THE BID BITES: Defence & Security Accelerator Open Call

This episode is all about the UK’s Government funded Defence and Security Accelerator’s (DASA’s) Open funding call.   

The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, technology or service. They currently run three distinct submission sections under the Open Call: Defence Rapid Impact, Security Rapid Impact and Innovation Focus Areas.

No funding limit is specified, however DASA would typically expect to fund bids between £100K - £350K.

DASA awards contracts and not grants. These are commercial contracts which act quite like grants; akin to the Small Business Research Initiative funding – see the SBRI podcast for more details on this type of funding.

Listen to The Bid Bites to find out more...then click this weblink to go to the Innovate UK funding web page. Scroll and look for the relevant competition round.

Interested in a Bid Surgery? Then click on this link and request a  Zoom meeting via Let's Get Your Project Started .