On the face of it, Innovate UK’s new Open Funding Competition is looking to replace the old SMART grant scheme.
There have been some major changes, which I will write about in new course.
First things first, the questions that need answering in your proposal document came along in a different order, which can be a worry if you are looking to re-purpose an old proposal, however they roughly align with the previous regime, thus:
Old Smart Question 1 -> New Open Question 1
Old Smart Question 2 -> New Open Question 4
Old Smart Question 3 -> New Open Question 5
Old Smart Question 4 -> New Open Question 6
Old Smart Question 5 -> New Open Question 7
Old Smart Question 6 -> New Open Question 2
Old Smart Question 7 -> New Open Question 8
Old Smart Question 8 -> New Open Question 3
Old Smart Question 9 -> New Open Question 10
Old Smart Question 10 -> New Open Question 9