HEALTHY AGEING – FUNDING

1. Title: HEALTHY AGEING – FUNDING2. Awarding Authority: Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, Eureka, GB Tel: 0300 321 4357. Email: support@innovateuk.ukri.org. (competition helpline)3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority is investing up to £2 million to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research.We will fund digital health and smart device projects that promote healthy ageing. They must meet one or more of these themes:roboticsaugmented or artificial intelligencesoftware as a medical devicewearablesmedical devicesdiagnosticsimagingdata analyticssensorsappsProjects must include at least one partner from one of the participating countries of the EUREKA Network. These countries are:FranceSpainBelgiumLuxembourgCanadaMaltaTurkeyAustriaThe competition closes at 4pm UK time on the deadline stated.The EUREKA project application must be completed by 5pm central European summer time (4pm UK time) on the deadline stated.5. CPV Code(s): 73110000, 73000000, 851000006. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK147. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: These countries are:FranceSpainBelgiumLuxembourgCanadaMaltaTurkeyAustria8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop digital health technologies in partnership with organisations from EUREKA countries.Project sizeUK applicants can apply for total grant of up to £500,000 for each project.FundingWe have allocated up to £2 million to fund innovation projects in this competition.For industrial research projects, you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisationup to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisationup to 50% if you are a large organisationFor experimental development projects which are nearer to market, you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:up to 45% if you are a micro or small organisationup to 35% if you are a medium-sized organisationup to 25% if you are a large organisationThe UK registered research organisations in your consortium can share up to 30% of the UK total eligible project costs. If your consortium contains more than one UK registered research organisation, this maximum will be shared between them.This competition provides state aid funding under article 25 of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). It is your responsibility to make sure that your organisation is eligible to receive state aid10. Competition closes: 5.8.2020 (12:00:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: Competition opens: Monday 4 May 2020Competition closes: Wednesday 5 August 2020 12:00pmFunding type GrantWho can applyState aidAny UK registered business claiming grant funding must be eligible to receive state aid at the time we confirm you will be awarded funding. It is not possible to award grant funding to organisations meeting the condition known as undertakings in difficulty. If you are unsure please take legal advice. For further information see our general guidance.Your projectUK applicants can apply for total grant of up to £500,000 for each project.Your project can last up to 2 years and is expected to start between 1 November 2020 and 31 March 2021. The start date is dependent on the national funding procedures of the countries involved in the selected projects.If your project’s total grant or duration fall outside of our eligibility criteria, you must provide justification by email to support@innovateuk.ukri.org at least 10 days before the competition closes. We will decide whether to approve your request.Projects must be collaborative. Whilst there is no limit on the total eligible project costs you must ensure that your projects total grant does not exceed £500,000 as your application will be made ineligible. You are able to check your total grant costs within your application in the finance summary table at the bottom of the funding sought column.UK lead organisationTo lead an application as a UK registered organisation you must:be a UK micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME)collaborate with at least one eligible partner from one of the EUREKA countries participating in this competition, listed in the summaryenter your costs during the applicationUK partner organisationsAll UK partners must enter their costs during the application.To collaborate with the lead organisation as a UK organisation you must be a UK registered business of any size research organisation, public sector organisation or charity.Overall project teamThe organisations from the EUREKA Network must meet the funding and eligibility conditions of their respective countries. These funding and eligibility conditions will be provided in the call for proposals document on the EUREKA web page which will be published when this competition opens. The partners from other participating EUREKA countries must apply for funding from their respective national funding bodies. All eligible project costs must be listed on the EUREKA application.Projects should have a balanced contribution of the total eligible project costs among the partners from the participating countries. No more than 70% can be claimed by a single partner or by all partners from a single participating country collectively.Each partner must carry out the majority of its funded work within the country from which it receives funding, for example the UK for Innovate UK funding.We do not expect any employee to have roles in 2 or more organisations in the consortium.SubcontractorsYour project can include subcontractors, but they must not account for more than 20% of the total eligible costs of the UK participation.Partners not claiming fundingA non-grant claiming UK partner cannot lead on a project.Your collaboration can include organisations from countries that are not part of the EUREKA Network, including other EUREKA members, provided:they have secured full funding elsewhere or are self-fundingyou describe in your application why and how they will be involved and where they have secured financing fromMultiple applicationsAny one UK registered business can lead on one application and collaborate in a further 2 applications.If a UK registered business is not leading an application, they can collaborate in up to 3 applications.A UK registered research organisation, charity or public sector organisation can collaborate in any number of applications.TerminologyThe terminology differs between EUREKA and Innovate UK. The lead applicant is responsible for the entire project, but EUREKA uses the term ‘main participant’. For partners in the collaboration it uses ‘other participants’Previous applicationsResubmissionsYou cannot use a resubmission to apply for this competition. A resubmission is a proposal Innovate UK judges as not materially different from one you’ve submitted before. It can be updated based on the assessors’ feedback.If you submit a new proposal this time you will be able to use it in no more than one future competition that allows resubmissions.Failure to exploitIf you applied to a previous Innovate UK competition as the lead or sole organisation and were awarded funding by Innovate UK or UK Research and Innovation, but did not make a substantial effort to exploit that award, Innovate UK will award no more funding to you, in this or any other Innovate UK competition. You will not be able to contest this decision. Innovate UK will:assess your efforts in the previous competition against your exploitation plan for that projectreview the monitoring officers’ reports and any other relevant sources for evidencedocument our decision, which will be made by 3 team members, and communicate it to you in writingPrevious projectsUnder the terms of Innovate UK funding, you must submit an independent accountant’s report (IAR) with your final claim. If you or any organisation in your consortium failed to submit an IAR on a previous project, we will not award funding to you in this or any other competition until we have received the documents.Your proposalThis EUREKA competition specifically addresses digital health and smart device projects related to healthy ageing.Innovate UK reserves the right to apply a ‘portfolio’ approach for the selection of projects in this competition. This will be based on theme and aligned with the priorities of participating EUREKA countries.Specific themesYour project must focus on one or more of the following:roboticsaugmented or artificial intelligencesoftware as a medical devicewearablesmedical devicesdiagnosticsimagingdata analyticssensorsappsResearch CategoriesYour project must focus on industrial research but can include experimental development activities if we consider it appropriate. Please see the general guidance to help you decide which category your project fits in.Projects we will not fundWe will not fund projects that:work on non-civilian applicationsare not in scopedo not meet the eligibility criteriado not submit all mandatory documentation4 May 2020 Competition opens14 May 2020 Applicant briefing5 August 2020 12:00pm Competition closes4 December 2020 Applicants notifiedBefore you startApplications led by UK organisationsAs well as submitting an application on the Innovation Funding Service, UK lead applicants must complete the EUREKA project application on behalf of their project using the new application platform available through the healthy ageing call page on the EUREKA website.If you do not submit all required documentation your application will be ineligible.After the competition deadline Innovate UK will check your application is eligible and in scope.Applications led from other partner countriesUK grant claiming partners in consortiums led by organisations from other partner countries must nominate one UK point of contact. This person must submit an application through the Innovation Funding Service and upload the EUREKA form completed by the lead applicant.If you do not submit the EUREKA project application form your application will be ineligible.More information about the application process for partner countries is on the EUREKA calls for projects website once the competition opens.What we will ask youThe application is split into 3 sections:Project details.Application questions.Finances.1. Project detailsExplain your project. This section is not scored, but we will use it to decide whether the project fits with the scope of the competition. If it does not, it will be immediately rejected.Application teamInvite colleagues to contribute to your application and other organisations to collaborate on your project.Application detailsThe lead applicant must complete this section. Give your project’s title, start date and duration. Is the application a resubmission?Research categorySelect the type of research you will undertake.Project summaryDescribe your project briefly and be clear about what makes it innovative. We use this section to assign experts to assess your application.Your answer can be up to 400 words long.Public descriptionDescribe your project in detail, and in a way that you are happy to see published. Do not include any commercially sensitive information. If we award your project funding, we will publish this description. This could happen before you start your project.Your answer can be up to 400 words long.ScopeDescribe how your project fits the scope of the competition. If your project is not in scope it will not be eligible for funding.Your answer can be up to 400 words long.2. Application questionsThe assessors will score your answers to these questions. You will receive feedback from them for each question.Your answer to each question can be up to 600 words long. Do not include any website addresses (URLs) in your answers unless we have explicitly requested a link to a video.Question 1: Eureka application (not scored)Type ‘Eureka application attached’ as your answerYou must submit a copy of your completed Eureka application as an appendix. It must be in a PDF format. The font must be legible at 100% zoom.Question 2:?Healthcare needWhat is the?healthcare need that this project addresses?and what impacts will your solution have?Describe or explain the healthcare challenge or issue that your project addresses. Tell us:what evidence you have that the healthcare need is realhow your project will address?the need.how market that?will generate demand for your proposed solution is definedhow the project outputs and/or the innovation will lead to a commercial opportunity for your businesshow the outputs of the project?meet?the?healthcare?needany input you have from healthcare professionals, patients or representatives of the onward supply chainhow you will measure?the potential positive?impact on socio-economic factors and?healthcare at a patient and community levelthe number of anticipated users and the benefits your solution will provide, with estimated timescalesQuestion 3:?Scientific evidenceWhat is the underpinning scientific evidence to support your solution??Describe or explain:all relevant prior experimental or technical evidence?which can?explain how the previous results?link?to the proposed studyany preclinical or clinical work conducted to date and the outcomesYou can submit one appendix explaining all relevant prior experimental or technical evidence or preclinical work to support your answer. It must be a PDF and can be up to 4 A4 pages long. The font must be legible at 100% zoom.Question 4:?InnovationWhat is innovative about your idea??Describe or explain:the extent to which the project is innovative, from a commercial, scientific and/or technical perspectiveexisting products and practices that are currently in use and those known to be under development both in the UK and internationallythe benefits and shortcomings of these products and practices (both technical and commercial) compared with your solution, for example the results of competitor analyses or literature surveysHighlight the timeliness?and?novelty of your research and/or proposed innovation and explain it in an industrial and/or academic context.Question 5:?Technical approachWhat technical approach will your project take and how will the project be managed??Please provide an overview of the technical approach, including the?main objectives of the work.Describe or explain:where you are now and where you want to?be?at the end of the project in terms of the deliverablesthe stages of the project (the work packages) and how they are linked to their resource and management requirementsthe milestones and go or no go points?If relevant:compare and contrast alternative?research and development?(R&D)?strategies and describe why your proposed approach will offer the best outcomeprovide justification for the use of animal or human subjects and the numbers of animals, samples?and so on?testedYou can submit a project plan or Gantt chart as an appendix to support your answer. It must be a PDF and can be up to 4 A4 pages long. The font must be legible at 100% zoom.Question 6:?Freedom to operateDo you have?freedom to?operate??Describe or explain:any existing?intellectual property (IP)?which may affect, or which is relevant to, project delivery and exploitationthe ownership of IP and, where necessary,?how rights have been assignedwhat?evidence?you have of your freedom to operate without infringing other patents by summarising the?results of patent searches?and so onthe IP that you expect to be generated as a result of your projectyour strategy for protecting the knowledge?resulting?from the projecthow?you will assign IP rights to project partnersQuestion 7:?ExploitationHow do you intend to exploit the opportunity commercially??How will the outputs of this project take you nearer to?your objectives, and what will the steps be in this journey?Describe how these outputs will be exploited including, where applicable:the route to marketreconfiguration of the value systemchanges to business models and business processesother methods of exploitation and protectionProvide evidence that:the proposed solution would be commercially viable for the target marketyou have considered manufacturing costs and pricing at launch and at scaleDescribe the size of the market opportunities that this project would?create, including details of:the?current nature of the specific markets at which the project is targeted (for example?is it?characterised?by price competition among?commoditised?suppliers, is it dominated by a single leading firm and what are the channels to market?)the dynamics of this market, including?measuring?its current size?then?actual and predicted growth ratesthe projected market share for the project outcome,?taking account of possible restrictions?on market access and penetration, including any potential competitorswhat the biggest obstacles?will be?to?the?exploitation and commercialisation of your innovationwhat impact the project outputs?will?have on the business and non-academic partners’?forecasts for annual turnover, profit, exports and R&D spend (as a percentage of turnover if appropriate) and employment in full-time equivalents (FTEs) for 1, 3 and 5+ years after project completionQuestion 8:?RiskWhat are the technical, commercial?and environmental risks to project success? What is the project’s risk management strategy?Describe or explain:the?main?risks and uncertainties of the project, providing a detailed risk analysis for the project content and approachthe technical (including regulatory), commercial, managerial (such as managing stakeholders) and environmental risks, as well as other uncertainties, such as ethical?issues associated?with the projectthe main risks in a risk register, ranked as?high, medium or low (H/M/L)the potential impact of these scenarioshow the project would mitigate?all significant and relevant risksthe project management tools and mechanisms that will be?used?to minimise operational risk, including the arrangements for managing the consortiumYou can submit a risk register as an appendix to support your answer. It must be a PDF and can be up to 2 A4 pages long. The font must be legible at 100% zoom.Question 9:?Project teamDoes the team have the right skills and experience and access to facilities to deliver the project and exploit it??Detail the expertise and track record of the project?participants, including collaborating organisations and subcontractors, to show your capability to deliver the project and exploit the output.In evaluating this, the?assessors will also consider whether:the project builds the UK supply chain and addresses end-user needsthe consortium’s formation objectives are clearextra benefit?is?gained?from the collaboration, for example, increased knowledge transferthe consortium is greater than the sum of its partsthe work?is?being conducted internally where possible and,?if subcontractors are being used,?there?is?good reasonthe project has access to the appropriate facilitiesIf you are planning to use subcontractors outside the UK, then you must provide evidence that no UK alternative exists or strong justification for using a non-UK contractor.Question 10:?ResourcesWhat are the resources?required to deliver the project and how much will they cost??Describe or explain:the anticipated eligible project costs, making clear the level of?contribution from any project partners and the level of funding required, to complement the financial summary table in the application formthe resources required to carry out the project (materials, capital equipment, infrastructure and people), fully breaking down and justifying (for example with quotations to?prove?value for money) all internal and external costsCosts must be consistent with the category of R&D being undertaken. Please?refer to the general guidance on funding rules for?more?information.The assessors will closely scrutinise the costs of any employees that have roles in 2 or more organisations in the consortium.?Read detailed?guidance on eligible and ineligible project costs?in our?project costs guidance.Question 11:?Added valueHow does financial?support from Innovate UK and its funding collaborators add value??Describe or explain:whether this project could go ahead in any form without public fundingwhat?difference?public funding?would make (such as?a?faster?route?to market,?more partners or reduced risk)the likely impact of the project on the businesses?of the partners involvedwhy you are not able to wholly fund the project from your own resources or other forms of private-sector fundinghow failure to secure public funding for this project would affect which R&D activities the collaborating partners would undertake (and the related spend profile)FinancesEach UK organisation in your project must complete its own project costs, organisation details and funding details in the application. Academic institutions must complete and upload a Je-S form.For full details on what costs you can claim, see our project costs guidance.Background and further informationEUREKA is an intergovernmental network launched in 1985. Its aim is to support market-oriented R&D and innovation projects by industry, research centres and universities across all technological sectors. It is composed of 41 member states, including the European Union, represented by the European Commission, and 3 associated states:CanadaSouth AfricaChileThere is also a partner country, South Korea.With its flexible and decentralised network, EUREKA offers project partners:rapid access to skills and expertise across Europenational public and private funding schemesExtra helpIf you need help with the EUREKA project application, contact EUREKA directly.If you want help to find a project partner, contact the Knowledge Transfer Network or register at the b2match virtual marketplace.If you need more information, email us at support@innovateuk.ukri.org or call the competition helpline on 0300 321 4357 between 9am and 5:30pm, Monday to Friday.Help from Enterprise Europe Network Upon award you will be contacted by your local Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Innovation Adviser, acting on behalf of Innovate UK, who will discuss the growth opportunities for your business and offer bespoke business support services to help you maximise your project and business potential.This service forms part of your Innovate UK offer under our commitment to help UK SMEs to grow and scale. It is only available to SMEs. Please engage positively with your EEN contact so that, working together, you can determine the most appropriate form of growth support for your business.# funding opportunity