{"id":82852,"date":"2017-07-21T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8bb90a234a7d6ad96fbdb3d629e7e76e"},"modified":"2017-07-21T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:05:07","slug":"news-story-improving-operations-through-machine-learning-apply-for-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82852","title":{"rendered":"News story: Improving operations through machine learning: apply for funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Innovate UK is to invest up to \u00a3250,000 in new ideas for ways in which machine learning can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence. It allows computers to become more accurate in predicting outcomes without explicit programming, using algorithms that iteratively learn from data.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome as many ideas as possible for the application of machine learning to Innovate UK\u2019s existing data. Proposals should show how these ideas would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improve operational efficiency<\/li>\n<li>improve the efficiency and quality of decision-making, both pre and post-funding award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These could include areas such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>assessor allocation &#8211; identifying key words from funding applications to allocate appropriate assessors<\/li>\n<li>checking for undeclared resubmissions &#8211; searching for resubmitted, duplicate and reassessed funding applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition. It\u2019s phase 1 of a potential 2-phase competition. A decision to proceed with phase 2 will depend on the outcomes from phase 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-details\">Competition details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>this competition opens on 24 July 2017<\/li>\n<li>the registration deadline is midday on 6 September 2017<\/li>\n<li>the application deadline for phase 1 is midday on 13 September 2017<\/li>\n<li>SBRI is open to any type or size of organisation<\/li>\n<li>successful projects will attract 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>you can work alone or with others such as businesses, research base and third sector<\/li>\n<li>phase 1 contracts are worth up to \u00a350,000 and last up to 4 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/sbri-competition-improving-operations-through-machine-learning\">Find out more about this competition and apply online.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for a share of up to \u00a3250,000 to use machine learning to help Innovate UK make better use of its operations data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}