NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme
Overview
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Funding type: Other · Funders: Innovate UK , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
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- Category
- R&D
- Industry
- Other
- Technology
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- Target stage
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- Project duration
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- Estimated preparation
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Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
- up to £2.5K
- Currency
- GBP
- Total programme budget
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- Support type
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- Co-funding
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- Matching fund
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- Disbursement
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- Note
- Maximum award: £2,500
Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
Who is eligible? This programme is only open to those who have previously received NERC funding directly as an individual or been affiliated with NERC-funded programmes, for example studentships, fellowships, research grants. The NERC ICURe Discover programme is open to researchers at all levels of seniority, technicians and students from all disciplines undertaking master’s degrees, PhDs, and postdoctoral research. You can be based at a university, independent research organisation or one of NERC’s six centres across the UK. See a full list of NERC centres . You should have a genuine interest in entrepreneurship. Your course of study and idea or research must be directly related to the commercialisation of NERC-funded research to solve climate adaptation challenges. It should do this by bringing new or improved technologies, processes, products and services to market to enhance UK’s climate resilience. This ensures physical and social systems are resilient and well adapted to a changing climate. This includes, but is not limited to: • food security • water supply • transport • urban design • large infrastructure resilience • community preparedness and response • physical risks for the finance sector We welcome applications from individuals in: • universities who have not participated in the ICURe programme • universities who do not receive Higher Education Innovation Funding funding • under-represented groups including women, people of colour, those living with disabilities and those from the LGBTQI plus communities • approved public sector research enterprises Equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who is eligible.
- RequiredLimited to certain organisation types
Eligibility is restricted to specific organisation types, which may exclude an ordinary company.
- Company age
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- Employees
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- Revenue limits
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- Consortium
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Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
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- Local entity
- Needs verification
- Location condition
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Required Documents
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Application Process
How you apply
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Evaluation
Review process and criteria
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Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
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Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
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- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
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- IP ownership
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- Deliverable ownership
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- Exclusivity
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- Right of first refusal
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- Audit & settlement
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Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
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IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
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AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
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