Question follow-through · 18501
Small Business Research Initiative: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the impact of Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative on Northern Ireland in the last two years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the impact of Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative on Northern Ireland in the last two years.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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12 Dec 2024
Answer published
Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (now renamed to Contracts for Innovation) has published an evaluation demonstrating its impact, including:£788m awarded through SBRI competitions between 2008 and 2022Business applicants from NI made up app...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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