Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (UK)

Deadline: 4-Sep-25

The Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) is run by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and funded by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

The aim of this competition is to support organisations to move viable public sector Knowledge Assets with identified potential markets towards commercialisation.

A Knowledge Asset is an intangible asset that your organisation holds. Examples of Knowledge Assets include know how, expertise, intellectual property, rights for designs, research and development outputs, source code and creative outputs.

Funding Information

Innovate UK is administering this competition on behalf of GOTT, which will provide funding ranging from £50,000 to £250,000 per project.

Eligibility Criteria

Your project must:
- last for either 6, 12 or 18 months
- be based on a pre-existing identified Knowledge Asset (KA); Question 9
- describe a plausible potential commercial market for the KA; Question 10
- have ownership of the KA; Question 11, this is for the eligible organisation applying for CKAF
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from this work in the UK
Lead organisation
- To lead a project across several organisations or just your own, your organisation must:
  - be a Public Sector Research Establishment (PRSEs), UKRI wholly owned institute or other public sector bodies that meet GOTT standard eligibility criteria, for example, arm’s length bodies (ALBs) that undertake research as a primary function
  - be able to submit a signed letter of support from your organisation at a senior level demonstrating the appropriate level of support;
  - not act in any way to gain selective commercial or economic advantage from the outputs of this project;
  - have ownership of the identified KA and the rights to use and commercially exploit intellectual property that might be generated during the project.

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