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Follow-the-Grant – Identifying the longer-term impacts of Innovate UK collaborative R&D grants

Published: 9 July 2025

ERC Research Report

Associated Themes

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  Finance
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  Innovation
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  Productivity and performance

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In this report, we develop and apply a Follow-the-Grant (FTG) methodology to track the long-term impacts of a group of 16 Innovate UK (IUK) collaborative R&D grants over 3-8 years after they were completed. By tracking down project participants, often in new job roles, we follow the progress of the knowledge generated in each project and identify technological and commercial outcomes. We focus on four research questions:

· What were the outcomes of the funded projects? How were these outcomes influenced by individual, technological, organisational, and market factors?

· How was the knowledge developed during the project subsequently utilised by the firm? How long did this process take? What factors influenced this deployment?

· Was the knowledge developed during the project applied elsewhere? How was the knowledge disseminated or transferred?

· What happened to the team members from the original project? How did their involvement in the funded project shape their future activities?

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