# NanoLab

> NanoLab covers how deep-tech companies fund and protect R&D — R&D tax credits by country, grant and innovation programs, IP and regulation, and profiles of companies that got funded.

## Pages
- [About NanoLab](https://www.nanolabweb.com/about): NanoLab covers deep-tech R&D funding, IP, and policy — building on its roots as a journal of nanotechnology law and business.
- [Contact NanoLab — preparing an R&D claim?](https://www.nanolabweb.com/contact): Preparing an R&D tax credit claim or grant application? Tell us about your setup — we're mapping how R&D teams evidence their technical work.
- [Nanotechnology Law & Business — the NLB archive](https://www.nanolabweb.com/journal): NanoLab preserves the legacy of Nanotechnology Law & Business (NLB), a journal on the regulation, IP, and commercialization of nanotechnology.

## Archive
- [Is Nanotech Venture Capital Misplaced?](https://www.nanolabweb.com/archive/is-nanotech-venture-capital-misplaced): A 2008 look at why deep-tech venture capital flowed toward materials platforms over nearer-term applications — and why the VC return-horizon mismatch still shapes hard-tech funding today.

## Blog
- [Refundable vs Non-Refundable R&D Credits: Why It Decides Your Runway](https://www.nanolabweb.com/blog/refundable-vs-non-refundable-rd-credits): For a pre-revenue deep-tech company, the difference between a refundable and a non-refundable R&D credit is the difference between cash this year and a benefit you may not see for years. Here's why it matters.
- [The R&D Test Everyone Gets Wrong: Technical Risk, Not Market Risk](https://www.nanolabweb.com/blog/technical-risk-not-market-risk): The most common reason deep-tech R&D claims get challenged isn't fraud — it's confusing technical uncertainty with commercial uncertainty. The distinction is simple, and it decides what you can claim.

## Companies
- [Graphene Companies and the Public Funding Behind Them](https://www.nanolabweb.com/companies/graphene): A sourced look at UK graphene companies and the public R&D funding they've won — from Paragraf to First Graphene — and what it takes for a deep-tech company to get funded.

## Guides
- [How to Document R&D for a Claim: An Evidence Checklist](https://www.nanolabweb.com/guides/how-to-document-rd-for-a-claim): A practical, country-agnostic checklist for evidencing an R&D claim — what to capture, when to capture it, and why contemporaneous records beat year-end reconstruction.
- [Non-Dilutive Funding for Deep-Tech: Grants, R&D Credits, and Innovation Programs](https://www.nanolabweb.com/guides/non-dilutive-funding-for-deep-tech): Deep-tech companies can fund years of R&D without selling equity — through grants, R&D tax credits, and innovation programs. A guide to the non-dilutive toolkit and when each piece fits.
- [R&D Tax Credits by Country: A Guide for Deep-Tech Companies](https://www.nanolabweb.com/guides/rd-tax-credits-by-country): How R&D tax credits work in Canada, the UK, the US, France, and Australia — what counts as R&D, who can get cash back, and why the distinction between refundable and non-refundable matters most for deep-tech.
- [What Counts as R&D — and How to Prove It](https://www.nanolabweb.com/guides/what-counts-as-rd): Across countries, qualifying R&D shares one definition — work to resolve scientific or technological uncertainty — and one requirement: contemporaneous evidence. Here's what qualifies and how to document it.