Innovate UK Applications – New Costing Upload Process

Following recent changes from Innovate UK, Je-S is no longer used for submissions. Applicants must now upload a cost breakdown directly within the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) portal.

What you need to do

For all standard Innovate UK calls, please follow this process:

  1. Generate your costing in Worktribe as normal
    • Complete your costing as usual in Worktribe
    • Ensure it follows TRAC / Full Economic Costing (FEC) principles

  2. Export a Je-S costing report
    1. Use Worktribe to export a Je-S format costing report
    2. This should provide a detailed breakdown of costs (similar to previous Je-S submissions)

  3. Add a Justification of Resources (JoR)
    1. You must include justification explaining the need for each cost
    2. This can be done either:
    3. Within the exported costing (if space allows), or
    4. In a separate Word document
  4. Create a single PDF document

    Combine:
    1. The Worktribe cost breakdown
    2. The justification of resources
    3. Save as one PDF file

  5. Upload to the IFS application
    1. Upload the PDF under the project finances / cost breakdown section

There is no fixed template for this requirement, but the level of detail should match a Je-S submission. The justification of resources is still required, and we suggest this is best met by combining the costs and JoR together.

Other HEI’s are also adopting this approach so we maintain uniformity.

This process applies to standard calls only (contract calls may differ).