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OADII/DISC Joint Seed Funding Competition

May 10, 2022

OADII/DISC Joint Seed Funding Competition

The Data Institute for Societal Challenges (DISC) and the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute (OADII) are happy to announce a joint seed funding competition.

This competition focuses on funding teams that will work on challenges and complexities of supply chain needs in the Department of Defense (DoD) relevant to supply chain management, systems engineering, optimization, and many other topics. 

This seed funding opportunity aims to support research teams in generating a proof of concept or initial results and submitting competitive proposals.

DISC/OADII will award up to 20K per team. The expected awards will be 1-3. 

  • At least one member of each team must be from a Norman campus program.
  • Each team must consist of at least 1 DISC member and 1 OADII member. 
  • Each winning team will be strongly encouraged to participate in an upcoming OADII networking event in August 2022 and OADII Symposium Poster Session in October 2022. Other engagement opportunities will be available. 

Please submit a 1-page summary of the proposed work to jimeney2@ou.edu by Tuesday, May 24th, using this template.

Please include a brief description of how you plan to use the funds. Proposals that do not include this information will not be considered.

Awarded proposals will be announced by June 2nd, 2022. 

The team will have six months to use their funds.

At the end of this period, teams will be expected to complete a final report outlining the project’s overall outcomes, including proposals submitted and near-term plans for external proposal submission.

For any questions, please get in touch with Yessenia Torres at jimeney2@ou.edu.