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Smart Scotland grants over the last 12 months

Smart Scotland grants over the last 12 months: FOI release (reference: 4795)

Date received

30 April 2020

Date responded

27 May 2020

Information requested

Information regarding Scottish Enterprise's Smart Scotland grants over the last 12 months, for both:

  • (A) Projects 18 months or less in duration, with total project cost of £500,000 or less
  • (B) Projects either over 18 months in duration and/or £500,000 project costs

1. How many applications were submitted

2. How many applications were assessed by assessors (in other words, not deemed out of scope)

3. How many of the applications were resubmissions

4. Number of successful applications within each innovation area

5. The overall number funded

6. The average grant request of funded projects

7. The largest grant request of a funded project

8. The average score of successful applications

9. The lowest score of a successful application

10. The percentage of successful applications that were industrial research and the percentage that were experimental development

Response

Full information is contained within the table provided at Appendix 1.

1. 100

2. 100

3. 9

4. This is not a categorisation used by Scottish Enterprise, therefore Section 17 of FOISA applies

5. The number funded can be calculated using information provided at Appendix 1

6. The average grant can be calculated using information provided at Appendix 1

7. £600,000

8. Applications are not scored therefore Section 17 of FOISA applies

9. Applications are not scored therefore Section 17 of FOISA applies

10. Percentages can be calculated using the information provided at Appendix 1

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