---

Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications for funding have been made to the LINK Programme in the current financial year; and what the (a) name, (b) subject and (c) cost is of each application which has been approved. [101878] Ms Hewitt: LINK is a pan-government scheme for the support of collaborative research between UK companies and the science base. It consists of a number of individual programmes which run their own calls for proposals. There are currently 25 programmes open for applications. Each programme funds a number of projects. I believe that my hon. Friend has a particular interest in the LINK Basic Technologies for Industrial Applications programme. In the case of this programme, a call for proposals was announced by my noble Friend, the Minister for Science and Innovation on 26 July 2002, with a closing date of 7 November 2002. 140 outline applications were received, of which 20 were invited to come forward as full proposals to the second stage of the appraisal process. 19 full proposals were received by the closing date of 20 February 2003 and are now being assessed by an independent panel of industrial and academic experts. Therefore, at this stage, no projects have been approved for funding under the programme.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

101878; 401 c689W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Companies Applications Costs Finance Technology Research Science LINK programme

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk