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<p>The main assessment criteria for deciding priorities for the list of 8 Great Technologies
were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a. The technology has to be an important area
of scientific advance;</p><p> </p><p>b. Britain has to have a distinctive capability
in this area; and,</p><p> </p><p>c. the technology should have reached the stage where
identifiable commercial opportunities are emerging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These
criteria were published, together with additional evidence and analysis, in the pamphlet
accompanying David Willetts’ speech of the 24th of January 2013 [Eight Great Technologies,
David Willetts, Policy Exchange 2013]:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projects and
programmes under the 8 Great Technologies banner are subject to their own evaluation
processes as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Grand Challenges assessment
criteria were published as part of a public consultation document in May 2014 (these
being: excellence, affordability, impact, skills and leverage). Along with the published
consultation criteria, additional criteria such as value for money and deliverability
are used to assess Grand Challenge projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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