Do you have an idea that might benefit the Armed Forces and/or national security? Do you want 100% funding? This online event is open to masters and post graduate students as well as staff.

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is part of the MOD and was launched in December 2016. DASA finds, funds and exploits ideas that might benefit the Armed Forces and/or national security. 

To date, funding has been agreed for 71 projects in Scotland with a total value of £12m. The University of Edinburgh has submitted 26 proposals since 2016, 7 proposals have been funded to a value of £909k. That is one of the best success rates in Scotland for DASA and 4th largest amount of funding for a Scottish university.

DASA providers 100% full economic cost funding between TRL2 and TRL6. The innovator retains their intellectual property and DASA does not take equity in companies. (Please note funding does not cover post-graduate fees, conference fees, or paper publication costs but does include staff costs, materials and consumables, overheads/indirect costs, equipment and travel and subsistence costs associated with the project).

DASA welcomes applications not only from academics but also from businesses and freelancers. They are extremely interested in technology transfer from other sectors. It is easy when thinking about the MOD to consider that their needs are equipment related but it is important to recognise that the MOD is comprised of people and they need all of the resources that a city requires. 

In this webinar, Debra Carr (DASA Innovation Partner Scotland) and Anis Mourad (DASA Access to Mentoring and Finance Partner) will explain how DASA works and how to apply.

Speakers

Debra Carr is a materials engineer who left academia in 2017 to become the Defence and Security Accelerator's Innovation Partner in Scotland. DASA finds and funds innovative and exploitable ideas that benefit the safety of the UK.

Anis Mourad is the DASA Access to Mentoring and Finance Partner for the Devolved Administrations and has extensive experience working with companies to develop bespoke business model, funding and commercialisation strategies to aid in their success and growth.

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