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

Dept of Defence – 2025 Strategic Policy Grants Program

Applications are open for the Department of Defence 2025 Strategic Policy Grants Program, closing 28 February 2025. Grants of generally up to $500,000 over three years, are available for independent, unclassified,
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Dept of Industry, Science & Resources – Critical Technologies Program – Round 2

Round 2 of the Critical Technologies Challenge Program will open for applications 15 January 2025, closing 26 February 2025. $100,000 – $500,000 is available for Stage 1 Feasibility projects of up
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DARPA – eX Virentia (eXVi) Phase 0 – DARPA-EA-25-01

DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office seeks innovative proposals to determine the efficacy of using existing vegetation as sensors in operational environments.Vegetation is exposed to a variety of conditions.  Because vegetation exists
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DASA – Future-proofing Biosecurity by Strengthening the UK’s Microbial Forensic Capability

The UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is seeking proposals addressing challenges within the field of microbial forensics.  Microbial forensics aims to determine whether an incident involving a biological hazard
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UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for early career researchers are designed to promote unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities. Applicants
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DARPA – Expedited Research Implementation Series (ERIS) – DARPA-PS-25-05

DARPA and the Applied Research Institute (ARI) are initiating a long-term, open call for new and novel technology solutions to support DARPA in advancing research, development, prototyping, experimentation, and adoption
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DARPA – Emon Disruption Opportunity – DARPA-PA-24-04-04

DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office is seeking submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of radar waveform generation, electromagnetic wave propagation and processing. The objective of
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DARPA – Simulated Microbial Systems (SMS) – DARPA-PS-25-04

DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office is seeking proposals to create generalisable and comprehensive computational simulations to predict the behaviour of individual Escherichia coli.  Simulation software will also be tailored to forecast bacteria
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Army Innovation Day 2025 Challenge – Land-Air Autonomous Tactical Teaming in the Littoral at Scale

Army is seeking submissions demonstrating innovative capabilities to enhance the range and lethality, sustainment, and survivability of Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS)-enabled forces for operations in distributed littoral environments. Capabilities
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SmartSat CRC Vic Node – Open Call for Projects

In conjunction with the Victorian Government, the SmartSat CRC Victoria Node is calling for project proposals that will foster the creation and commercialisation of space-related research and innovation, or support
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