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Advanced Research Workshops
(SPS ARW)
Grants are offered to organize Advanced Research Workshops (ARWs), which are
meetings to enable a small group of experts to make a critical assessment of
existing knowledge on new important topics, and identify directions for future
research.
The purpose of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) is to contribute to the
critical assessment of existing knowledge on new important topics, to identify
directions for future research, and to promote close working relationships between
scientists from different countries and with different professional experience.
Support is available for ARWs only in Priority Research Topics in the areas of
Defence Against Terrorism or Countering Other Threats to Security, and/or in a
Partner-country priority.
A NATO ARW is a meeting of two to five days' duration, involving between 20
and 50 participants. A NATO ARW is not an international conference or
symposium but rather a forum for advanced level, intensive discussions between
qualified experts from different countries, and often from different research sectors.
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Advanced Research Workshops
(SPS ARW)
ARWs have two Co-Directors, one from a NATO country and one from an eligible
Partner country of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) or a country of
the Mediterranean Dialogue. In completing the application form and consulting the
Notes for Applicants, scientists from Mediterranean Dialogue countries should
follow the guidelines given for Partner countries. Both the NATO-country and the
Partner- or Mediterranean Dialogue- country ARW Directors must be fully
involved in the organization and in the choice of participants for the ARW.
The Co-Directors are responsible for organizing the ARW, including the
preparation of the scientific programme, the selection of participants, the
administration of the meeting and the publication of its conclusions and
recommendations. Their tasks are, among others, assignment of responsibilities to
participants (key speakers, discussants, rapporteurs, session chairmen); operation of
plenary and specialised sessions which should lead to the formulation of
conclusions and recommendations; guidance on the preparation of survey papers
containing a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge in a given area;
advance circulation of survey papers as a basis for discussions; formation of
drafting groups for shaping recommendations and for editorial tasks. The Directors
should be assisted by a small Organizing Committee of scientists from at least three
different countries who should normally be selected from amongst the key
speakers. A scientist from the locality of the ARW should be included in the
Organizing Committee.
Advanced Study Institutes (SPS ASI)
Grants are offered to organize Advanced Study
Institutes, which are high-level tutorial activities where a
carefully defined subject is treated in depth by lecturers
of international standing, and which include new
advances in the subject not yet in university courses.
A NATO ASI is not intended to be an international
conference or symposium, but rather a short course
contributing to the dissemination of knowledge and the
formation of international scientific contacts. The
teaching in ASIs is aimed at scientists at the postdoctoral
level with an appropriate scientific background who wish
to learn of recent developments in their fields of science.
ASIs have the specific role of contributing to the training,
and the motivation, of young scientists in Partner
countries.
Advanced Training Course(SPS
ATC)
An Advanced Training Course (ATC) is designed to enable specialists in NATO
countries to share their expertise with trainees from Partner and Mediterranean
Dialogue countries. The ATC is not intended to be lecture-driven, but to be of a
very intensive interactive nature.
ATCs have two co-directors, one from a NATO country and one from a Partner
country of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) or a country of the
Mediterranean Dialogue. It is envisaged that four to six specialists should be
selected from NATO countries and 30 to 50 trainees from Partner and
Mediterranean Dialogue countries.
The ATC mechanism will have a trial period of one year commencing from July
2006. Applications are invited in all areas of the Science for Peace and Security
Programme but are particularly welcome in Human and Societal Dynamics
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Collaborative Linkage Grants (SPS CLG)
Collaborative Linkage Grants (CLGs) provide opportunities for
collaboration on research projects to members of research teams in
universities or research institutions in countries of the Euro-Atlantic
Partnership Council and the Mediterranean Dialogue.
Support is available for CLGs only in Priority Research Topics in the areas
of Defence Against Terrorism or Countering Other Threats to Security
and/or in a Partner-country priority
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Science for Peace projects (SPS SFP)
Science for Peace (SfP) grants offer support
for applied research and development projects
in Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue
countries, to cover project-related costs such as
scientific equipment, computers, software, and
training of project personnel.
Who can apply for a NATO grant?(1)
Any person can apply for a NATO grant who is an expert in the field
for which he/she is applying and who has his/her main residence in
a NATO, Partner or Mediterranean Dialogue country with mailing
address and contact details in that country. (The person should be
settled in the country and not just a short-term visitor. NATO may
ask for proof.)
To be eligible for consideration, an application for a grant must be
submitted jointly by a person from a NATO country and a person
from either a Partner country or a Mediterranean Dialogue1 country.
Any other combination (such as NATO-NATO, Partner-Partner,
Partner-Mediterranean) is not eligible.
In addition to the two main applicants, an application will often
include other participants from different NATO, Partner or
Mediterranean Dialogue countries, depending on the topic of the
application.
Who can apply for a NATO grant? (2)
NATO countries (26):
Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and
United States.
Partner countries (20):
Albania, Armenia, Austria2, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Finland 2,
Georgia, Ireland2, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russian
Federation, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia3, Sweden2, Switzerland2, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and
Uzbekistan.
Mediterranean Dialogue countries (7):
Algeria , Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Mauritania , Morocco and Tunisia .
Topics of Nationally Funded
Activities
Proposals for new pilot studies, short-term projects or topical
workshops can be submitted in the following areas :
Environmental impact of military activities;
Aim:disseminating knowledge among military experts
Regional and cross-border activities
Aim:helping conflict prevention by providing a regional framework for
discussions
Conflicts related to the scarcity of resources
Aim:pooling expert resources relating to a potentially serious
concern
Risks to the environment leading to economic and political instability
Aim:collective insight relative to environmental issues
Non-traditional threats to security
Aim:long-term thinking on security issues with a view to assessment,
prevention or remediation on a collective basis
