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NFSAT Recent Activities University Centers of Excellence Program (UCEP) 2007 The National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT), Yerevan State University (YSU), and the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) announce the University Centers of Excellence Program (UCEP). UCEP will support the establishment of University Centers of Excellence (UCE) in the basic and/or natural sciences at Yerevan State University. Each UCE will integrate research into the academic curriculum, increase research opportunities for students and junior scientists, and support advanced, high quality research and openly accessible laboratory facilities that stimulate institutional collaborations within Armenia and internationally. Grants under the UCEP program will be awarded via a merit-based, internationally peer reviewed competition under the terms of this program announcement, and up to US$300,000 will be available to fund up to three grants. Each 24-month grant will be for up to $100,000, with 50% of the funding to be spent on major equipment purchase and 50% to be spent on other costs as detailed in the Budget Requirements in Section VII. The deadline for proposal submission to NFSAT and CRDF is 18:00 Armenian time on 2 April 2007. The competition results will be announced in August 2007. Click here for English version of Announcement (PDF) Click here for English version of Announcement (MS Word 97+) International Scientific Meetings and Conferences Support (ISMCS) Program (2006-2007) 2006 The National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT) will sponsor, on a competitive basis, international scientific meetings or conferences to be held in Armenia on a topic in the basic or applied sciences and which will be organized at Armenian research organizations with "non-profit" juridical status. The main goals of this initiative are to promote the integration of Armenian scientists and engineers with the international scientific community and to improve the contacts that existed between scientists and engineers of the South Caucasus countries before the break-up of the former Soviet Union. It is NFSAT's hope that such scientific contacts will help reduce political tensions in the region. A key NFSAT criterion for support will be the participation of scientific representatives from a large number of FSU countries and Europe. The International Scientific Meetings and Conferences Support Program is carried out under an award provided to NFSAT by the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF), in support of the International Scientific Meetings Support Program 2006 (ISMSP). Applications for this program must be submitted to NFSAT at least 45 calendar days prior to the intended date of the conference, according to the submission guidelines below, but no later than July 15, 2007, or until the funds available for this program are exhausted. Click here for application forms (Ms Word 97+) Click here for application forms (PDF) Click here for Armenian version of Application Forms (Ms Word 97+) Click here for Armenian version of Application Forms (PDF) Graduate Research Support Program (GRSP) 2006 National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT) U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) On a competitive basis, the National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT) and the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation will provide 12 months of support to post-graduate students (aspirants) in the Republic of Armenia who receive awards under this competition. These grants will be up to $5,000 each: $2,000 for individual financial support and $3,000 for research and travel expenses The goal of this program is to provide early-career Armenian investigators (aspirants) involved in full-time research the following:
The deadline for GRSP proposals to be submitted is 18:00 on 15 May 2006. Click here for Armenian version of Announcement (PDF) Click here for Armenian version of Announcement (MS Word 97+) Click here for English version of Announcement (PDF) Click here for English version of Announcement (MS Word 97+) Awards |