Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems (SEAS) Defence Technology Centre (DTC)
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
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Innovation Fund

The DTC will maintain between £100K and £200K within its overall research budget each year which is unallocated at the start of the year - as an ‘innovation fund’. The purpose of the innovation fund is to allow relatively small amounts of funding (typically about £20K) to be applied at short notice to highly speculative research, which could be a precursor to a follow-on piece of work if results are promising.

Awards from the innovation fund are made at the discretion of the DTC Technical Director.

Proposals for innovation fund projects should be submitted to the DTC Office (see contacts page). There is a standard form for Innovation Fund Proposal submissions which can be submitted by e-mail to the DTC office. Click on the link to in the table below to download :

Innovaton fund project proposal form :

IF project proposal form

 

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main project proposals

year 4 call for proposals
directed call for research proposals
innovation fund
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