During pairwise voting, the GAIN system presents 15 randomly selected pairs of ideas from the 22 submitted to this year’s AFMC competition. Individuals are asked to consider each pair of ideas and vote for the better solution in each set.
In the token voting stage, personnel will be provided with 25 virtual tokens that they can use to vote. Individuals can allocate up to five tokens to an individual idea. The top six ideas based on funding availability will advance to the quarter-finals round.
To participate in the Spark Tank voting sessions, individuals must create an account on the GAIN platform, if they have not already. This is a two-step process.
First, a Platform One account must be established by visiting https://login.dso.mil/ using a Common Access Card-enabled device. After creating a Platform One account, individuals can create a GAIN account at https://gain.apps.dso.mil.
Users should navigate to the AFMC competition to cast their votes.
Additional information on the Spark Tank process is available at https://gain.apps.dso.mil/daf/spark-tank-2023.
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