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.
Donor Name: NATO
Country: Selected Countries
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 02/17/2023
Size of the Grant: EUR 150,000-350,000 over
Duration: 36 months
Details:
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:
- Multi-Year research and development Projects (MYP)
- Events, in the following formats:
- Advanced Research Workshops (ARW)
- Advanced Training Courses (ATC)
- Advanced Study Institutes (ASI).
Through the SPS Programme, NATO has demonstrated its longstanding commitment to science, innovation and practical cooperation with partners. The SPS Programme offers funding, expert advice and support to tailor-made, civil security-relevant activities that respond to NATO’s strategic objectives. Participation in the SPS Programme enables experts and scientists to develop innovative solutions to today’s security challenges, and to build partnerships with their peers in NATO and partner nations.
This call for proposals welcomes applications for Multi-Year Projects and Events (Advanced Research Workshops, Advanced Training Courses and Advanced Study Institutes).
Themes of the Call for Proposals
- Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs)
- Policies related to EDTs
- Quantum technologies
- Autonomy
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Data
- Biotechnology and human enhancement
- Novel materials and manufacturing
- Technological convergence:
- Climate Change and Security / Environmental Security / Energy Security
- Assessment of current and future increased climate change-related bio-security risks and
- mitigation options
- Climate change interactive scenario modelling – outlook to 2050/60 +
- Exploitation of innovative and low carbon environmental technologies for operations
- Impact of increased variation in maritime salinity, acidity, and temperature on legacy and
- novel systems and technologies
- Impact of climate change on transboundary security
- Strategic and critical resource management
- Nexus between terrorism and climate change
- Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a warming climate
- Exploitation of innovative sustainable energy systems in off grid and on grid locations
- Exploitation of hydrogen fuel cells
Priorities
- All activities supported by the SPS Programme must address one or more of the SPS Key Priorities (listed, without any indication of priority). Each activity must also have a clear link to security and to NATO’s Strategic Objectives.
- The priority areas for the SPS Programme focus on contemporary security challenges, and are based on NATO’s Strategic Concept agreed by Allies at the November 2010 Lisbon Summit, and on the Strategic Objectives of NATO’s Partner Relations agreed in Berlin in April 2011.
- Facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation on issues of common interest, including international efforts to meet emerging security challenges
- Enhance support for NATO-led operations and missions
- Enhance awareness of security developments including through early warning, with a view to preventing crises
- Any project clearly linked to a threat to security not otherwise defined in these priorities may also be considered for funding under the SPS Programme.
Funding Information
- Budget: Typically EUR 150,000-350,000 over the entire duration of the project.
- Duration: Projects have a typical duration of 24 to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals should be developed jointly by scientists or experts from at least one NATO and one eligible 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, and a co-director who is a national of, resident and employed in a partner nation;
- 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, which are regularly updated and made available at the time of publication of new calls for proposals.
- NATO countries: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, the Republic of North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States.
- Eligible NATO partners: Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Finland (the Invitee), Georgia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Malta, Mauritania, the Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, Serbia, Sweden (the Invitee), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.
For more information, visit SPS.
