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 Department of Defense - Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP)
Investigator-Initiated Research Award - HT942524SCIRPIIRA
up to USD$500,000 over 3 years (single PI option) or
up to USD$600,000 over 3 years (early-career partnership option)
pre-proposals due 20 May 2024
Funds research that has the potential to make an important contribution to spinal cord injury research, patient care, and/or quality of ...
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Amazon Research Awards
Amazon Research Awards is seeking proposals in AI for Information Security and Sustainability research, due 7 May 2024.
AI for Information Security - up to USD$80,000 plus up to USD$40,000 AWS Promotional Credits for machine learning research on the following topics:
Threat, intrusion, and anomaly detection for cloud security
Generative AI and foundation models ...
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ASCA - AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge
ASCA is seeking proposals for the first AUKUS Innovation Challenge, focused on electronic warfare.
The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is a heavily congested, contested, complex and competitive environment. There is an increasing need for low cost, disposable, high volume and highly autonomous capabilities to achieve asymmetric advantage.
Asking the question how might Defence ...
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