Criteria for R&D projects

Applicants

• Must be a legal entity (university, research institute or company)
• Must have at least 25% UAE nationals on the research team
• Maximum duration of funding is 2 years for applied research and 3 years for basic research
• For basic research, maximum share of funding is limited to 75% of budgeted expenses
• For applied research, maximum share of funding is limited to 75% of budgeted expenses for academic and research institutions and 50% of budgeted expenses for companies

Evaluation criteria

• Funding will be provided to both basic and applied R&D projects within the ICT area of focus
• Applicants will be evaluated on the degree to which their proposal is likely to directly benefit the UAE ICT sector
• Key factors for consideration are UAE representation and linkage, applicant qualifications and committed third party support
• Technical proposals will be evaluated on completeness and output feasibility. For applied research, commercialisation feasibility will also be considered
• Commercial proposals will be evaluated on completeness and correctness, as well as alignment with technical proposal