NATO STO Women & Girls in Science Challenge 2025 – YOA

Deadline: March 11, 2025

Applications are open for the NATO STO Women & Girls in Science Challenge 2025. Launched in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the WGS25 problem invites younger ladies and women to submit visionary analysis proposals addressing urgent challenges in the sphere of safety and defence analysis.

Proposals ought to intention to resolve an present situation or stop the emergence of recent threats. Each submission ought to tackle one of many following NATO Science & Technology priorities: deterrence, power, resilience, house and local weather.

Award

• All 12 finalists can be formally recognised by the NATO Chief Scientist for his or her contributions to the problem.
• Additionally, the three winners will obtain an unique OPPORTUNITY to go to the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) in La Spezia, Italy in the course of the summer season of 2025.

Eligibility

• Young ladies aged 18-35 who’re nationals of NATO member nations and are enrolled in or have accomplished college-degree research in STEM fields (together with social sciences).
• This problem is open to school college students (bachelor, grasp, PhD), early profession researchers, or people in beginning a profession in STEM and/or defence.

Application

The application kind will immediate candidates to offer:

• a title for his or her proposal;
• their chosen NATO Science & Technology precedence;
• related background info for the proposal;
• their proposal’s relevance to defence and safety;
• clear scientific targets;
• key scientific subjects to be addressed; and
• their proposal’s potential societal influence.

To take part in the problem, full the application kind in English. Note that, to make sure consistency in the course of the choice course of, submissions in different languages can’t be accepted.

The deadline for submissions is 11 March 2025, 23:59 CET. Late entries won’t be thought of.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to NATO STO Women & Girls in Science Challenge.