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Funding Opportunities

Read how DSI has helped enhance the defence ecosystem through collaborations, funding and networking in our latest impact case studies in the defence sector

US Dept of Defense – Rare Cancers Research Program

Concept Award – HT942524RCRPCA up to USD$100,000 over 2 years pre-proposals due 15 July 2024 Supports high-risk/high-reward research that is in the earliest stages of idea development or an untested theory
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US Dept of Defense – Military Burn Research Program

Technology/Therapeutic Development Award  – HT942524SMBRP up to USD$2.2M over 3 years pre-proposals due 3 June 2024 supports the translation of promising pre-clinical findings into products for clinical applications product oriented
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DARPA – HERMES – HR001124S0025

DARPA is seeking innovative proposals to develop systemic drug delivery platforms for medical countermeasures. Hermes will address the following drug delivery challenges: (1) developing novel platforms and formulations capable of
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UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) – Protecting Physical Assets for UAS Attack

DASA is seeking proposals that enhance physical defensive countermeasures which can be used to mitigate a Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) kinetic attack. The C-UAS technology market currently focuses on targeting the UAS in flight;
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DARPA – Structures Uniquely Resolved to Guarantee Endurance (SURGE) – HR001124S0018

DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals to rethink and accelerate distributed additive manufacturing of critical structural parts, by demonstrating an alternative path to the current machine-focused paradigm of part qualification in
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DSI increases APR.Intern Program Subsidy to $12,500 for defence SME Projects!

Great news for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Victoria! We’re thrilled to announce that DSI has boosted its APR.Intern program subsidy for hosting postgraduate interns from $10,000 to a
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DSTG – Optical Time Transfer Terminals

DSTG is seeking a partner to develop two optical terminals (TRL 5 or above) to stabilise an optical point-to-point link for time transfer applications, for deployment at an international Defence
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US Defense Threat Reduction Agency – BAA Chemical/Biological Technologies – HDTRA122S0002

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking submissions on the following topics: CBA-01: Detection and Identification of Absorbed Chemical Agents within Porous Surfaces – new and innovative detection prototypes
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US Army Applications Lab – BAA for Disruptive Applications – W911NF-24-S-008

The US Army Applications Lab is interested in technologies which can be shown to deliver the Army of 2030 and design the Army of 2040, enabling the the Army to
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DARPA – GOLDen hour extended EVACuation (GOLDEVAC) – HR001124S0024

DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office is seeking innovative proposals in intravascular gas-exchange and trauma resuscitation through a single intravascular cannula. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances which
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