Centre for Defence Enterprise funding competitions
Details of our current, future and past funding competitions and calls for proposals.
The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research to develop capabilities for UK defence and security.
You can submit a CDE proposal for a research contract either to our enduring competition, or in response to the technical challenges in a specific themed competition.
See CDE terms and conditions and contract guidance.
CDE is part of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and funds only novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. If your proposal is a product, or outside of CDE바카라 사이트™s competition space, you should speak to the Defence Suppliers바카라 사이트™ Service, or see other ways of how to sell to Dstl.
Current competitions
Details of themed competitions that are open now and CDE바카라 사이트™s continuous enduring competition.
Past competitions
Details of themed competitions that are now closed.
Updates to this page
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Future competitions moved to current competitions
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Future competition added: the future of aviation security.
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New themed competition added: seeing through the clouds.
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'Detect and treat hearing loss and tinnitus' and 'synthetic biology for novel materials' themed competitions now open.
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Two new themed competitions added: 'synthetic biology for novel materials' and 'detect and treat hearing loss and tinnitus'.
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New competition added: autonomy and big data for defence.
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New competition added to future competitions: security for the internet of things.
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CDE themed competition document launched: understand and interact with cyberspace.
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Themed competition 'what's inside that building?' moved to current competitions. Competition is now live with competition document available.
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Two new themed competitions added with the UK Defence Solutions Centre: persistent surveillance from the air, and agile, immersive mission training.
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CDE themed competition: open-source big data insight is now open.
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New CDE themed competitions added: open-source big data insight; what's inside that building?; and understand and interact with cyberspace.
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CDE themed competition: joining advanced materials and structures (in future competitions) has been withdrawn from the current programme.
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