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
UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) - Protectiong 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; an outer line of defence. This competition complements this work by concentrating on how best to protect an asset from an ...
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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 additive manufacturing.
SURGE will develop methods to predict part life directly from data collected during additive manufacturing (AM) in a way ...
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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 generous $12,500.
This enhancement aims to further support defence SMEs in driving innovation and growth by providing access to top-tier talent ...
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