Funding competition UK RS&IN Programme Implementation Phase (non-human health)

Eligible non-human health networks from the Discovery Phase of the UK RS&IN Programme can apply for grant funding of up to £500,000 to implement their proposals to establish their networks.

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Description

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, has allocated up to £5 million to fund Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks focused on non-human health technologies and applications.

This Implementation Phase competition is the second phase of the UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme.

The Implementation Phase has two strands:

  • UK RS&IN programme Implementation Phase: Non-human health RS&INs (this strand)
  • UK RS&IN Implementation Phase: Human health CERSIs

This competition strand is open only to applications from non-human health focused Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks from the Discovery Phase. Funding will be awarded to implement proposals you have developed during the Discovery Phase.

Networks with a human health focus must apply to the parallel human health (CERSI) competition.

It is your responsibility to ensure you submit your application to the correct strand for your project. You will not be able to transfer your application and it will not be sent for assessment if it is out of scope.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.

This is a competitive process with limited funding, so we may not be able to fund all high scoring applications. This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

Funding type

Grant

Project size

Your project’s total grant funding request must be no more than £500,000.

Accessibility and Inclusion

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long term condition and face barriers applying to us.

You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance.

We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition’s closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline.

You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

Who can apply

Your project

Your Implementation Phase collaboration must:

  • have a total grant funding request of no more than £500,000
  • be no longer than 12 months in duration
  • carry out its project work in the UK
  • start by 1 November 2024
  • end by 31 October 2025

Projects must always start on the first of the month. You must not start your project until your Grant Offer Letter has been approved by Innovate UK. Any delays within Project Setup may mean we need to delay your project start date.

You must only include eligible project costs in your application.

You will be made ineligible if you exceed the Minimal Financial Assistance limit. You must submit a complete declaration as part of your application.

Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) membership and composition

Subject to any exceptions outlined in this section, an organisation eligible for Innovate UK funding under our funding rules can lead an RS&IN application, or be a collaborative partner.

Organisations are permitted to establish a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) as a separate UK registered legal entity to operate the RS&IN and receive grant funding.

In such cases, the SPV’s shareholders must include:

If no SPV is established, then the collaboration running the RS&IN must include:

Regulators cannot be members of a RS&IN. Exceptions to this rule are public sector research establishments considered eligible or potentially eligible for UKRI funding.

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is not permitted to be a RS&IN member under any circumstance.

Each partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) by the lead to collaborate on a project. Once partners have accepted the invitation, they will be asked to login or to create an account in IFS. They are responsible for entering their own project costs and completing their Project Impact questions in the application.

To be an eligible collaboration, the lead and at least one other organisation must apply for funding when entering their costs into the application.

Role of regulators

Regulators cannot be partners of a RS&IN application. Exceptions to this rule are public sector research establishments considered eligible or potentially eligible for UKRI funding.

MHRA, as a programme sponsor, is not permitted to be a RS&IN partner under any circumstance.

Subcontractors

Subcontractors are allowed in this competition.

Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process.

You can use subcontractors from overseas but must make the case in your application as to why you cannot use suppliers from the UK.

You must also provide a detailed rationale, evidence of the potential UK contractors you approached and the reasons why they were unable to work with you.

We expect all subcontractor costs to be justified and appropriate to the total eligible project costs. We will not accept a cheaper cost as a sufficient reason to use an overseas subcontractor.

Sanctions

This competition will not fund you, or provide any financial benefit to any individual or entities directly or indirectly involved with you, which would expose Innovate UK or any direct or indirect beneficiary of funding from Innovate UK to UK Sanctions. For example, through any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any entity as lead, partner or subcontractor related to these countries, administrations and terrorist groups.

Use of animals in research and innovation

Innovate UK expects and supports the provision and safeguarding of welfare standards for animals used in research and innovation, according to best practice and up to date guidance.

Applicants must ensure that all of the proposed work within projects, both that in the UK and internationally, will comply with the UKRI guidance on the use of animals in research and innovation.

Any projects selected for funding which involve animals will be asked to provide additional information on welfare and ethical considerations, as well as compliance with any relevant legislation as part of the project start up process. This information will be reviewed before an award is made.

Previous applications

We will not award you funding if you have:

Minimal Financial Assistance (and De minimis where applicable)

Grant funding in this competition is awarded as Minimal Financial assistance (MFA). This allows public bodies to award up to £315,000 to an enterprise in a 3 year rolling financial period.

In your application, you will be asked to declare previous funding received by you. This will form part of the financial checks ahead of Innovate UK making a formal grant offer.

To establish your eligibility, we need to check that our support added to the amount you have previously received does not exceed the limit of £315,000 in the ‘applicable period’.

The applicable period is made up of:

(a) the elapsed part of the current financial year, and

(b) the two financial years immediately preceding the current financial year.

You must include any funding which you have received during the applicable period under:

You do not need to include aid or subsidies which have been granted on a different basis, for example, an aid award granted under the General Block Exemption Regulation.

Further information about the Subsidy Control Act 2022 requirements can be found in the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

EU Commission rules now only apply in limited circumstances. Please see the Windsor Framework to check if these rules apply to your organisation.

Further information

If you are unsure about your obligations under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, you should take independent legal advice. We cannot advise on individual eligibility or your legal obligations.

Funding

We have allocated up to £5 million to fund RS&INs in this competition.

Business enterprises

Your total project costs will be 100% funded. Total project costs and grant funding requests detailed within your application must not exceed the maximum of £500,000. If these exceed the maximum then your application will be made ineligible.

You can make reference to any additional voluntary contribution in your application answers. It must not be detailed in the finance section.

For more information on company sizes, please refer to the Company accounts guidance.

If you are applying for an award funded under European Commission Regulations, the definitions are set out in the European Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003.

Research participation

Research organisations undertaking non economic activity as part of the project can claim 100% of their total eligible project costs.

If your collaboration contains more than one research organisation undertaking non economic activities, each organisation can claim 100% of their eligible costs.

Of that 100% you can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to:

  • 80% of full economic costs (FEC) if you are a Je-S registered university or academic institution
  • 100% of your eligible project costs if you are an research and technology organisation (RTO), charity, not for profit organisation, public sector organisation

Research organisations must be non profit distributing to qualify. They must explain how they will disseminate the output of their project research as outlined in the application.

Research organisations which are engaged in economic activity as part of the project will be treated as business enterprises for the purposes of funding.

Innovate UK is unable to award organisations considered to be in financial difficulty. We will conduct financial viability and eligibility tests to confirm this is not the case following the application stage.

Your proposal

The aim of this competition is to support eligible non human health networks from the Discovery Phase of the UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme to establish their networks.

Your project must have identified all partners and defined their roles in the RS&IN.

Implementation Phase funding must be used by the RS&IN to deliver across four key areas:

  • evidence generation using regulatory science tools
  • stronger partnerships across the regulatory innovation ecosystem
  • knowledge sharing to inform evidence based policymaking
  • business growth opportunities

Your proposal must include the following:

  • a strategic delivery plan for the RS&IN covering proposed activities over the 12 month funded period
  • a knowledge sharing strategy for collecting and sharing evidence and insights generated by the RS&IN to influence policy over the next five years
  • a regulator engagement strategy outlining your plans for collaboration with regulators over the next five years
  • a longer term sustainability strategy setting out a credible plan towards strategic and financial sustainability after the Implementation Phase funding period expires, in Year Two to Year Five of the RS&IN’s establishment

Potential RS&IN activities can include:

  • research to inform policy and respond to regulator needs
  • training to upskill regulator staff and provide opportunities for continuous development
  • expert support to assist regulators with complex assessments
  • research based solutions for UK businesses to address domestic and international regulatory needs
  • other focused programmes that address sectoral stakeholders’ regulatory science priorities

This list is not exhaustive.

Portfolio approach

We want to fund a variety of projects across different technologies and markets.

We call this a portfolio approach.

Projects we will not fund

We are not funding projects that:

  • do not meet the minimum requirements as outlined under ‘Your Proposal’
  • have costs or grant requests that exceed the maximum of £500,000
  • have not been invited to apply by Innovate UK

We cannot fund projects that:

  • involve primary production in fishery and aquaculture
  • involve primary production in agriculture
  • have activities relating to the purchase of road freight transport
  • are not allowed under De minimis regulation restrictions
  • are not eligible to receive Minimal Financial Assistance
  • are dependent on export performance, for example, giving an award to a baker on the condition that they export a certain quantity of bread to another country
  • are dependent on domestic inputs usage, for example, if we give an award to a baker on the condition that they use 50% UK flour in their product

1 August 2024
Competition opens
2 August 2024
Online briefing event: watch the recording
Briefing slides are now available to download from supporting information.
2 September 2024 11:00am
Competition closes
24 October 2024 1:54pm
Applicants notified

Before you start

You must read the guidance on applying for a competition on the Innovation Funding Service before you start.

Before submitting, it is the lead applicant’s responsibility to make sure:

  • that all the information provided in the application is correct
  • your proposal meets the eligibility and scope criteria
  • all sections of the application are marked as complete
  • that all partners have completed all assigned sections and accepted the terms and conditions (T&Cs)

You can reopen your application once submitted, up until the competition deadline. You must resubmit the application before the competition deadline.

What we ask you

The application is split into four sections:

  1. Project details.
  2. Application questions.
  3. Finances.
  4. Project Impact.

Accessibility and Inclusion

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long term condition and face barriers applying to us.

You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance.

We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition’s closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline.

You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

1. Project details

This section provides background for your application and is not scored.

Application team

Decide which organisations will work with you on your project and invite people from those organisations to help complete the application.

Application details

Give your project’s title, start date and duration.

Project summary

Describe 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 description

Describe 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 can happen before you start your project.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

Scope

Describe how your project fits the scope of the competition. If your project is not in scope, it will not be sent for assessment. We will tell you the reason why.

Your answer can be up to 400 words long.

2. Application questions

The assessors will score all your answers apart from questions 1, 2, 3 and 4. You will receive feedback for each scored question. Find out more about how our assessors assess and how we select applications for funding.

You must answer all questions. Do not include any website addresses (URLs) in your answers.

Question 1. Applicant location (not scored)

You must state the name and full registered address of your organisation and any partners or subcontractors working on your project.

We are collecting this information to understand the geographical location of all applicants.

Question 2. Minimal Financial Assistance declaration (not scored)

You must download the declaration template. You must complete this, declaring any funding received under Minimal Financial Assistance (previously referred to as Special Drawing Rights) or De minimis awards, (from any source of public funding) in the applicable period.

You must complete all the fields on your form before uploading.

You must write “declaration attached” in the question text box.

You must upload the completed declaration as an appendix. It must be a PDF and the font must be legible at 100% zoom.

You must keep all documentation relating to Minimal Financial Assistance (previously referred to as Special Drawing Rights) and other De minimis awards for a period of 6 years and be prepared to release it to any public funding body which requests it.

Question 3. Animal testing (not scored)

Will your project involve any trials with animals or animal testing?

You must select one option:

  • Yes
  • No

We will only support innovation projects conducted to the highest standards of animal welfare.

Further information for proposals involving animal testing is available at the UKRI Good Research Hub and NC3R’s animal welfare guidance.

Question 4. Permits and licences (not scored)

Will you have the correct permits and licences in place to carry out your project?

We are unable to fund projects who do not have the correct permits or licences in place by your project start date.

You must select one option:

  • Yes
  • No
  • In process of being applied for
  • Not applicable

Question 5: Team and resources

Who is in the collaboration and what are their roles?

Explain:

  • the roles, skills, experience of all members of the collaboration that are relevant to the approach you will be taking and your ability to develop the network
  • the current relationships between collaborators and how you expect these to develop during this phase
  • the resources, equipment and facilities needed for the project and how you will access them
  • the details of any subcontractors you expect to work with to successfully carry out the project
  • any roles you reasonably believe you will need to recruit for

Your answer must be no more than 1000 words long.

Question 6: Year 1 strategic delivery plan (Implementation Phase)

Describe the key projects and work programmes planned for the 12-month Implementation Phase of your RS&IN.

In your answer, you must demonstrate or explain the following:

  • the key regulatory science and innovation projects you have chosen to undertake in the Implementation Phase, and your reasons for prioritising these above other activities
  • how you will assign ownership and ensure accountability between partners for delivering Implementation Phase projects
  • the governance structures you intend to use for decision making and oversight of Implementation Phase activities
  • the milestones and key performance metrics you intend to use to track and measure progress, and the timeframes in which you intend to complete them
  • your approach to standardisation activities, including raising awareness of existing standards, engaging with standardisation bodies and developing new standards
  • your investment strategy, and how you expect to raise future funding for your RS&IN
  • how your RS&IN's planned activities align with applicable government policies and strategies related to sustainable economic growth
  • whether you plan to appoint an advisory board of independent experts to help guide your activities over the longer term

Your answer must be no more than 1000 words long. You can submit up to 3 appendices to support your answer. They can include diagrams and charts. They must be PDF and no larger than 10MB. They can be up to four A4 pages but must be in 11 point font size.

Question 7: Knowledge sharing and influencing policy

Describe your strategy for establishing knowledge sharing mechanisms to leverage network-generated evidence and insights to inform policy development.

Describe:

  • the methods you will employ to gather data, insights and best practices arising from your Strategic Delivery Plan (see question 6)
  • how you will synthesise and analyse this information to identify critical trends, challenges and opportunities within your sector
  • how you will communicate your findings and recommendations to policymakers and other relevant stakeholders

Your answer must be no more than 1000 words long. You can submit up to 3 appendices to support your answer. They can include diagrams and charts. They must be PDF and no larger than 10MB. They can be up to four A4 pages but must be in 11 point font size.

Question 8: Regulatory engagement and collaboration

How will your network establish and maintain collaborative relationships with relevant regulatory bodies?

Explain:

  • how your network will identify potential gaps in regulatory knowledge related to your innovation area
  • the criteria you will use to prioritise areas requiring further research
  • the communication and engagement strategies you will employ to build trust and facilitate dialogue with regulators
  • how you will ensure that your network’s outputs are communicated to regulators in a clear and systematic way
  • how often you intend to meet with representatives from regulators in your innovation area
  • the types of events, such as workshops and conferences, that your network will host or participate in to foster collaboration with regulators

Your answer must be no more than 1000 words long. You can submit up to 3 appendices to support your answer. They can include diagrams and charts. They must be PDF and no larger than 10MB. They can be up to four A4 pages but must be in 11 point font size.

Question 9: Longer term sustainability strategy (Years 2 to 5)

Describe your vision for your RS&IN's longer term sustainability beyond the 12 month Implementation Phase.

Focusing on activities planned for Years 2 to 5, describe:

  • how you reasonably expect to generate revenue and secure new investment for your RS&IN beyond the Implementation Phase; this may include (without limitation) membership fees, industry partnerships and other funding bodies
  • how your RS&IN will continue to facilitate knowledge exchange and capacity building within the regulatory science and innovation ecosystem beyond the Implementation Phase
  • the performance metrics you intend to use to measure the longer term impact of your RS&IN's activities on regulatory science and innovation within your sector
  • any planned revisions to your RS&IN's governance structure to ensure effective decision-making and oversight for the long term
  • longer term planning for new advisory boards or committees as your RS&IN matures
  • longer term plans around standardisation

Your answer must be no more than 1000 words long. You can submit up to 3 appendices to support your answer. They can include diagrams and charts. They must be PDF and no larger than 10MB. They can be up to four A4 pages but must be in 11 point font size.

3. Finances

Each organisation in your project must complete their own project costs, organisation details and funding details in the application.

Academic institutions must complete and upload a Je-S form.

Your projects total grant funding request must not exceed the maximum of £500,000. If your grant funding request does exceed this maximum, then your application will be made ineligible.

You can make reference to any additional voluntary contribution in your application question answers but these must not be detailed in this finance section.

For full details on what costs you can claim see our project costs guidance. You can also view our application finances video

4. Project Impact

This section is not scored but will provide background to your project.

Each partner must complete the Project Impact questions before being able to submit the application.

More information can be found in our Project Impact guidance and by viewing our Impact Management Framework video.

Innovate UK complies with the requirements of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and is committed to upholding data protection legislation, and protecting your information in accordance with data protection principles.

Assessment

Your application will be reviewed by three independent assessors based on the content of your application and their skills or expertise relevant to your project. All of the scores awarded will count towards the total score used to make the funding decision unless you are notified otherwise.

You can find out more about our assessment process in the General Guidance.

Your submitted application will be assessed against these criteria:

Background and further information

Regulation has the power to accelerate innovation by providing confidence to innovators, certainty for investors and boosting consumer confidence.

Innovate UK’s UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme is a key initiative to harness the power of regulatory science to generate evidence and insights that inform regulatory policy and practice.

By responding to the evolving innovation landscape and the increasing complexity of regulating new technologies, this intervention will contribute to the creation of a pro innovation regulatory environment that benefits society.

This secondary, Implementation Phase competition follows the initial Discovery Phase of the Programme by providing funding to successful RS&INs to implement their proposals and begin their journey to establishing fully functioning networks.

Briefing slides

Briefing slides are available to download here.

If your application is successful

If you are successful with this application, you will be asked to set up your project.

You will be notified by email on the date published for this competition. Notifications may be sent any time up to 5pm.

You must follow the unique link embedded in your email notification. This takes you to your Innovation Funding Service (IFS) Set Up portal, where we gather the information to set up your project.

Watch our video on what steps there are before a project starts.

During the project set up you will be assigned a delivery executive who will guide you through the whole project set up process.

Following your email notification, you will need to provide the following within 5 days (including weekends and bank holidays):

  • the name and contact details of your project manager and project finance lead

  • a finance contact for all partners

  • a copy of your bank details

You will need to provide the following within 30 days (including weekends and bank holidays):

  • a collaboration agreement, if collaborative

  • an exploitation plan

You will have 90 days (including weekends and bank holidays) to complete all of your project set up. Within this time, you will also be required to submit:

  • project location

  • any answers to financial queries we have requested

  • any requested documentation to support your project such as a spend profile

Your funding offer may be withdrawn if project setup is not completed within this or an alternative timeframe as advised by Innovate UK.

In order for us to process your claims, you must make sure you have a valid UK business bank account. It can take several weeks for a new account to be created if required. We recommend starting this process as early as possible to avoid any delays to your project start date.

The bank account which grant is to be paid into must:

  • be a business account in the same name as the organisation listed in IFS

  • be from a UK bank regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) 

  • have a cheque and credit clearing facility

Online accounts are eligible as long as they meet the above criteria.

Innovate UK will accept most banking societies apart from:

  • Viva Wallet

  • Intesa Sanpaolo

  • Equals Money UK Limited

  • Modulr FS Limited

If you have any doubts that your bank account will not meet Innovate UK's funding criteria, you can use the sort code checker. If you input the sort code and find a tick next to the ‘BACS Direct Credit payments can be sent to this sort code’, this will give you an indication that the bank account you hold is acceptable.

Finance checks

We will carry out checks to make sure you are an established company with access to the funds necessary to complete the project.

You must check your IFS portal regularly and respond to any requests we have sent for additional information to avoid any delays.

Failure to complete project setup may result in your grant offer being withdrawn.

Your Grant offer letter (GOL)

Once you have successfully completed project setup, we will issue your GOL.

The GOL will be made available on your IFS portal. You will need to sign and upload this for us to approve. Once approved we will send you an email with permission to start your project on your confirmed start date.

You must not start your project before the date stated on your email and GOL. Any costs incurred before your agreed start date cannot be claimed as part of your grant.

If your GOL is approved on or before the fifteenth of the month it will be dated from the first of that month. If your GOL is approved after the fifteenth, it will be dated the first of the next month.

If your application is unsuccessful

If you are unsuccessful with your application this time, you can view feedback from the assessors. This will be available to you on your IFS portal following notification.

Sometimes your application will have scored well, and you will receive positive comments from the assessors. You may be unsuccessful as your average score was not above the funding threshold or your project has not been selected under the portfolio approach if this is applied for this competition.

Even if you are unsuccessful in securing funding through this competition, programme sponsors may wish to engage you further to discuss options for development your proposal further, or identifying and signposting you to suitable alternative funding streams.

Support for SMEs from Innovate UK Business Growth

If you receive an award, you will be contacted about working with an innovation and growth specialist at Innovate UK Business Growth. This service forms part of our funded offer to you.

These specialists focus on growing innovative businesses and ensuring that projects contribute to their growth. Working one to one, they can help you to identify your best strategy and harness world class resources to grow and achieve scale.

We encourage you to engage with Innovate UK Business Growth, delivered by a knowledgeable and objective specialist near you.

Protecting your innovation

A Secure Innovation campaign has been developed to help founders and leaders of innovative startups protect their technology, competitive advantage, and reputation.

This was developed by UK’s National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

Data sharing

This competition is funded by Innovate UK.

Additionally, the UK RS&IN programme is governed by a Steering Group comprising the following bodies, each referred to individually as a Programme Sponsor:

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
  • Innovate UK, part of UKRI
  • Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
  • Office for Life Sciences
  • British Standards Institution

Any relevant information submitted and produced by you during the application process concerning your application can be shared by one programme sponsor with the other, for its individual storage, processing and use.

This means that any information given to or generated by Innovate UK in respect of your application may be passed on to any programme sponsor, or by a sponsor to another sponsor or Innovate UK. This would include, but is not restricted to:

  • the information stated on the application, including the personal details of all applicants
  • scoring and feedback on the application
  • information received during the management and administration of the grant, such as Monitoring Service providers reports and Independent Accountant Reports

Innovate UK and each programme sponsor are directly accountable to you for their holding and processing of your information, including any personal data and confidential information. Data is held in accordance with their own policies. Accordingly, Innovate UK, Innovate UK Business Connect and each programme sponsor will be data controllers for personal data submitted during the application.

Innovate UK’s Privacy Policy

Innovate UK Business Connect Privacy Policy

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Office for Life Sciences

British Standards Institution

Innovate UK complies with the requirements of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and is committed to upholding data protection legislation, and protecting your information in accordance with data protection principles.

The Information Commissioner’s Office also has a useful guide for organisations, which outlines the data protection principles.

By applying into this competition, you confirm that you agree to your name and contact details being shared with other successful projects within the competition. You also confirm that you have the permission of your network partners to do the same with their names and contact details. This information will be used to facilitate discussion and collaboration between projects on shared challenges and opportunities, a core objective of the programme.

We will share names and contact details securely by either MS Teams or by encrypted email.

It is your responsibility as lead partner to inform your collaboration partners about the sharing of their data

Contact us

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