Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter

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

Let us know how you found out about CKAF and indicate any factors that contributed to your wish to apply, for example, prior contact with the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT). Your answer can be up to 50 words long. The Knowledge Asset now

If Yes, please use the text box below to state whether it was funding for this Knowledge Asset (KA) or a related KA and what that funding was, for example, a KAGF, Rapid Response Award (RRA), or CKAF award. If you received funding for this KA, on a new line provide any KAGF, CKAF, or RRA project ID number. A KAGF or CKAF ID will either be an eight digit number beginning with 1, for example, 10015454 or, in a small number of cases, a four digit number starting with zero, for example, 0036, found on your Grant Offer Letter, or other previous correspondence with an RRA ID will be an initialisatio

We would like to know: if this KA is supported by the Technology Transfer Strategic Partnership Team (TTSP) if you or a member of this project team has participated in GOTT’s Public Research Innovation and Market Accelerator (PRIMA) programme for this KA if you or a member of this project team participated in GOTT’s Bootcamps or attended GOTT’s annual conference, or sought advice from GOTT’s policy team, or published guidance Your answer can be up to 200 words long.

Describe your Knowledge Asset (KA) as it exists currently. Your answer must: describe the KA explain the work that has been done to develop the KA so far tell us why the proposed KA development goes beyond what would be considered ‘business as usual’ for your organisation Your answer can be up to 250 words long.

Describe the current commercial position of your Knowledge Asset. In developing a Knowledge Asset towards commercialisation outcomes, it is important to consider the target market and customers. Commercial development helps you to consider identified and or new markets. Your answer must describe work to date that demonstrates: the latent need for the KA to be developed the steps taken to understand this need what you envisage as the route to commercialisation consideration of who or what could provide the same or similar solutions Your answer can be up to 250 words long .

Describe the ownership position of the Knowledge Asset at the point of application. Pay particular attention to any Intellectual Property (IP) that forms the basis of your proposed project or that might arise. Include information on background IP, IP brought into the project by the applicant or a third party and foreground IP generated during the course of, or as a result of the project. Your answer can be up to 250 words long.

Describe the current level of organisational support for this CKAF project and potentially the KA agenda more broadly. In the text box below ensure you have described the nature of interactions and agreements with: your line manager and wider team the finance team and business development teams essential for this project to be delivered your organisation's Knowledge Asset Manager, IP Manager, Innovation Manager, if necessary your procurement or commercial team, if applicable to your projects any external commercial parties, for example, businesses applicable to this project Your answer can be

This section of the application form will ask you to use our CRF to assess the maturity of your Knowledge Asset at the starting point of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF. Indicate the stage, 1 to 4, along the development scale that best reflects the Knowledge Asset development at the point of application. The Knowledge Asset development stages are described in the accompanying

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess the maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the starting point of your project for each of the four progress components of the CRF. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects the commercial development at the point of application. You must select one option. Stage 1: starting Stage 1: in progress

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess the maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the starting point of your project for each of the four progress components of the CRF. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 on the development scale that best reflects your IP position at the point of application. You must select one option. Stage 1: starting Stage 1: in progress Stage 2: star

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess the maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the starting point of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects your organisation’s support for this project at the point of application. Evidence of this level

Describe the proposed project to develop this Knowledge Asset. Your answer must explain: the aims and objectives of the project the relevant background to explain why the proposed project is important any latent need being addressed by developing the Knowledge Asset, including what business need, technological or market gap this project seeks to fill in addition to those already detailed how this funding will develop your Knowledge Asset towards commercialisation the potential impact of not funding the project if not already outlined in your response to question 8, how does this project differ

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess your predicted maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the end of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF and how to map your milestones onto it to aid your assessment. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects the Knowledge Asset development at

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess your predicted maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the end of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF and how to map your milestones onto it to aid your assessment. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects the commercialisation development

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess your predicted maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the end of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF and how to map your milestones onto it to aid your assessment. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects the intellectual property position

This section of the application form will ask you to use our Commercialisation Readiness Framework to assess your predicted maturity of your Knowledge Asset (KA) at the end of your project for each of the four progress components of the Commercial Readiness Framework. See the accompanying ‘Applicant Guidance’ document for details of the CRF and how to use the CRF. We have provided worked examples to support you to use the CRF and how to map your milestones onto it to aid your assessment. Indicate the stage 1 to 4 along the development scale that best reflects your organisation’s support for th

Describe what you consider to be the potential long term benefits and positive impact to the UK, or globally as a result of this project. Benefits may take a multitude of forms, for example, they could be social, environmental, economic or financial. You must consider who would benefit from the development of the KA, for example, members of the public, government departments or UK industry. Your answer can be up to 250 words long.

You must outline your next steps following the completion of the project, assuming your project is successful and receives funding. Your answer can explain: how the asset will be developed further, referencing the Commercial Readiness Framework whether additional funding will be necessary and why whether further work is required to achieve the best commercialisation opportunity if there are differences between short, medium and long term objectives Your answer can be up to 250 words long. The Project Team, risks and project management

Complete the Team Composition section of the CKAF Project Breakdown template. Using the template provide details of your project team, their experience and responsibilities on the project. This must include any subcontractors who will be undertaking work on the project, ensuring this is clearly indicated. In the form, you must include any relevant: technical experience managerial experience commercial experience project management delivery experience While the system will prompt you to upload the template here, you must ensure you upload the completed version under Question 26 instead. In the

You must provide an overview as to why your project represents good value for money, and a short narrative justifying your costs. Your answer can be up to 250 words long. Complete the Expenditure and Invoicing Forecast sections of the CKAF Application Project Breakdown template. Using the CKAF Application Project Breakdown template, add details on the Expenditure and Invoicing Forecast tabs to provide a breakdown of the full costings of activities proposed, and your proposed invoicing forecast. The invoice forecast must be accurate, as the CKAF secretariat will use this to monitor your project