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

Page Updated: 07-Jul-2008

Evaluation procedure

Once an application has arrived at NATO Headquarters it is registered and allocated to one of the four independent Advisory Panels: the Chemistry/Biology/Physics Panel (CBP); the Environmental Security Panel (ESP); the Information and Communications Security Panel (ICS); and the Human and Societal Dynamics Panel (HSD).

The Advisory Panels meet two times a year to evaluate applications. Each Advisory Panel consists of 10-20 experts from the international scientific community who have been appointed by the NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security. Most members of the Advisory Panels come from NATO countries, complemented by experts from Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries.

On the basis of the recommendations of the Advisory Panels, a shortlist is sent to the NATO nations for their endorsement. Grants are awarded by the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy.

NATO will normally be able to mail the Award Letter for a successful application about 9months after the deadline.

Science for Peace (SfP) projects have a two-step evaluation procedure. The first step involves submitting a short SfP application. The relevant Advisory Panel then selects the best SfP project ideas and NATO invites the applicants of selected short SfP applications to submit a full Project Plan. For this second step the applicants receive a Planning Grant to cover the costs of the preparation of the Project Plan and its presentation to the relevant Advisory Panel. The date for the presentation mainly depends on the timing of the Panel meetings and on how fast the applicants can finalise the full Project Plan. NATO will inform successful applicants about the final decision on whether or not to fund the project usually within 3 months after the presentation.

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