2020
TRL 4 - 6
Key Dates
Next call opens 25th November
2019, closes 23rd January 2020
Key Dates
NATEP 3 Open – 6 monthly calls
opens 21st October 2019, closes
4th December 2019
Key Dates
Further details announced in
2020
Other info:
Supply chain-led
Exploitation: typically within 3 years
Other Info:
Industrially-led.
Research or academia can lead for
capital projects
Exploitation: various typically 5 years
Other info:
First Bi-Lateral call 2018 UK-Sweden
EUREKA Call
Key Facts
Boeing HX Investment: £100k equity
3month startup acceleration program
Software focused, industry agnostic
Industry 4.0 and Sustainability
with some commercial traction
Key Dates
Application deadline: 15th November
Selection day: 21st November
1st Cohort starts: 13th January 2020
2nd Cohort: September 2020
ATI Boeing Accelerator
with GKN Aerospace

11. 11
SustainabilityMarket OutlookTechnology Strategy
Key Publications
2016
Nov 2019
Environment /
Sustainability
Sustainable
Aviation Fuels
REFRESH
COMING
SOON
2016
Early 2020 Early 2020

12. Accelerating Ambition
VEHICLES
Retain and grow whole aircraft design and
analysis capability
Be a key player in the delivery of future
sustainable commercial aircraft
Lead the way for sustainable air vehicles for
urban and regional markets
Ensure the UK is at the forefront of delivering
the next generation of low emission UHBR
turbofan engines
Leading hybrid gas turbine/electric propulsion
systems
Leading all-electric battery and fuel cell
propulsion systems
Optimise the next generation of systems and
equipment
Accelerate smart connectivity and data
system leadership
Advance autonomous systems for efficiency
and safety
Advance world-class capabilities for future
integrated structures
Grow capability in complex multi-functional
structures
Design the next generation of smart assembly
processes and tools
Develop high-value design capabilities Develop advanced materials, manufacturing
and assembly
Advance through-life engineering
technologies
PROPULSION AND POWER
SYSTEMS
AEROSTRUCTURES
CROSS-CUTTING ENABLERS

13. Startups 4 Aerospace
Encouraging Disruptive Innovation

14. 14
Who are we looking for?
 Software technology startups
 Post-revenue startups with some commercial traction
 Industry agnostic - doesn’t have to be aerospace
focused
 Theme: Industry 4.0 and Sustainability
When and Where?
 Applications for 2nd Cohort to be announced
 Application closed on 15th November for 1st Cohort
starting on the 13th January 2020 for 3months
 Located: Public Hall, Westminster, SW1A 2HU
The Opportunity
 Boeing HorizonX provide an optional £100k equity
investment
 Unparallel access to business mentors and aerospace
corporates for proof of concepts and commercial deals
 Bespoke acceleration programme to unlock your
technology for the aerospace market
Designed to support startups building solutions
applicable to the UK aerospace industry. The
accelerator offers a £100k equity investment,
first-hand access to Boeing and GKN Aerospace
strategists, technical experts and much more.
ATI Boeing Horizon X Accelerator in partnership with GKN
Contact ATI or the Accelerator directly to book office hours or for anything else at https://atiboeingaccelerator.co.uk/

15. The Aerospace Technology Institute is excited to launch our new
event series: Aero Guru.
Aero Guru is focused on helping start-ups solve their biggest
problems and test their solutions against some of the brightest
brains in aerospace.
Aero Guru will provide the opportunity for 3 lucky start-ups to
present to 12 Gurus from across the aerospace industry and other
complementary sectors. The start-ups will get the opportunity to
validate use cases, get advice on potential business pivots and
network with tech leaders, investors and mentors.
What: Test your MVP with our leading
Aero Gurus
When: ~Monthly
Where: Public Hall, One Horse Guards
Avenue, London
Who: Each event will host 3 high-
potential start-ups who will
receive world-class coaching
from our Gurus
To pitch or be a Guru register your interest by emailing: aeroguru@ati.org.uk

16. Engaging with the ATI
• Visit our web site: www.ati.org.uk
• Subscribe to Elevation, our
bimonthly eNewsletter
• Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Download our INSIGHT papers
• Send us an email: info@ati.org.uk
@UKAeroInstitute Aerospace Technology Institute

17. Thank You

18. ATI programme: R&D funding
for smaller business, EoI
Applicant briefing
02 December 2019

19. 1 Welcome and introductions
2 Part 1
Scope, eligibility criteria
3 Part 2
The Innovation Funding Service
4 Part 3
Submitting your application, assessment
Agenda

20. • Isobel Finley-Day – Portfolio Manager, Competitions Team
• Alfred Ng – Innovation Lead, Aerospace Team
Welcome and Introductions

21. Introduction to
Innovate UK and
UKRI

22. We work with the government
to invest over £7 billion a year
in research and innovation by
partnering with academia and
industry to make the impossible,
possible. Through the UK’s nine
leading academic and industrial
funding councils, we create
knowledge with impact.

23. Scope

24. Scope
• This competition is part of the ATI Programme.
• The aim of this competition is to develop and encourage
technological innovation within the civil aerospace sector,
which can be exploited in the next 5 years.
• Your project must align to the UK Aerospace Technology
Strategy, - Accelerating Ambition (Nov 2019)
• We are looking to fund a portfolio of projects, across a variety
of technologies, markets, technological maturities and
research categories.

25. • 3 Air Transport Priorities
• Setting an ambitious sustainability
agenda
• Address mobility challenges
• Raise UK competitiveness
• 5 Key Areas
• Vehicles
• Propulsion and Power
• Systems
• Aerostructures
• Cross-Cutting Enablers
Accelerating Ambition

26. Air Transport Vision

27. • Aim: Maintain world-class design, analysis, development and
certification capabilities to deliver competitive high-value
systems for current and emerging markets
• Retain and grow whole aircraft design and analysis capability
• Be a key player in the delivery of future sustainable commercial
aircraft
• Lead the way for sustainable air vehicles for urban and regional
markets.
Vehicles

28. • Aim: Maintain world leadership in aircraft propulsion and
power by developing the most efficient systems that lower
environmental impact
• Ensure the UK is at the forefront of delivering the next generation
of low emission ultra high bypass ratio (UHBR) turbofan engines
• Leading hybrid gas turbine/ electric propulsion systems
• Leading all-electric battery and fuel cell propulsion systems
Propulsion and Power

29. • Aim: Grow the UK’s capabilities in current and emerging
high-value aircraft systems
• Optimise the next generation of systems and equipment
• Accelerate smart connectivity and data systems leadership
• Advance autonomous systems for efficiency and safety
Systems

30. • Aim: Maintain the UK as a world leader in aerostructures,
including design, integration, manufacture and assembly of
the most efficient wings and other high-value structures
• Advance world-class capabilities for future integrated structures
• Grow capability in complex multi-functional structures
• Design the next generation of smart assembly processes and tools
Aerostructures

31. • Aim: Drive progress on important and broadly applicable
enabling technologies and capabilities through collaboration
across and beyond the sector
• Develop high-value design capabilities
• Develop advanced materials, manufacturing and assembly
• Advance through-life engineering technologies
Cross-Cutting Enablers

32. Eligibility criteria

33. Resubmission Not a resubmission
A resubmission is:
an application Innovate UK judges as not materially
different from one you've submitted before (but it
can be updated based on the assessors' feedback)
A brand new application/project/idea that you have
not previously submitted into an Innovate UK
competition
OR
A previously unsuccessful or ineligible application:
 has been updated based on assessor feedback
 and is materially different from the application
submitted before
 and fits with the scope of this competition
Resubmissions
This competition does allow resubmissions.

34. Project eligibility
 Lead must be a UK-registered business
 Include at least one UK SME
 Must be collaborative
 You must carry out your project in the UK
 Exploit the results from / in the UK
 Have a credible route to market
 Identify end-users
 Address the priorities in the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy
Project cost £250,000 to £1.5 million
Project length between 12 to 36 months
Eligibility criteria

35. • Business – Small/Micro, Medium or Large (EU definition) registered in the UK
• Research Organisation (RO):
• Universities (HEIs)
• Non profit distributing Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) including Catapults
• Public Sector Research Establishments (PSRE)
• Research Council Institutes (RCI)
• Public sector organisations and charities doing research activity
• Check out the EU definition of a business (it may affect the grant you are able to claim)
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en
• If you are 100% owned by a large parent company as a small subsidiary this means by EU rules you are classed as a
large company and will only be entitled to the relevant grant
Types of organisations we fund

36. Eligibility for State Aid
• Innovate UK is offering funding for this competition under the General Block Exemption Regulation. This is
available to eligible UK businesses.
• We are unable to grant funding to limited liability companies meeting the condition known as ‘undertakings in
difficulty’.
• This is where more than half of a company’s subscribed share capital has disappeared as a result of
accumulated losses.
• This test only applies to companies that are more than 3 years old.
• If you have a parent company the test can be performed on your parent or holding company.
• When submitting an application you must certify that you are eligible for state aid. If you are unsure, please
take legal advice before applying.
• Should you be successful, we will apply this test as part of our viability checks before confirming the grant
offer.
• Further information is available on our website in the general guidance under state aid

37. State Aid – Article 25
• Funding for R&D projects split in to 3 categories; Feasibility studies, Industrial research & Experimental development.
• Applies to almost all sectors of the economy and has a wide range of eligible costs. Pre-approved state aid covers:
o Aid for research and development and innovation,
o Regional aid
o Aid to SMEs in the form of investment aid, operating
aid and SMEs access to finance,
o Aid for environmental protection,
o Training aid,
o Recruitment and employment aid for disadvantaged
workers or workers with disabilities.
o Aid to make good the damage caused by certain
natural disasters,
o Social aid for transport for residents for remote
regions,
o Aid for broadband infrastructures,
o Aid for culture and heritage conservation,
o Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational
infrastructures,
o Aid for local infrastructure.
• Special rules apply to:
o Fisheries, agriculture,
o Companies in difficulty,
o Companies undergoing a state aid recovery order.

38. • The aim of our State Aid scheme is to:
• optimise the level of funding to business and
• recognise the importance of research base to project
• All businesses can get up to 50% funding for their eligible project costs
• Large businesses can only claim up to 30% of the total project funding. This maximum is to be
shared among all businesses in this category in your consortium.
• at least 50% of total grant funding must go to the SMEs in your consortium
• The maximum level (30% of project costs) is shared by all research organisations in the
project
Participation Rules

39. In all collaborative projects there must be:
• at least two organisations claiming grant within the application (including the lead)
• evidence of effective collaboration
• we would expect to see the structure and rationale of the collaboration described in the
application.
What is collaboration?

40. Making more than one application
• Any one business may be involved in up to 3 applications to this competition, but can only be the lead
partner in one application
• Research and technology organisations cannot lead but they can be a partner in any number of
applications

41. Other Innovate UK projects
• If you have an outstanding final claim and/or Independent Accountant Report (IAR) on a live
Innovate UK project, you will not be eligible to apply for grant funding in this competition, as a lead
or a partner organisation.
• If you applied to a previous competition as the lead or sole company and were awarded funding
by Innovate UK, but did not make a substantial effort to exploit that award, we will award no more
funding to you.

42. Timeline Dates
Competition Opens 25 November 2019
Briefing Event 02 December 2019
Submission Deadline 15 January 2020
Applicants informed 21 February 2020
Key Dates

43. Innovation Funding
Service (IFS)

44. Search for a funding competition and
review criteria

45. Applicant: create an account
To create your account:
UK based businesses - Use Companies House
lookup as it speeds up our checks by providing your
company number and your are unable to enter it at a
later date
Research organisations, academics &
Universities - Enter your information manually so
you’re not listed as a business on IFS and ensure
you receive the correct funding

46. Project Details
• Application Team
- Collaborators: Invite organisations who you are working with on the project
- Contributors: Invite colleagues from your own organisation to help you complete your application
• Application Details
- Title, Timescales, Research Category, Innovation Area & Resubmission (y/n)
• Project Summary
- Short summary and objectives of the project including what is innovative about it
• Public Description
- Description of your project which will be published if you are successful
• Scope - How does your project align with the scope of this competition?
- If your project is not in scope, it will be ineligible for funding

47. Application form
Question 1 Business opportunity
Question 2 Market
Question 3 Results
Question 4 Benefits
Question 5 Technical approach
Question 6 Innovation
Question 7 Risks
Question 8 Teams and facilities
Question 9 Costs
Question 10 Added value to the UK
Appendix Q5
Appendix Q9
Appendix Q1
Application Questions
Detailed Guidance
Available on IFS
Appendix Q6

48. Question 1. Business opportunity

49. Question 2. Market

50. Question 3. Results

51. Question 4. Benefits

52. Question 5. Technical approach

53. Question 6. Innovation

54. Question 7. Risks

55. Question 8. Team and facilities

56. Question 9. Costs

57. Question 10. Added value to the UK

58. Submitting your
application

59. Submit your application early!
Be aware of the
potential for last
minute technical
issues!

60. Assessment

61. Application assessment
All applications are assessed by independent assessors drawn from industry and academia
What do they look for?
• Clear and concise answers
• The right amount of information
• not too much detail
• no assumptions
• Quantification and justification
• A proposal that presents a viable opportunity for growth, a level of innovation that
necessitates public sector investment and has the right team and approach to be successful
Keep your assessors engaged
and interested in your proposal.
You want them to be fascinated
and excited by your idea!

62. Note on feedback
• The feedback is compiled using the written comments of the independent assessors who review
and assess the applications.
• It is intended to be constructive in nature and to highlight both the strong as well as the weak
areas of your application.
• Please bear in mind that because applications are assessed by a number of assessors, you may
receive information which appears to be conflicting. This may reflect their different interpretations
of the proposal that you submitted.
• It must also be noted that some proposals may appear to have been favourably assessed based
on their comments, in such instances it could be that your proposal simply fell below the funding
threshold, with others achieving a higher merit score overall.

63. Scoring
We review scores and feedback to check assessors are adhering to our guidelines and scoring fairly.
In some cases, where we feel a score is unjust and not supported by feedback, we may remove that
score as an outlier and update the total score for the application.
Please be aware that both low and high outliers may be removed and as a result scores may
increase or decrease.

64. Application assessment
• The score spread shows the difference between the
top and bottom scores
• If score spread is 30 or more we will look to see if an
outlier is apparent
• If there is a 3 or more appear in either the two
columns Count of No Scope or Count of No
Recc’d we review the applications feedback and if
justified, the application will not be eligible for
funding.

65. • The green box = particular assessors scores on an application
• The purple box = set of scores for a particular question
• The red box = at first glance this looks like an outlier
Identifying outliers

66. Assessor feedback

67. Customer Support Services:
0300 321 4357 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5:30pm)
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
Knowledge Transfer Network:
www.ktn-uk.co.uk
Innovate UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk
Q&A

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