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RSA SMART and R&D grants over last five years

RSA SMART and R&D grants over last five years: FOI release (reference 4830)

Date received

28 August 2020

Date responded

11 September 2020

Information requested

Request for the following information to be provided in a table:

  • Scottish Enterprise R&D Grant Funding and Scale. How much have firms received in the last 5 years? How many projects/firms have received funds? Flexibility - are firms able to make changes to the project once they are approved for funding? If so, is there a procedure they must go through?
  • SMART: Scotland Funding and Scale. How much have firms received in the last 5 years? How many projects/firms have received funds? Predictability - have there been any significant changes to the structure of the instrument in terms of amounts or eligibility requirements over the last 5 years?
  • Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) funding Level of Support. How much can firms receive? (For example, up to £50,000, 50% of project costs etc). What are the three tiers?

Response

A table with our response is provided at Appendix A.

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