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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. ttp:// nfa.htmh ttp:// nfa.htmh ttp:// nfa.htmh ttp:// nfa.htmh

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 Applications are invited in all areas of the Science for Peace and Security Programme but are particularly welcome in Human and Societal Dynamics 

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  nfa.htm nfa.htm nfa.htm

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