A field exercise involving activation and deployment of selected elements of the EADRU took place in 1999, in cooperation with UN-OCHA.


THE NATO SCIENCE PROGRAMME

The NATO Science Programme encourages scientists from the Euro-Atlantic area to work together for the advancement of science, progress and peace. Collaborative activities are designed to create enduring links between researchers in Partner and NATO countries and stimulate the cooperation essential to progress in science.

The Programme also aims to protect the human resources of the scientific community in Partner countries, thereby contributing to overall security. Awards are made on the basis of applications received from individual scientists in EAPC countries. Divided into different sub-programmes, the NATO Science Programme provides the following types of support:

Science Fellowships are available to provide training for young researchers in preparation for their future careers.

Cooperative Science and Technology Grants initiate research cooperation and establish enduring links between scientists of NATO and Partner countries. Collaborative Linkage Grants fund collaboration on research projects, and other funds are awarded for the organisation of high-level tutorial Advanced Study Institutes and Advanced Research Workshops.

Research Infrastructure Support offers help to Partner countries in structuring the organisation of their research and creating the required basic infrastructure for computer networking. The Computer Networking Infrastructure Grant falls under this sub-programme.

Science for Peace supports Partner countries in applying Research and Development to industry in cooperation with NATO countries.

Further information about these programmes and application forms are available on the NATO Science web site at http://www.nato.int/science.

In January 1999, the NATO Science Programme was restructured in order to focus all its efforts on funding collaboration between Partner-country and NATO-country scientists. The Programme no longer supports projects involving collaboration exclusively between scientists in NATO countries.