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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center kicks off its second annual Innovation Rodeo with a call-for-topics campaign Nov. 1.AFIMSC seeks ideas for Innovation Rodeo
                        
                        
                        The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center kicks off its second annual Innovation Rodeo with a call-for-topics campaign Nov. 1. The campaign, open through Dec. 15, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups worldwide a chance to win part of $1 million in funding and resources to implement their ideas. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jim Martinez)
                
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AFIMSC seeks ideas for Innovation RodeoPublished Oct. 31, 2019
                    
                    By Steve Warns
                    
                    
                    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) --**The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center kicks off its second annual Innovation Rodeo with a call-for-topics campaign Nov. 1.
The campaign, open through Dec. 15, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups worldwide a chance to win part of $1 million in funding and resources to implement their ideas.
“We know our Airmen have ideas that can potentially transform the Air Force,” said Marc Vandeveer, AFIMSC chief innovation officer. “We want to help them bring those ideas to life.”
The competition calls for Airmen to submit their ideas through the online Ideascale platform at: **https://usaf.ideascalegov.com/a/ideas/recent/campaigns/100**
Airmen with the top eight ideas will visit San Antonio in February to learn from leading innovators and convince a board of senior Air Force installation and mission support leaders that their idea is the best during the AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo on Feb. 7.
Last year, eight finalists were chosen among 122 submissions and 2,000 online votes to compete in the inaugural AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo, where competitors with the top three ideas split $650,000 to get their ideas prototyped via **AFWERX** and technology accelerators.
Additional support from the Small Business Innovation Research Program and other sources increased the support to the winners to more than $5 million, according to Patricia Marshall, an AFIMSC Innovation Office project manager.
“The 2019 Innovation Rodeo has been very successful,” Marshall said. “The winning submission for a crowdsourced mobile application went from idea to the iOS app store in 155 days. Additionally, machine learning and artificial intelligence drone roof inspections received $3 million in additional SBIR funding.”
For more information about AFIMSC’s Innovation Rodeo, visit **https://www.afimsc.af.mil/innovation**.F/S 



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