{"id":256181,"date":"2020-05-26T22:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256181"},"modified":"2020-05-26T22:45:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:45:47","slug":"dnd-launches-a-call-to-innovative-thinkers-for-solutions-to-covid-19-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/26\/dnd-launches-a-call-to-innovative-thinkers-for-solutions-to-covid-19-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"DND launches a call to innovative thinkers for solutions to COVID-19 challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256183\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-256183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/concept-of-covid-19-in-red-background-4031867-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These challenges were determined by multi-departmental panels led by the National Research Council of Canada as part of the COVID-19 Challenges Procurement Program. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-auto\">\n<p>May 26, 2020 \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 National Defence \/ Canadian Armed Forces<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Government of Canada\u2019s commitment to refocus existing innovation programs to support the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the Department of National Defence (DND) announced today the first of a series of calls for innovations aimed at addressing some of the key challenges Canada is facing.<\/p>\n<p>With an initial commitment of $15M, the first three challenges focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Viable and effective processes and methods for safely and rapidly decontaminating enclosed work environments (e.g., buildings and modes of transportation) containing sensitive equipment;<\/li>\n<li>Innovative material and designs to aid in decontamination of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), operational clothing and equipment for personnel responding to events involving biological hazards; and<\/li>\n<li>Data gathering solutions to support the early detection and community-based monitoring of outbreaks of contagious diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These challenges were determined by multi-departmental panels led by the National Research Council of Canada as part of the COVID-19 Challenges Procurement Program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the call for innovation, these panels are engaging Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises to refine their near-to-market products to meet a COVID-19 related need. Promising solutions in the areas of PPE, sanitization, diagnostics and testing, therapeutics, and disease-tracking technology may receive funding to further their solutions of interest. This effort is a collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Health Canada and sees an additional investment of up to $10M.<\/p>\n<p>Innovators are encouraged to consult the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/programs\/defence-ideas.html\">IDEaS program website<\/a>\u00a0for more information on the challenges and how to apply to the program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Quotes<\/h2>\n<blockquote data-emptytext=\"Blockquote\"><p>\u201cThese are unprecedented times. We need to leverage all great minds and innovators in our efforts to combat COVID-19. We will invest in Canadians as we look for innovative solutions to keep not only the women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces, but all Canadians safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Quick facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Call for innovation \u2013 Challenges to Canadian innovators<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This initiative is being led by DND\u2019s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program, with collaboration from the Centre for Security Science Program.<\/li>\n<li>The call will be open until June 23, 2020, with contracts expected to be awarded this summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>COVID-19 Challenges Procurement Program<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>DND has provided subject matter experts in the areas of public safety and security, medical response, and biology\/chemistry for these panels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, 2020 \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 National Defence \/ Canadian Armed Forces As part of the Government of Canada\u2019s commitment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":256183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-national-defence","mauthors-government-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256184,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256181\/revisions\/256184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}