Guidance

CDE: terms and conditions and contract guidance

Guidance on Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) terms and conditions for funding, contracts and intellectual property rights.

• From: Centre for Defence Enterprise and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Published: 3 September 2014
• Last updated: 28 August 2018
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  1. 28 August 2018

     This Centre for Defence Enterprise web site is no longer valid, and a redirect to the corresponding Defence and Security Accelerator site has been inserted.

  2. 18 August 2016

     Updated CDE contract template.

  3. 20 July 2016

     Updated to say that the enduring competition only accepts proposals up to £90,000 for up to 7 months work.

  4. 9 March 2016

     Added clarification of what sort of work CDE funds, in relation to technology readiness levels (TRLs).

  5. 12 November 2015

     How you submit a proposal to CDE has changed. This updated guidance covers the new online submission service.

  6. 9 October 2015

     Added guidance on what CDE funds and who can apply. How you submit a research proposal to the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) is changing in November 2015. Current users will need to save copies of information you have in the portal if you want to keep it, before 16 December 2015.

  7. 11 November 2014

     Updated guidance - funding requested must be completely VAT free.

  8. 3 September 2014

     First published.

This guidance was withdrawn on 27 September 2019

The Centre for Defence Enterprise has been replaced by the Defence and Security Accelerator

The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) no longer exists and was superseded by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). This page is no longer valid and its content has been archived.

Click here to see the Defence and Security Accelerator terms and conditions and contract guidance.