A Review of the Small Business Research Initiative A report commissioned by Innovate UK FINAL REPORT August 2015 [Published 2017] (original) (raw)
E2.1.1 The UK SBRI programme has seen increasing use since 2008-09 when it was revised and reintroduced following a review of its effectiveness that had found that departments had not engaged with it as intended. Since the review in 2008 and relaunch in 2009, use of the SBRI has risen steadily with over £200m spent through the SBRI programme as of mid-2014. E2.1.2 An increasing number of public sector bodies are using the programme. There are now 70 public sector bodies that have taken part in the programme. Use of the programme is concentrated within a small number of departments however. In terms of the percentage of the total SBRI money spent by mid-2014, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) accounts for 20% of the total, the Department of Health (DH) and the National Health Service (NHS) 21%, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 14%, and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) directly or through Innovate UK (28%). These are the main user departments in terms both of the number of challenges promoted and the value of the contracts awarded to firms.
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