Projects
Please read through your offer letter from the DTI carefully. Paragraphs within it relate specifically to the areas below and provide additional information. It will also tell the project team what they are contractually obliged to supply the DTI for grant funding to be paid. Please note, these guidelines are for Full Collaborative Projects only.
   
 

First Claims

Interim Claims

Final Claim


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Claims

First Claim

• Your first claim is expected 3 months following the project start date in your offer letter.

• Please use the claim form EI11, which can be downloaded for printing here.

• Your claim should be made against the figures provided in Schedule 1 or Annex A of your DTI offer letter.

• Your first claim should be accompanied by the relevant Quarterly Report. Please use the form provided and send a hard copy with your claim to the DTI and an electronic copy to support@ictcarrier.co.uk.

• An Auditor's Report must be completed for the first claim.

• Latest company accounts (for all grant-seeking partners) covering the period of the claim should also be submitted. If full accounts are not available, then management accounts will suffice.

• Please also ensure a copy of your Collaborative Agreement accompanies your first claim, unless one has already been forwarded to the DTI.

Your first claim, with Auditor's Report, Company Accounts, Collaborative Agreement, first Quarterly Report and any other information that you think relevant to the claim, should be sent to the DTI at the following address:
Mr Paul Gay
DTI
151 Buckingham Palace Rd
London
SW1W 9SS

• Any queries regarding claims should be addressed to Mr Paul Gay on 0207 215 1531 or at paul.gay@dti.gsi.gov.uk


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Interim Claims

• These follow more or less the same format as your first claim.

• Please use the claim form EI11, which can be downloaded for printing here.

• Your claim should be made against the figures provided in Schedule 1 or Annex A of your DTI offer letter.

• A Quarterly Report should be submitted with every claim. Please use the form provided, sending a hard copy to the DTI and electronic copy to support@ictcarrier.co.uk.

• An Auditor's Report is not required unless your project officer has specifically requested one, or you have been told your project is deemed high risk.

• Accounts do not need to be sent, unless the accounts sent with a previous claim and are no longer valid. (Full accounts for DTI claim purposes have a life of 9 months from date of certification.)

Interim Claims, Quarterly Reports and any other information that you think relevant to the claim (Auditor's Reports/Company Accounts if necessary), should be sent to the DTI at the following address, 3-monthly, from your first claim:
Mr Paul Gay
DTI
151 Buckingham Palace Rd
London
SW1W 9SS

• Any queries regarding claims should be addressed to Mr Paul Gay on 0207 215 1531 or at paul.gay@dti.gsi.gov.uk


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Final Claim

• Please use the claim form EI11, which can be downloaded for printing here.

• Your claim should be made against the figures provided in Schedule 1 or Annex A of your DTI offer letter.

• Your Final Report should be submitted with your Final Claim. A final report form is being developed and a hard copy should be sent to the DTI and electronically to support@ictcarrier.co.uk.

• An Auditor's Report must be completed for the final claim.

• Accounts do not need to be sent, unless the sent accounts with a previous claim and are no longer valid. (Full accounts for DTI claim purposes have a life of 9 months from date of certification.)

Your Final Claim, Final Report, Auditors Report, Company Accounts (if necessary) and any other supporting information relating to project deliverables, should be sent to the DTI, within six months of the agreed completion date of your project, unless other arrangements have been agreed:
Mr Paul Gay
DTI
151 Buckingham Palace Rd
London
SW1W 9SS

• Any queries regarding claims should be addressed to Mr Paul Gay on 0207 215 1531 or at paul.gay@dti.gsi.gov.uk


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