NATO Science for Peace and Security - Funding opportunities - Activities funded by NATO

Page Updated: 09-Dec-2009

Who can apply for a NATO grant?

SPS Key Priorities are currently under revision. It is recommended that all new applications be submitted in line with the revised priorities, which are expected to be announced during March 2010.

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.)

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 Dialogue 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.

NATO countries:

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, 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.

Click here for information on special funding status of Albania and Croatia.

Partner countries:

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Scientists and expert from Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland can participate on a self-funding basis.

Mediterranean Dialogue countries:

Algeria , Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Mauritania , Morocco and Tunisia.

Dual Status for Albania and Croatia:

Following Albania's and Croatia’s accession to the Alliance, the SPS Programme allows scientists and experts from these two countries to choose whether they want to submit an grant application together with a NATO or a Partner country.

According to the decision of the SPS Committee, Albania and Croatia will have a special funding status for two years. This transitional phase will start with the June 2009 deadline.

During this transitional phase an application for NATO-NATO cooperation is eligible if submitted by one of the new members. Co-Directors from Albania and Croatia applying for multi-year project grants are also eligible for all budget items, including equipment and computers.

After this two-year transitional phase, applications from Albanian and Croatian scientists and experts will only be eligible for funding - as is true for all other NATO countries - if submitted jointly with a collaborator from either a Partner or a Mediterranean Dialogue country.

Please contact us if you have questions.

Participation in NATO ASIs, ARWs and ANWs:

The co-directors of NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Advanced Research Workshops and Advanced Networking Workshops have at their disposal NATO funds which may be used to support the costs of qualified participants from Partner or Mediterranean Dialogue or NATO countries. Participation in ASIs and ARWs is at the discretion of the co-directors, and all enquiries about participation and support, as well as the content of the meeting, should be addressed to the co-directors. The calendars of SPS events are regularly updated as new meetings are supported.

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* Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.