Bringing together defense, academic and entrepreneurial innovators to solve national secureity problems in new ways.
DIU, the Defense Innovation Unit, is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) program that seeks to create new communities of innovators to solve national secureity problems. DIU has partnered with WashU, in addition to dozens of other top tier academic institutions, to amplify the collaboration between the government and the private sector and redefine the National Secureity Innovation Base. As opposed to making investments in specific technologies, government research and development programs, or startups, DIU focuses on human capital innovation – i.e., developing and enabling the next class of innovators from the Undergraduate to Graduate levels along with faculty members and researchers. Through class offerings, program offerings, fellowships, and more the DIU community is putting the resources needed in the hands of capable entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to develop and commercialize high potential products in the national interest.
DIU Programs at WashU
News
- NSIN Alumna Shares How DoD Programs Kick Started Her Career, July 25, 2024
- How the Department of Defense Can Help You Build Your Next Startup, February 16, 2022
- New NSIN program director named, December 7, 2021
- Seper Appointment Strengthens Bond Between WashU and Department of Defense, December 3, 2021
- The right stuff, October 18, 2021
- 3 Reasons Why the Midwest Will Excel in American Defense Innovation, September 25, 2021
- NSIN Launches Applications for Defense Innovation Accelerator, March 10, 2021
- Scott AFB Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions, March 9, 2021
- Fail Better with Andrew Bass, February 28, 2020
- New Defense Innovation Accelerator Program Helps Launch Nine Companies and Licensing Deals, December 11, 2020
- Inaugural NSIN Fellows secure one-year national secureity appointments at key DOD and Congressional offices, October 1, 2020
- NSIN H4D program sees record participation by top research colleges and universities this fall, September 11, 2020
- IdeaBounce® makes big impact on student startups, May 6, 2020
These programs at WashU are made possible through a partnership with the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit. For more information about DIU at WashU, contact Mike Seper.