Growing communities to support Defence innovation
Our Mission
To harness the skills and resources in Victoria and Tasmania to facilitate the creation of new defence and national security capabilities.
Building the STEM Pipeline
Through undergraduate and postgraduate internships, postgraduate scholarship top-ups, prototype development and more, we support science and technology R&D at various stages, ensuring a robust STEM pipeline.
Acting as an Informed Entry Point
With strong connections to universities, industry and government, DSI provides a broad overview of defence-relevant capabilities, facilities and priorities across Victoria and Tasmania.
Supporting Collaborations
DSI’s grants and supporting activities facilitate collaborative research and commercial projects. We help open the unmarked door to new partnerships and opportunities.
Bringing People and Solutions Together
We match people from different sectors looking for specific capability, commercial solutions or funding opportunities and bring together technically and culturally compatible partners.
Current Opportunities
Keep up-to-date with the latest opportunities within The Defence Sector
Amazon Science - Amazon Research Awards
Applications for the (Northern) Fall 2024 Round of Amazon Research Awards close 6 November 2024.
Depending on the research area, up to USD$100,000 in unrestricted funding is available, plus AWS Promotional Credits.
Research Areas
AI for Information Security - advancing possible solutions for some of the most challenging problems for information security
Threat, ...
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DARPA - Human-AI Communication for Deontic Reasoning Devops (CODORD) - DARPA-PA-24-04-01
DARPA Defense Sciences Office is seeking submissions in the technical domain of knowledge authoring (KA) for deontic logical reasoning.
CODORD’s focus is on developing new AI-based techniques for deontic KA, rather than on developing methods for automated deontic reasoning in the logical language itself. These new KA techniques will enable humans ...
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US Air Force Office of Scientific Research - Broad Agency Announcement - FA9550-23-S-001
AFOSR seeks proposals for fundamental research in the areas listed below.
Funding of USD$100,000 - $300,000 per year for 3 - 5 years is available.
Proposals received under this BAA will be assessed on an ongoing basis, although some topic areas may have suggested dates to align with funding cycles.
AFOSR also funds ...
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