Notice

Defence Innovation Loans: Checklist

Published 13 May 2025

In order to ensure your application for a Defence Innovation Loan is eligible, as part of your application you will be asked to confirm you have met the criteria in the checklist below. Please contact DASA if you have any queries about any of the criteria (further details can be found in the competition document here.

  • 皇冠体育app application is made in the name of a single UK registered聽SME.
  • 皇冠体育app results will be either exploited in the UK, or exploited overseas to make a significant and positive impact on the UK economy and / or productivity.
  • 皇冠体育app loan amount requested is between 拢100k and 拢1 million.
  • Only one single Defence Innovation Loan has been applied for, and no Innovate UK loan has been requested for the same project.
  • 皇冠体育appre is no procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. This includes any goods or services originating from a Russian source. (Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund such activities.)
  • 皇冠体育appre is a strong defence need that is demonstrated in the application.
  • 皇冠体育app person submitting the application has authority to act on behalf of the company in whose name the application is being made.
  • 皇冠体育app applicant has made contact with DASA鈥檚 Access to Mentoring and Finance team, which has confirmed the application鈥檚 suitability for the Defence Innovation Loans competition.