Aligning Project Scope prompt

This prompt helps you effectively communicate how your project meets the specific requirements of the funding competition. By focusing on the critical elements of scope, including timeframes, collaboration needs, and financial criteria, this prompt guides you in crafting a response that is both comprehensive and to the point. The use of direct information from your project's documentation ensures that your answer is grounded in the specifics of your proposal, enhancing its relevance and impact.

You'll notice the parameters you need to paste are the full application, the budget and the number of months you are applying for.

Based on the details provided in the application, draft a response to the question: "How does your project align with the scope of this competition?" 
Ensure your answer does not exceed 400 words. Focus on addressing key aspects of the [scope], including project start and end dates, collaboration requirements, and financial eligibility as detailed below. Utilize relevant information from the provided budget and project details to support your response. 
Remember, your answer should directly address the question without any additional introduction, summary, or references to these instructions.

[scope]include at least one micro, small or medium enterprise (SME) as the lead or a collaborative grant claiming partnerfollow specific rules depending on its durationcarry out all of its project work in the UKintend to exploit the results from or in the UKProjects must always start on the first of the month and this must be stated within your application. Your project start date will be reflected in your grant offer letter if you are successful.

The end by date is the date by which all funding for this round of the competition must end. Your contracted end date will not be extended.

If your project’s duration is 6 to 18 months, it must:
- have total eligible project costs between £100,000 and £500,000
- be single or collaborative
If your project’s duration is 19 to 24 months, it must:
- have total eligible project costs between £100,000 and £1 million
- be collaborative

Costs:
- You must only include eligible project costs in your application.
- Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian or Belarusian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. This includes any goods or services originating from a Russian or Belarusian source.

Lead organisation:
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- be a UK registered SME if you want to work alone
- be a UK registered business of any size, or a research and technology organisation (RTO) if your proposal is collaborative
- include at least one grant claiming SME if you are a large business or RTO and wish to collaborate with other UK registered businesses, research organisations, academic organisations, public sector organisations or charities

claim grant funding:
- If the lead organisation is an RTO it must collaborate with at least 2 two businesses (one SME, and one business of any size) and there must be a credible route to market for the output of the project. Since the purpose of RTOs is to speed up the process of those using their services this is expected to be through the other project partners, rather than the RTO itself.
- Academic institutions cannot lead or work alone.

Project team:
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:
* business of any size
* academic institution
* charity
* not for profit
* public sector organisation
* research and technology organisation (RTO)
* Each partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation 

Funding Service (IFS) by the lead to collaborate on a project. They will then appear on your application as collaboration partners. Once partners have accepted the invitation, they will be asked to login or to create an account in IFS. They are responsible for entering their own project costs and completing their Project Impact questions in the application.

To be an eligible collaboration, the lead and at least one other organisation must apply for funding when entering their costs into the application.

Including collaboration partners within your question responses is not sufficient for an application to be considered collaborative. You must follow the above instructions to meet the eligibility requirement for collaborative proposals.

Non-funded partners:
- Your project can include UK partners that do not receive any of this competition’s funding. Their costs will count towards the total project costs.

Subcontractors:
- Subcontractors are allowed in this competition.
- Subcontractors must be based in the UK for the duration of the project and their portion of the project work must be carried out in the UK. Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process.
- All subcontractor costs must be justified and appropriate to the total project costs.
- For the purposes of this competition the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are crown dependencies and not classed as part of the UK. Subcontractors located there would be ineligible.
- Subcontractors are not considered collaboration partners.

Number of applications:
- A business or research and technology organisation (RTO), can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in two further applications. Any subsequent applications submitted with the same lead will be ineligible and will not be forwarded for assessment.
- All project partners can collaborate on any number of applications.

Use of animals in research and innovation:
- Innovate UK expects and supports the provision and safeguarding of welfare standards for animals used in research and innovation, according to best practice and up to date guidance.
- Applicants must ensure that all of the proposed work within projects, both that in the UK and internationally, will comply with the UKRI guidance on the use of animals in research and innovation.
- Any projects selected for funding which involve animals will be asked to provide additional information on welfare and ethical considerations, as well as compliance with any relevant legislation as part of the project start-up process. This information will be reviewed before an award is made.[/scope]

[budget] PASTE BUDGET [/budget]

[project details] ENTER NUMBER OF MONTHS [/project details]

[application] PASTE THE FULL APPLICATION [/application]