NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme: Call for Proposals

The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme enhances civil science and technology to address emerging security challenges and their impact on international security. It connects scientists, experts and officials from NATO and partner nations to work together to address these challenges, by supporting security-relevant activities in the form of four established grant mechanisms, which are:

1. Multi-Year research and development Projects (MYP)

2. Events, in the following formats:

a. Advanced Research Workshops (ARW)

b. Advanced Training Courses (ATC)

c. Advanced Study Institutes (ASI)

 

This call for proposals welcomes applications for both Multi-Year Projects and Events (Advanced Research Workshops, Advanced Training Courses and Advanced Study Institutes).

 

ELIGIBILITY Proposals should be developed jointly by scientists or experts from at least one NATO and one partner nation. To be eligible for funding, applications submitted to the SPS Programme must:

 contribute towards NATO’s strategic objectives and have a clear link to security;

 address at least one of the SPS Key Priorities;

 be led by a co-director who is a national of, resident and employed in a NATO member country (NATO country Co-Director), and a co-director who is a national of, resident and employed in an eligible partner nation (Partner country Co-Director) (see list below);

 be developed and implemented by co-directors affiliated with a government, academic, or other non-profit institutions. For-profit private companies are not eligible for SPS funding;

 include realistic plans and budgets;

 be developed and managed in alignment with rules and regulations outlined in the SPS handbooks. Only applications developed using the templates and manuals pertaining to this call will be taken into consideration.