{"id":78696,"date":"2017-02-06T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2a416f8f4e2a8e63a3da165da568919c"},"modified":"2017-03-07T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:11:08","slug":"news-story-innovative-uses-of-data-for-defence-staff-apply-for-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78696","title":{"rendered":"News story: Innovative uses of data for defence staff: apply for funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated image.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/ministry-of-defence\">Ministry of Defence<\/a> (MOD) has up to \u00a33 million to invest in innovative new technologies, processes and ways of operating that improve the ability of defence staff to analyse and exploit data in decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>A further \u00a33 million could be invested to develop the best ideas in a second phase of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The MOD is seeking solutions in 3 challenge areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rapid and automated integration of new sensors<\/li>\n<li>freeing up personnel by the innovative use of machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence for military advantage<\/li>\n<li>effective use of operator cognitive capacity, particularly by human-machine teaming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MoD is making more and more use of sensors. This means there is an increasingly large volume of complex data available to military operators and decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>It needs to increase its ability to analyse data and quickly use it to make informed and effective decisions.<\/p>\n<p>This funding competition is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">SBRI<\/a> (the Small Business Research Initiative). A first phase seeks initial ideas. Winners of phase 1 funding will compete in a second phase to develop the idea further.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will also see projects split between a fast track and standard track approach. The aim is to achieve greater pace but also to allow smaller companies and low maturity solutions to take part.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is open, and the deadline for phase 1 proposals is midday on 21 March 2017<\/li>\n<li>SBRI is open to any organisation, and projects will attract 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>phase 1 fast track projects could attract up to \u00a3150,000 and are expected to last up to 3 months<\/li>\n<li>phase 1 standard track projects could attract up to \u00a3100,000 and are expected to last up to 6 months<\/li>\n<li>briefing events for potential applicants will be held on 23 February 2017 and 27 February 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/accelerator-themed-competition-revolutionise-the-human-information-relationship-for-defence\/competition-document-revolutionise-the-human-information-relationship-for-defence\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for a share of \u00a36 million to investigate new ways of using data to improve decision-making in defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79516,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696\/revisions\/79516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}