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Centre for Defence Enterprise online submission process

How you submit a research proposal to the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) has changed.

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Centre for Defence Enterprise online submission process

A new, much-improved online submission service launched on 12 November 2015. You’ll need to sign up for a new account to use this, even if you had an account on the previous portal. There are no longer multi-user accounts.

We’ve now switched off the old submission portal. From 16 December 2015 it’s no longer available.

The old portal wasn’t used to notify you of the funding decision on your proposal (this is done by telephone, email and post), so its closure won’t affect how you get your feedback if you’ve submitted to a past competition.

The new user-friendly process meets the government’s Digital by Default Service Standard.

Centre for Defence Enterprise

Building R103
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX11 0QX

Email cde@dstl.gov.uk

Telephone +44 (0)30 67704236

Alternative number +44 (0)30 67704237

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Updates to this page

Published 8 October 2015
Last updated 29 January 2016 + show all updates
  1. Watch a video about how we developed the new online submission service, and the 5 simple steps to submit a proposal.

  2. We’ve now closed the old Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) submission portal. You can submit a CDE proposal through the new online service.

  3. CDE online submission service now live. Link available.

  4. The new online submission service is now live.

  5. The current portal isn't used to notify you of the funding decision on your proposal (this is done by telephone, email and post), so its closure won't affect how you get your feedback if you submit a proposal before it's switched off.

  6. First published.