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
US Dept of Defense - Defense Health Agency - Dept of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) - W81XWH-22-DHAPP
Working closely with US Department of Defense, US Unified Combatant Commanders, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), university collaborators, and other non-governmental organizations, DHAPP assists countries in establishing HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs in strengthening their capabilities to combat HIV. DHAPP provides technical assistance, management, and administrative support ...
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DARPA - Information Innovation Office - Environment -driven Conceptual Learning (ECOLE) BAA - HR001122S0052
DARPA is soliciting proposals in the areas of human language technology, computer vision, AI, reasoning and human-computer interaction as part of the ECOLE program. ECOLE aims to create AI agents capable of continually learning from linguistic and visual input to enable human-machine collaborative analysis of image, video and multi-media documents ...
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DARPA - Microsystems Exploration (μE) - Steerable Optical Aperture Receivers (SOAR) - DARPA-PA-21-05-01
SOAR will identify promising new approaches to optical beam steering in miniature form factors, and experimentally demonstrate their operation in receive mode for small aperture sizes. The μE seeks to develop optical interfaces that can receive light from any direction without a priori knowledge of the incoming angle. The SOAR interface must actively steer ...
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