Biosecurity Frontiers
Supports United Kingdom innovators building systems to detect and respond to biological risk faster.
Biosecurity Frontiers is a themed innovation competition run by UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) on behalf of the Cabinet Office, seeking technology proposals that advance the ambitions of the 2023 UK Biological Security Strategy and the 2025 National Security Strategy. The competition covers three challenge areas: biodetection and biosurveillance; AI-enabled diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines; a…
Biodetection and biosurveillance, AI-enabled diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, and non-pharmaceutical protective systems to strengthen the UK's ability to detect, prevent, and respond to biological risks.
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