BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and Compliance

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 more about the geographical location of all applicants.

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 .

Will you have the correct permits and licences in place to carry out your project? We are unable to fund projects which do not have the correct permits or licences in place by your project start date. You must select one option: Yes No In the process of being applied for Not applicable

Does your proposed work involve any international collaboration or engagement? You must provide details of any expected international collaboration or engagement. You must include a list of the names and the countries, any international project co-leads, project partners, visiting researchers, or other collaborators are based in. You must also include details of any subcontractors or service providers. If your proposed work does not involve international collaboration or engagement, your answer must confirm this.

You must indicate whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance . You must select one option: Yes No

You must explain if your proposed project work relates to UKRI’s Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I) Principles , including: a list of any dual use (both military and non-military) applications to your research a list of the areas where your project is relevant to one or more of the 17 areas of the UK National Security and Investment (NSI) Act whether an export control license is required for this project under the academic export control guidance and the status of any applications a list of any items or substances on the UK Strategic Export Control List If your proposed work does not relat

You must select one option: Financial Services Defence Advanced manufacturing Clean energy industries Health and Life Sciences Professional and Business Services Creative Industries

You must confirm the organisation acting as the AI Supplier for this project. You must use the same organisation name provided in the Applicant Details section.

You must confirm the organisation acting as the AI Deployer for this project.

Estimate the realistic market opportunity for your innovation. Provide an evidence based assessment by: The Total Addressable Market (TAM): This is the total market demand for a product or service. It's the maximum revenue opportunity available if 100% market share was achieved. The Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM): The portion of the addressable market that can realistically be captured by your innovation. It factors in constraints like competition, geography, pricing, and how easily you can go to market.

Describe the proposed real-world application of the innovation and the anticipated benefits for the organisation deploying it. Provide quantitative estimates of these benefits. Your response must include quantitative estimates of the anticipated benefits for a typical deployer. Benefits can come from many areas including financial, operational, safety and quality, sustainability, business resilience.

Describe the innovation, including what has been developed to date, how it works, and evidence that it is sufficiently developed for the proposed project. Explain the intellectual property position, including ownership and confirmation that the project team has the rights required to develop, deploy and commercialise the innovation. You must upload a technical architecture diagram. It must be a PDF no larger than 10MB. It can be up to two A4 pages and must be legible at 100% zoom.

Describe your route to deployment and how you will address the regulatory, assurance and standards requirements for your use case. You must outline: what you have done already what you understand you must do prior to deployment

What skills, capabilities or experience does your team have that will help you deliver your innovation? You must include any skills, knowledge, or experiences that are applicable.

Explain how the deploying organisation provides an appropriate environment for demonstrating the innovation. Describe the operational environment and why it is suitable for validating the proposed application. Include the people, data, systems, workflows and other resources that will be available to support the demonstration.

Describe the evidence, data and insights that will be collected during the project, how they will be gathered, and how they will be used to inform future deployment or commercialisation of the innovation.

You must outline the top three risks for wider deployment of your innovation in more detail. For each identified risk, explain what actions you will take to mitigate its impact. Risks can come from many areas for example: technical risks: risks related to product development, functionality of performance commercial or financial risks: for example, those related to market adoption, competition or profitability environmental or social risks: risks related to environmental impact, regulations, social acceptance regulatory risks: risks related to obtaining necessary regulatory approvals project ma

What are the key milestones you are aiming to achieve through this award? You must focus specifically on what the funding from this competition will enable you to do. Your milestones must fit within your anticipated timeline for project delivery. You don’t need to provide the full project plan in the answer to this question.

What steps will you be taking to ensure successful delivery of your milestones? Your response must consider how you will achieve these key milestones.