Innovation Brokerage Application Process
Application Form
The application form has three sections.
- Company Details
- Project Summary Details
- Project Details
View and download the application form. The Innovation Broker will assist in completion.
Please note that companies are responsible for reclaiming VAT from any funds received.
Stages of application
- The business, innovation broker and academic partner will discuss the idea, scope out a project, check eligibility, discuss a contract and assess any risks.
- The business, innovation broker and academic partner complete the application form and sends to [email protected]
- Due diligence is done by the Innovation Brokerage Project Manager which may seek further clarification.
- The Innovation Brokerage Project Manager sends application to panel for review
- The panel assesses the application and approve, improve or reject
- The Innovation Brokerage Project Manager communicates the decision by email to the business, innovation broker and academic partner
- A Contract is put in place between the academic partner and business ahead of the collaborative project commencing.
- Delivery of the project
- A final report including potential next steps is produced by the academic partner on completion of the project and sends to [email protected]
- On acceptance of the final report the University of Strathclyde makes payment to the academic partner.
- A case study may be developed and/or other impact evaluation undertaken.
Application Review Criteria
- Challenge for business
- Challenge for industry
- Innovative solution
- Project Monitoring
- Potential for New Product/ New Process/New Service
- Potential impact of solution to business
- Potential impact of solution to industry
- Potential economic impact of solution to region
- Potential social impact of solution to region
- Potential environmental impact of solution to region
Digital Dairy Costings
All costs that contribute to the Full Economic Costing of the proposal shall be included, so long as they fall within the guidelines below.
All costs shall be based on TRAC (for HEI’s) or similar validated project costing methodologies (for other Research Organisations) and entered under one of the following cost headings:
Directly Allocated
These are the costs of an Organisation’s research resources that will be charged to the project on the basis of estimated use, rather than actual costs. They include:
Investigators
Proposals will need to show the costs of the Principal/Supervisory Investigator and any other staff whose time charged to the project will be based on estimates rather than actual costs.
Estates
These costs may include building and premises costs, basic services and utilities, and equipment maintenance not already included under other cost headings.
Other Directly Allocated
These costs must be applied by using one of the following four headings: 1. costs of pooled staff, 2. usage costs of research facilities, 3. central & distributed computing and 4. charge out rates for shared equipment.
Directly Incurred
These are costs that are specific to a project that can be charged as the cash value actually spent. The costs are supported by an audit record. They include:
Staff
Payroll costs requested for staff, full or part-time, who will work directly on the project and whose time can be supported by a full audit trail during the life of the project.
Travel and Subsistence
Funds for travel and subsistence
Other costs
Costs of other items dedicated to the project, including consumables but not no purchasing of IT equipment
Indirect Costs
These include non-specific costs charged across all projects based on estimates that are not otherwise included as Directly Allocated costs.
Innovation Voucher Score Sheet
| Does not meet requirements | Partially meets requirements | Meets requirements | Exceeds requirements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge for business | The application does not describe a challenge for the business | The application describes an infrequent challenge that only occurs on certain circumstances for the business | The application describes a regular challenge for the business | The application describes a permanent challenge for the business |
| Challenge for industry | The application does not describe a challenge for the industry | The application describes an infrequent challenge that only occurs on certain circumstances for the industry | The application describes a regular challenge for the industry | The application describes a permanent challenge for the industry |
| Innovative solution | The proposed solution is not new/novel/pioneering | The proposed solution is partially new/novel/pioneering | The proposed solution is new/novel/pioneering | The proposed solution is extremely new/novel/pioneering |
| Project Monitoring | No baseline project plan created | Baseline project plan included with costings | Full project plan including milestones,deliverables and costings | Full project plan including milestones, deliverables, costings and potential future opportunities/levergaged funding identified |
| Potential for New Product/ New Process/ New Service | The project has no evidence to suggest a potential lead to a new product, process or service | The project has the potential to lead to a new product, process or service but there may be similar currently available | The project has the potential to lead to a new product, process or service | The project has very strong potential to lead to a pioneering product, process or service |
| Potential impact of solution to business | The project has no evidence to show potential impact of solution to business | The project has the potential to only partially solve the challenge, or be the first stage in partially solving the challenge and therefore may have little impact to the business | The project has the potential to solve the challenge, or be the first stage in solving the challenge and therefore will impact the business | The project has the potential to solve more than just the challenge, and will impact positively on other areas of the business too |
| Potential impact of solution to industry | The project has no evidence to show potential impact of solution to industry | The project has the potential to only partially solve the challenge, or be the first stage in partially solving the challenge and therefore may have little impact to industry | The project has the potential to solve the challenge, or be the first stage in solving the challenge and therefore will impact industry | The project has the potential to solve a wide spread industry problem, not just in region, but in the UK and possibly globally |
| Potential economic impact of solution to region | The project has no evidence to show potential economic impact of solution to region | The project shows it will have partial potential economic impact to region | The project shows it will have potential economic impact to region | The project shows it will have great potential economic impact not just in region, but in the UK and possibly globally |
| Potential social impact of solution to region | The project has no evidence to show potential social impact of solution to region | The project shows it will have partial potential social impact to region | The project shows it will have potential social impact to region | The project shows it will have great potential social impact not just in region, but in the UK and possibly globally |
| Potential environmental impact of solution to region | The project has no evidence to show potential environmental impact of solution to region | The project shows it will have partial potential environmental impact to region | The project shows it will have potential environmental impact to region | The project shows it will have great potential environmental impact not just in region, but in the UK and possibly globally |
