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Pre-announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: foundational technology hubs

🇬🇧 United Kingdom·UK Research and Innovation(Government)
Funding
up to £12M
≈ ₩21B (FX as of 2026-07-01)
Deadline
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Rolling

Overview

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Funding type: Grant · Funders: UK Research and Innovation

UKRI-wide ]]>

Category
R&D
Industry
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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 £12M
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: £12,000,000

Eligibility

Can we actually apply?

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This opportunity is open to organisations on the standard eligibility list. It is not open to organisations based overseas. To apply, you must be: • the project lead (or the fellow, if applying for a fellowship) • based at an organisation eligible for UKRI funding and have their support • resident in the UK when you apply, or will be resident in the UK for the duration of the project This opportunity is open to applicants who meet the individual eligibility criteria . Building on the Technician Commitment UKRI Action Plan and the UKRI people and teams action plan , we particularly encourage the inclusion of research technical professionals in the ‘Core team’ section. Where appropriate, we encourage applications that include research technical professionals as project lead (PL) or project co-leads (PcLs). UKRI’s individual eligibility policy focuses on individuals’ talent, skills and capability rather than formal qualifications, and recognises expertise developed through academic and non-academic routes. You can only apply as PL on one submitted application. You can be PcL on multiple applications. You must also check to make sure you meet all of UKRI’s individual eligibility criteria . Equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to equal opportunity for all funding applicants and encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers. Who else can be involved Although businesses are not eligible to be included as PL or PcL, they are strongly encouraged to be involved as project partners. Demand management We are not currently limiting application numbers for this funding opportunity, but if we get more applications than we can assess, we may start to limit numbers. Resubmissions We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to us before. A resubmission is an application that only has minor changes to a previous submission.

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
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Location condition
영국 소재 기관·기업(또는 영국 파트너와의 협업)이 일반적으로 요구됩니다(원문 확인 필요).

Required Documents

Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions

Document requirements were not captured (needs verification). Check the official announcement.

Application Process

How you apply

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Evaluation

Review process and criteria

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Timeline

Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution

Process steps were not captured.

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)

Overall: Not assessable (insufficient data)
Eligibility risk33

Chance of failing eligibility, location or legal-entity rules

Financial risk20

Co-funding, matching funds, reimbursement and loan exposure

Execution risk22

Paperwork load, timeline pressure, reporting and audit duties

Contract risk27

Exclusivity, right of first refusal, duplicate-funding limits

IP & idea exposure riskNeeds verification

How much technical detail you must hand over, and who owns it

Key risk factors
  • 10
    Required documents not collected· evidence needs verification

    The list of required documents was not collected.

  • 8
    Local-entity requirement not stated· evidence needs verification

    The announcement does not say whether a local entity is required.

  • 8
    Payment timing not stated· evidence needs verification

    Advance versus reimbursement makes a large difference to cash flow.

  • 7
    Overseas eligibility not stated· evidence needs verification

    Whether an overseas company may take part has to be confirmed.

  • 7
    Exclusivity not stated· evidence needs verification

    Any exclusivity clause has to be checked.

  • 6
    Right of first refusal not stated· evidence needs verification

    Any right-of-first-refusal clause has to be checked.

  • 6
    Duplicate-support rule not stated· evidence needs verification

    Whether parallel support is allowed has to be confirmed.

14 item(s) need verification
  • · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
  • · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
  • · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a local entity is required is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an overseas company may apply is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a matching fund is required is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether payment is in advance or in arrears is not stated (needs verification).
  • · The level of settlement and audit obligation is not stated (needs verification).
  • · The duplicate-support rule is not stated (needs verification).

Generated by local:rules-v1 · 13h ago

IP / Idea Protection

How much of your technology and idea you must disclose

Required documents unknown

The announcement does not say what has to be submitted, so the disclosure exposure cannot be judged. the scope of the material requested is not stated. The awarding body is UK Research and Innovation. 8 fields could not be read and must be checked in the announcement and the grant agreement.

NDA
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IP ownership
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Deliverable ownership
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Data rights
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Disclosure depth
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File patent first?
Not applicable
Reuse of submissions
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Publicity obligation
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Exposure score
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Safe to disclose
  • · The problem your product solves, and the market definition
  • · Your value proposition and quantified results (improvement rates, throughput)
  • · Anything already public: granted patents, papers, press coverage
  • · Team composition, capabilities and a summary of past delivery
  • · Architecture-level diagrams at module granularity, without internal implementation
Keep to a minimum
  • · Core algorithms: formulae, hyper-parameters and pre-processing rules
  • · Raw training data and the details of your collection pipeline
  • · Full source code and build or deployment scripts
  • · Cost structure and unit-price formulae
  • · Named customers, contract terms and pricing
  • · How an unfiled invention is actually implemented
Recommended actions
  • MEDIUMRequest an NDA

    Ask in writing for a mutual NDA before submitting detailed technical material; if it is refused, keep what you submit at summary level.

4 evidence item(s) from the source
  • UNKNOWN

    No document list was collected, so the exposure of technical material cannot be judged.

    Source link
  • UNKNOWN

    No NDA clause could be found.

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  • UNKNOWN

    IP ownership terms could not be found.

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  • UNKNOWN

    Ownership of the deliverables terms could not be found.

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Needs verification (8)
  • · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
  • · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
  • · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).

This assessment is derived from the stored announcement, document and contract fields. Anything the source does not state is marked "needs verification" — it never asserts that your idea will be taken. Generated by local:rules-v1 · 13h ago

AI Analysis

Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness

Preparation difficultyNeeds verification

From paperwork and review stages

Competition (estimate)65

Heuristic from award size and type

Attractiveness72

Amount, terms and IP combined

Overall riskNeeds verification

Weighted average of five dimensions

Pros
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Cons
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Cautions
  • Nothing flagged

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