Assessment process and criteria

This guidance explains our competition process and how your proposal is assessed.

At UKDI, we have a very thorough process for deciding which proposals to fund. The below guidance sets out our full competition process including the guidance given to our assessors to assess proposals.

The competition process is made up of 10 stages.

All competitions are launched on our UKDI Competition Services page.

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The only way to submit a proposal to UKDI is online via the UKDI online submission service. Log in or register for an account.

before submitting your proposal, check the terms and conditions carefully to ensure that you agree with all of them. You may wish to check them with your commercial or legal department. Please read the Open Call terms and conditions here. The terms and conditions for a themed competition can be found within the competition document.

draft your proposal offline to avoid losing material when submitting online

be concise. Each assessor should be able to read, understand and assess your proposal within 1 hour and 30 minutes, unless otherwise stated in the competition document. Use the text boxes provided in the application form and look out for the word limits

attachments are limited to .png, .jpg, or.jpeg files only. Please provide full answers on the (Desirable/Feasible/Viable) criteria for your Innovation in the boxes provided. Proposals received with Desirable/Feasible/Viable answers provided as attachments will be considered non-compliant and sifted out of the competition.

only click submit when your proposal is complete. It is not possible to add any additional information to your proposal after it has been submitted