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


DSI sponsored participation at ADSTAR
As an ADSTAR summit partner, the Defence Science Institute will be supporting up to 10 early career researchers to attend the ADSTAR summit. Flights to Sydney, summit registration and accommodation will be provided, as well as support with the preparation of your presentation materials and pitch training.
Applications from researchers ...
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US Dept Defense - Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP)
Call for pre-applications
2022 PRCRP Topic Areas:
Bladder cancer
Blood cancers
Brain cancer
Colorectal cancer
Endometrial cancer
Esophageal cancer
Germ cell cancers
Head and Neck cancer
Liver cancer
Lymphoma
Mesothelioma
Metastatic cancers
Myeloma
Neuroblastoma
Pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers
Pediatric brain tumors
Stomach cancer
Sarcoma
Thyroid cancer
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome ...
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US Defence Threat Reductions Agency - Strategic Trends Division BAA
(HDTRA1-22-S-0004)
The Strategic Trends Division’s (SI-STT) primary responsibility is to generate operationally relevant, timely, credible, actionable insights and recommendations into emerging threats within DTRA’s mission space in order to enable and guide warfighter understanding of the range of military operations in the next five (5) to ten (10) years. DTRA SI-STT ...
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