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Current Opportunities
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DARPA - Heterogeous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces (HAPPI) - HR001124S0038
DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office is seeking innovative proposals in the area of advanced concepts for high-density three-dimensional chip-to-chip and intra-chip optical routing in integrated photonic microsystems. HAPPI is seeking hardware demonstrations of low-loss, high-density optical waveguiding and coupling utilising a scalable manufacturing process that is compatible with microelectronics.
HAPPI will be ...
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DARPA - Biological Technologies - HR001124S0034
DARPA's Biological Technologies Office is seeking innovative proposals in relation to specific topics in the following areas:
biological technology topic areas that fit the national security scope of BTO’s mission.
research into market opportunities, constraints, and communities affecting financing and
commercialization of bioindustrial and biomedical technologies.
machine learning and AI - ...
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DARPA - Translating All C TO Rust (TRACTOR) - DARPA-PS-24-20
DARPA's Information Innovation Office is seeking innovative proposals for novel techniques to eliminate software memory vulnerabilities by large-scale code conversion from C to safe, idiomatic Rust. The goal is to achieve the same quality and style that a skilled Rust developer would produce, thereby eliminating the entire class of memory ...
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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 into universities, industry and government, the 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 the technically and culturally compatible partners.
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