📣 Attention researchers and scientists! OPCW is seeking proposals on how AI can be used to help strengthen OPCW's approach to verification, develop advanced tools for OPCW missions, and fill critical knowledge gaps.

💰 4 grants available up to €65K each
📆 Submission deadline: 9 August 2024
➡️ More information: opcw.org/aichallenge

Thanks to funding support from the EU 🇪🇺 and the UK 🇬🇧

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▶️ Curious about the #ChemicalWeapons destruction process? Watch the video to learn how countries around the world have destroyed these deadly weapons under the watchful eye of the OPCW.

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📣 OPCW launches €260,000 Artificial Intelligence Research Challenge. Researchers and scientists are encouraged to propose AI solutions to enhance the OPCW's effectiveness, efficiency, and preparedness.

🔗 Read more: https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2024/07/opcw-launches-eu260000-artificial-intelligence-research-challenge

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OPCW launches €260,000 Artificial Intelligence Research Challenge

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▶️ ICYMI: Peek inside the state-of-the-art OPCW #ChemTech Centre! Housing the OPCW Laboratory and Technology & Training Hub, this flagship facility enhances the OPCW's readiness to address chemical threats and promotes the use of chemistry for peaceful purposes.

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🆕 Take a look inside the OPCW #ChemTech Centre! This cutting-edge facility was designed to strengthen preparedness against chemical weapons and advance the peaceful uses of chemistry. It houses the state-of-the-art OPCW Laboratory and specialised Technology & Training Hub. Check it out ⬇️

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▶️ ICYMI: Curious about the chemical weapons destruction process? Watch the video to learn how countries around the world have destroyed these deadly weapons under the vigilant oversight of the OPCW.

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"As we navigate an era defined by unprecedented scientific advancements, the SAB’s advice will, without question, continue to be indispensable for the OPCW and its Member States to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow."

💬 OPCW's science policy team in an article for Nature Reviews Chemistry on how the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board model could be usefully applied to other disarmament treaties.

Read the full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-024-00594-2.epdf?sharing_token=NVgOtxIiRb8JoBO_vzWxENRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OI50HeB-9KbKLBxBOmT_0rVbj0ZcV_4gCnajCgl37eSdmWF8xCZR56rJ3nR5mk-C-k63CCvtGjVSQx9if9g-wPIzGLT8hkKGjz_JnJqo0TV4rgz-Rk0_hVbu8BAiHuiR4%3D

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Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties | Nature Reviews Chemistry

The Chemical Weapons Convention has a unique Scientific Advisory Board that ensures it keeps pace with science, and its implementing body is prepared for future challenges. It is a model that could be usefully applied to other disarmament treaties.

🆕💥 Step inside the world of chemical weapons destruction with our latest video! From meticulous declarations to rigorous verification, discover how countries across the globe worked tirelessly to eliminate these lethal weapons under the watchful eye of the OPCW.

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Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties | Nature Reviews Chemistry

The Chemical Weapons Convention has a unique Scientific Advisory Board that ensures it keeps pace with science, and its implementing body is prepared for future challenges. It is a model that could be usefully applied to other disarmament treaties.