French Army Minister requirements

Big call for project : https://www.defense.gouv.fr/aid/appels-a-projets/appel-a-projets-lutte-covid-19

A budget of 10 000 000€ is available for this call.  

That gives some guidances on what is urgently needed:

  • Individual or collective protection, carers and populations (eg masks, "makeshift hygiaphones", innovative concepts of protection, barriers, recycling techniques, Do It Yourself, etc.);
  • Management of the safety distance between individuals;
  • Automation of tasks for the removal, cleaning of equipment or rooms;
  • Facilitation of the deployment of field hospitals in support of populations;
  • Crisis management, referral, structuring / modularity of care chains (e.g. logistics management, HR, etc.);
  • Production of new decontamination solutions for all types of surface, for small and large equipment, for living spaces, etc. ;
  • Mass production capacity of decontamination solutions;
  • Support for medical care (production of missing equipment or treatment, concept of recycling, diversion or other idea to make up for these shortcomings);
  • Detection of the virus in the environment;
  • Rapid diagnosis and self-diagnosis and associated behavior - massive screening - participatory screening;
  • Management of the individual and societal psychological impact (communication and awareness-raising on the crisis and the epidemic, improvement of the perception of the risk of epidemic, post-crisis management, etc.);
  • Factors limiting movement and combating transgression;
  • Improvement of remote work (digital continuity tools, security, etc.);
  • Improvement of life in home isolation (digital but also outside digital solutions);
  • ...