Improving data access for service sector: apply for funding

28 Aug 2019 10:49 AM

Projects can apply for a share of £3.5 million to speed up use of artificial intelligence and data technologies in accountancy, insurance and legal services.

The service sector accounts for 80% of the UK economy. Financial and professional services alone are worth £190 billion to the economy and employ 2.2 million.

New technologies, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, have the potential to transform these industries.

Services such as legal, accounting and insurance need to develop a new generation of services to improve what they do for their customers and to remain globally competitive.

UK Research and Innovation has up to £3.5 million to support projects developing new accountancy, insurance and legal services based on artificial intelligence and data technologies.

The funding is from the UK government’s £20 million Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Next Generation Services Challenge, which aims to explore how new technologies could transform these services.

Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Next Generation Services Challenge.

Projects should aim to improve access to data

The competition aims to speed up responsible development and adoption of artificial intelligence and data technologies in accountancy, insurance and legal services through better access to data.

Applications are sought from multi-disciplinary teams including the social sciences and science and engineering and from teams that include regulators, users, service providers, and technology providers.

Only projects developed at an innovation lab event are eligible to apply for funding. Register to take part in the innovation lab by 4 September

Projects must:

Competition information

Find out more about this competition and apply.

Find out more about applying for Innovate UK funding.