NIST PSCR Tech to Protect Challenge
Funds entrepreneurs, companies, and technologists building public safety communications technology through a NIST PSCR open innovation prize competition.
The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division administered the Tech to Protect Challenge as part of its Open Innovation Prize Challenges program. PSCR is a division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology within the U.S. Department of Commerce and is the primary federal laboratory for public safety communications R&D.
The Tech to Protect Challenge offered up to $2,2…
Secure communications, location-based services, public safety data analytics, mission-critical voice, user interface and user experience (UI/UX) for emergency responders including fire, law enforcement, and EMS.
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