NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND OF UKRAINE announced a new competition for projects to carry out scientific research and development “Science for strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine.”
Applications submitted to the Competition must meet all of the following requirements:
- be projects to carry out applied scientific research or development aimed at strengthening the country’s defense capability;
- correspond to one of the following thematic areas:
- development of new technologies, materials, software products, devices for use in the manufacture, modernization, operation, restoration of weapons and military equipment;
- technologies for detecting small targets;
- development of new and improvement of existing reconnaissance, communications, missile and air defense systems;
- mine clearance, camouflage;
- creation of intelligent systems for image analysis and object recognition;
- development and improvement of cyber warfare tools, as well as information technologies (including to combat disinformation) using artificial intelligence methods;
- development of technologies for improving pre-medical care at all stages of its provision;
- creation of technologies for effective diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders of military personnel as a result of combat trauma;
- solving the problems of medical support for the armed forces and the civilian population, including the introduction of technologies and means of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of common diseases accompanied by high mortality or disability and/or caused or intensified by wartime conditions, the need to treat severe wounds and injuries and rehabilitation after them;
- optimization of the provision of medical care in order to improve the mental health of vulnerable groups of the population during the war and the post-war period, development of methods of moral and psychological support and socio-psychological rehabilitation;
- solving logistics and engineering support problems, including protecting and increasing the sustainability of critical and civilian infrastructure (in particular, protective structures), solving environmental problems, water supply problems in combat and rear areas;
- development of remotely controlled mechanisms for working with radioactive and radiation-contaminated materials;
- prompt determination, based on innovative technologies, of pollutants entering water bodies as a result of military operations;
- development of technologies for effective fire extinguishing;
- development of technologies for effective response to military emergencies;
- development of means to eliminate the consequences of the use of modern weapons of mass destruction
- the intended outcome of the project must be at least a prototype device/device or beta version of software that demonstrates that the idea, technology or method works. In the case where similar products, technologies, methods are on the market, the application must justify specific advantages over analogues.
- correspond to at least one of the priority areas for the development of science and technology, determined by law to be priority at the time of the competitive selection (in accordance with Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On Priority Areas for the Development of Science and Technology”).
Application deadline: from December 5, 2023, 00:01 to January 15, 2024, 23:59 (Kyiv time).
The terms of the competition are posted at the link: “Science for strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine”
Email for inquiries: natsi.2022.02@nrfu.org.ua