Introduction to CDE and enduring competition
11 May 2016
The aim of CDE
CDE operating principles
Innovation network
Awareness
Network
Funding
Fair
Accessible
100%
Funded opportunities
Awareness
Network
Funding
Fair
Accessible
100% funding
Participation costs
Risk
Intellectual property
Defcon 705
Rights of use
Managing innovation
Proof of
concept
Development
Innovation Future capability
CDE MOD + investors
Two routes to funding
Enduring
Themed
Not classified
Enduring
competition
Themed
competition
£ 3M
Enduring competition
Perpetual
Radical innovation
£3M per year
Themed competition
Boundaries:
Challenges
Budget
Timeframe
Recent competitions
Theme Value*
What's inside that building? £1.15M
Security for the internet of things £2M
Autonomy and big data for defence £4M
Synthetic biology for novel materials £3.75M
Detect and treat hearing loss and tinnitus £1M
*Value displayed is the total competition funding available for phase 1 and phase 2.
See competition documents for more detail
Future competitions
Theme Value*
Seeing through the clouds £1M
And more… £M
*Value displayed is the total competition funding available for phase 1 and phase 2.
See competition documents for more detail
Online bid submission
• CDE submission
service
• Only route
• Low overhead
A successful proposal
Clear
Concise
Evidence based
www.gov.uk/dstl/cde
CDE enduring competition
Enduring competition
Enduring competition
Enduring challenges
Protection
Situational awareness
Situational awareness
Power and energy
Power and energy
Communication
Data
Data
Data
Lethality
Lethality
Mobility
Mobility
Human performance
Human performance
Human performance
Human performance
Lower cost of ownership
Enduring challenge links
How can you get involved?
Centre for Defence Enterprise
Advanced Design and
Manufacturing
Wing Commander Jim Pennycook
Centre for Defence Enterprise
030 67704236
030 67704237
cde@dstl.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/dstl/cde

12 May 2016: Introduction to CDE webinar