Eligible costs
Proof of Concept Programme Awards cover 100 per cent of actual direct project costs – the Programme does not pay overhead costs.
Costs you can claim are:
- personnel – salaries (note: unless the posts are being backfilled, we do not pay for staff already funded via other government departments - e.g. SHEFC);
- consumables;
- market assessment;
- patent costs;
- equipment essential to the project (justification to be provided);
- subcontracting (justification to be provided); and,
- other, including travel (justification to be provided).
The finances of the Award are monitored on a quarterly basis and payments are made (also quarterly) subject to satisfactory progress being made on the project.