Emerging and enabling technologies funding competition - Jon hazell

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Emerging and Enabling Technologies
A funding competition
Jon Hazell
Innovation Lead
@KTNUK @InnovateUK #EandE

2. Innovation doesn’t just happen

3. Overview
Our E&E aim is to inspire the new products, processes and services of tomorrow;
those with the potential to unlock billions of pounds of value to industry and
disrupt existing markets.
£15 million for Research and Development projects to stimulate & broaden
innovation activity and create new sources of revenue in 4 Priority Areas
• Aim: help businesses innovate to find new revenue sources from new
products, processes or services.
• Projects from £35,000 to £2 million
• Projects should last between 3 months and 3 years
• Eligibility 1 is for project costs under £100,000
• Eligibility 2 is for project costs of £100,000 or more
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/42/overview

4. Overview
£10 million for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Contact your local KTP adviser to find out how to apply
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-what-they-are-
and-how-to-apply#ktadviser

5. Overview
To be considered, proposals must:
• show significant innovation in one of our priority areas
• have outputs that can be applied in more than one industry, sector or
market
• improve business growth or productivity, or create export opportunities
for at least one UK SME involved in the project
Also focus on the importance of excellent design in your innovation
Also focus on the implications of cybersecurity in your innovation

6. Adopt Human-Centred innovation processes
People don’t buy technology, they buy what
technology does for them.
To avoid developing “solutions looking for a
problem”, we encourage all projects to consider
people’s needs from the start.
Is your project over £500,000 and 2yrs?
• You must include human-centred research
& design activity within the first 6 months,
unless it’s already been done.
B2B or too early to pinpoint use cases?
• There are still people who’s needs should
be explored and addressed to ensure
success (investors, buyers, system partners,
marketing and sales teams, logistics,
distributors, installers, maintenance
workers, after-sales…)
TECHNOLOGY
(Feasibility)
BUSINESS
(Viability)
PEOPLE
(Desirability)
Successful
innovation
Technology can make your ideas
possible, but only people can
make them successful!

7. Priority Area 1
Innovation in Emerging technologies:
– biofilms: advancing the understanding of biofilm management, control or
exploitation, or applying biofilm to novel industrial applications
– energy harvesting: scavenging energy from external sources for small
portable devices. (We will not fund energy efficient products, applications
that use harvested energy or utility scale energy production in this
competition)
– graphene: seeking to develop and exploit the principal properties of
graphene and its utility (not simply screening graphene against numerous
other materials)
– cutting-edge imaging: technologies not in commercial use (not new
applications of existing technology)
Note Definitions in Brief

8. Priority Area 2
Innovation in Digital:
– machine learning and AI
– cybersecurity
– Data analytics or ‘big data’
– distributed ledger technology, such as blockchain
– the internet of things
– immersive media, such as virtual or augmented reality
– 5G: innovative applications and services using enhanced mobile
broadband, ultra-reliability, low latency or massive machine type
communications
Note Definitions in Brief

9. Priority Area 3
Innovation in Enabling capabilities:
• Electronics, sensors and photonics (ESP)
– electronic systems
– large area electronics
– power electronics
– sensor and sensor systems
– photonics
– compound semiconductors
• Robotics and autonomous systems
– robotics for professional or personal service applications
– robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) for inspection and maintenance
– health and social care, including assistive technologies, patient care and robotic surgery
– next generation farming
– next generation and SME manufacturing
– autonomous transport, including automotive, aerospace and rail applications
– AI technologies for autonomous systems
• Creative economy
Note Definitions in Brief

10. Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Robotic systems are machines (or cyber-physical systems) capable of carrying out
actions/tasks (usually dull, dirty or dangerous) on behalf of humans;
– they can be:
1. remotely controlled
2. automated
3. autonomous
• Autonomous systems are systems capable of achieving their goals/objectives by conforming
to a set of rules or laws defining or constraining their behaviour, without explicit execution
rules.
– The Autonomous systems thus have “decisional” autonomy and demonstrate emergent behaviour
– They may operate:
• in the digital/cyber only domain/world
• or, with the addition of sensors and actuators, within the real, physical world (e.g. autonomous
robotics)
– They employ appropriate Artificial Intelligence (AI) -or Cognitive- technologies.
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Autonomous
systems
Robotic
systems

11. Priority Area 4
Innovation in Space applications:
Innovations in commercially exploitable applications of satellite data or signals. These must
involve, or relate to, the use of one or more of the following technologies:
• satellite communications.
– These must be new services or applications that use satellite communications infrastructure
or innovations related to the ground segment and user terminals. One area of interest is in
innovations that will strengthen satellite industry links with other telecommunications sectors,
including 5G
• satellite positioning, navigation and timing.
– These must be new services or applications that use GNSS (global navigation satellite system).
We are also interested in innovations that address the challenges of a disruption to GNSS
(technologies that protect systems using GNSS against its loss are regarded as eligible)
• earth observation.
– These must be new services or applications using existing satellite infrastructure or
technology that directly links to the provision of new commercial services
Note Definitions in Brief

12. Priority Area 4
Innovation in Space applications:
Projects that include development of new satellite instruments or hardware
are eligible so long as they have a clear path to exploitation as part of a
service or application that uses satellite data or signals.
Applicants from all specialisms are welcome.
Note Definitions in Brief

13. Space Applications Webinars
The Satellite Applications Catapult will be supporting the promotion of Space
Applications in the E&E Round 3 competition with some sector focused webinars.
The webinars are intended to help raise awareness of the competition in a range
of sectors including:
• Digital Health
• Transport
• Maritime
• Agritech
• Environmental Management
The webinars will take place during the end of September and early October.
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14. Eligibility 1
• Project costs of under £100,000 must be led by an SME
• If you are an SME and expect your eligible project costs to be less than
£100,000, you may deliver the project on your own.
• SME may also work with other businesses or research organisations.
• SME may lead on one application and partner in a further two applications
• £5 million for projects that have eligible costs of up to £100,000 and last
between 3 and 12 months

15. Eligibility 2
• Project costs of £100,000 or above must be led by Any size business or
Research & Technology Organisation (RTO)
• If you expect your eligible project costs to be £100,000 or more you must
collaborate with at least one other organisation.
• At least one company in the collaboration must be an SME.
• Any size business may lead on one application and partner in a further two
applications or collaborate on three applications only.

16. Eligibility 2
• If an RTO is the lead then they must have 2 business collaborators (one SME
and one other business of any size)
• If an RTO is not the lead on an application then they can be a collaborator in
any number of applications.
• Research Organisations can not lead on an application but can be a
collaborator in any number of applications.
• £10 million for projects that have eligible costs of up to £2 million and last
between 1 and 3 years

17. Eligibility
To be eligible for funding you must:
• be a UK based business or research organisation
• carry out your project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from the UK
• If an application is unsuccessful, you can use the feedback received to
apply once more to have the same project funded (in other words, you
can make a maximum of 2 applications in total for any project). This can be
into another round of this competition or another competition.

18. Eligibility
To be eligible for funding as an RTO leading you must:
• show a clear route to market, most likely through non-lead project
partners
• no other company in the consortium has the capacity to lead the project
• providing a foundation or links between multiple competing companies,
at the same point on the value chain
• Collaboration is defined as at least 2 organisations receiving a grant
• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/innovate-uk-funding-general-guidance-for-applicants

19. Type of Organisation
Business Research Organisation
Micro Non Profit Distributing Research Technology
Organisation
Small University/HEI
Medium Public Sector Research Establishments
Large (UK) Research Council Institutes
Large (Multi-National) Public Sector Organisations
Catapults
Charities

20. Types of project
• Projects may focus on technical feasibility(including human centred design studies) ,
industrial research or experimental development. This will depend on the challenge.
• For technical feasibility studies and industrial research, you could get:
– up to 70% of your eligible project costs if you are a small business
– up to 60% if you are a medium-sized business
– up to 50% if you are a large business
• For experimental development projects which are nearer to market, you could get:
– up to 45% of your eligible project costs if you are a small business
– up to 35% if you are a medium-sized business
– up to 25% if you are a large business
The research organisations in your consortium may share up to 30% of the total eligible
project costs

21. Out of Scope
• In this competition we will not fund applications in the following areas:
– any technology not listed in the ‘Specific competition themes’ section of the
Scope tab
– innovations unlikely to significantly improve UK economic and SME growth
– 5G test networks, although we may consider funding the adaptation of such
networks to make it possible to test applications or services
– projects focusing on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) systems in extreme
and challenging environments, as these were funded by Demonstrator for RAI
in extreme and challenging environments: phase 1 and Research and
development competition for RAI in extreme and challenging environments

22. How is the Innovation Funding Service (IFS)
different?
 Its digital.
 No registration required. Each participant creates an account, linked to the
organisation they are representing
 Each lead and collaborative partner enters their own project costs
 All competition guidance is now part of the service
• There are no PDFs or brief documents to download for competitions run using
IFS
 IFS calculates your eligible grant
 IFS provides
• The ability to format your answers
• Spell checking via your web browser
• A word count for each answer
 IFS validates your application
• You cannot submit an application with incomplete sections
• IFS validates your research organisation participation

23. Innovation Area
• To help us assign the right assessors to your application, we ask you to
choose the main area of your innovation that you will see from the
guidance document on line
• This will help us to speed the process up
• Please consider the type of expertise an assessor would need to
immediately understand the context of your idea
• Focus on the main area of innovation and risk

24. Portfolio selection
• Innovate UK sector team will review applications to determine if they are
in or out of scope
• External, independent experts assess the quality of in scope applications
• We will then select the projects to be funded, to build a portfolio of
projects that are:
– high quality
– reflect a portfolio range as described in the scope
– address opportunities across a range of industrial sectors
– reflect the potential for short, medium and long term return on
investment for the company and the UK

25. Emerging and Enabling Funding Competition
Key Dates:
• 4th September 2017 Competition Opens
• 12th September 2017 Competition Launch event in London
• 8th November 2017 Application Submission deadline (Noon)
• End January 2018 Applicants informed of decision
Briefing Sessions:
• 12th Sept London: https://eande-round3-london.eventbrite.co.uk
• 13th Sept Cardiff : https://wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/innovate-uk-briefing-emerging-and-enabling-technologies-round-3/
• 14th Sept Manchester: http://venturefestmanchester.com
• 19th Sept Belfast: https://myini.investni.com/events/event-details/?id=a0704311-8d76-e711-80cb-00155d019403
• 19th Sept Sheffield https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/emerging-and-enabling-technologies-competition-round-3-briefing-event-sheffield
• 21st Sept Glasgow https://eande-round3-glasgow.eventbrite.co.uk
• 21st Sept Exeter https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/emerging-and-enabling-technologies-competition-round-3-briefing-event-exeter

26. Additional Information
Contact the KTN
https://ktn.innovateuk.org
Download the KTN guide
https://connect.innovateuk.org/documents/3285671/3675298/Funding-Application-
Booklet.pdf/0b75034c-45cb-4c88-95d5-a2d68228bce7

27. Talk to us Monday - Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm
Email: support@innovateuk.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 321 4357

28. Extra Slides

29. Worked example – £500k total cost project:
Project costs for 5 partners (2 SME, 1 University, a Catapult and 1 large), doing
industrial research.
Total funding limits
Total Eligible
Project Costs
Maximum % of
eligible costs
which may be
claimed as a grant
Innovate UK
Grant
Partner
Contribution
Business Medium £130,000 60% £78,000 £52,000
Business Medium £90,000 60% £54,000 £36,000
Business Large £130,000 50% £65,000 £65,000
University HEI (80% FEC) £75,000 100% £75,000 nil**
Catapult RTO £75,000 100% £75,000 nil
Total £500,000 £347,000 £153,000
** 20% FEC not to be shown as a contribution
Research Base Costs £150,000
Research base % of Total Eligible costs (cannot exceed 30%) 30.00%

30. DISCOVER
HUMAN INSIGHT
DEFINE
WHAT’S NEEDED
DEVELOP
MANY IDEAS
DELIVER
A GREAT SOLUTION
PROTOTYPE
TEST
REFINE
• What ’pain points’ could
you address?
• Where are the
opportunities to gain a
competitive advantage?
Adopt Human-Centred innovation processes
• Who might interact with
your product or service?
• How do they behave in
the realistic scenarios,
and why?
• Explore lots of ideas
• Prototype and test ideas
with stakeholders quickly,
cheaply and frequently
• Be prepared to pivot
based on new learning
• Create unambiguous
specifications to make
sure the design intent
isn’t lost in translation
Need help? Consider working with a human-centered
design expert as a project partner or sub-contractor.
The UK has a world-class design service sector!

31. Aside on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• There are many different definitions of artificial intelligence (AI), but we
consider AI to be the bringing together of science, engineering and
technology with the objective of making a computing system, or machine,
mimic human behaviour in many broad and varying contexts.
• Many different technologies need to be brought together to make an AI
system function, including, depending upon the use case:
– sensing, situational awareness
– natural language processing
– reasoning
– machine learning
– knowledge representation
– planning
– higher level cognition or intelligence
• AI technologies/systems are often also called cognitive technologies/systems

32. Additional Information
Download the Innovate UK funded projects since 2004
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects