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Types of funding you can apply for

There are 3 bands of funding you can apply for:

• Explore Grant (up to and including £25,000)
• Expand Grant (£25,001 to £100,000)
• Extend Grant (£100,001 to £250,000)

The size of the grant for each band is determined by the amount of information requested to meet the criteria for that band.

Who can apply

Central government department’s, Arm’s Length Bodies and Public Sector Research Establishments are eligible for the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund.

Organisations in the NHS secondary and tertiary care sector, and publicly owned commercial organisations, are not be eligible to apply for grant funding or other services from the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT).

We have welcomed a range of innovative projects from within the NHS secondary and tertiary care sector and publicly-owned commercial organisations over the last two years and would like to thank all of those clients who have worked with us. We now need to show success in other sectors that require our help.

GOTT has a cross-government mandate and must ensure that our limited resources avoid duplicating support and funding that is already available. We would encourage NHS Trusts to look at alternative funding schemes available to the NHS secondary and tertiary care sector by viewing Health Technology Pathway: Navigation Tool for Innovators in England document.

We remain committed to supporting health care and life science projects amongst a diverse sector mix, and we remain open to applications from central government and associated public sector organisations that may have health and life sciences knowledge assets.

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How to apply

Find out about each band and if your organisation or project is eligible for funding:

• Explore Grant
• Expand Grant
• Extend Grant

Applications for funding are administered by our partners at Innovate UK.

UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S)

UKI2S is an early-stage investment fund backed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),(UKRI), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS),(BEIS), the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)(UKAEA) and other public bodies. Together, they are supporting the most ambitious UK innovators at seed and beyond to:

• create new companies and facilitate sustainable growth
• enhance the health and security of society
• deliver economic gains from the UK public funding

UKI2S works closely with GOTT to provide investment capital to exploit the UK’s public knowledge assets.

How to apply

Pitch for UKI2S investment.