UKRI-5332 - Research and related services for Innovate UK provided by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)

Innovate UK is looking to procure the services of the Enterprise Research Centre. These services include:

• Rapid literature reviews
• State of the Art (SOTA) reviews - short briefings on tightly-defined topics, drawing on the most recent research and policy literature
• Substantive literature reviews
• Collaborative primary research projects
• Conducting surveys and/or data matching with secure databases
• Advisory support on specific policy or evidence-based queries
• Capacity development activities such as teach-ins
• Round-tables and working groups to support policy design and development activity
• Subject matter expertise support (e.g. advisory panel membership)
• Access to the ERC State of Small Business Britain annual conference and other collaborative events such as the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) research showcase
• Access to ERC publications (reports, insights, blogs, podcasts) and related research outputs e.g. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and LSBS projects
• Membership and access to regular organised funders group panels, enabling engagement and networking across the different sponsoring organisations (current membership includes: Department for Business and Trade, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Intellectual Property Office, British Business Bank)
• Access to ERC’s network of innovative SMEs.