Noel Kelly

Grants Acquisition and Development Officer

Noel Kelly

Noel Kelly is a Grants Acquisition and Development Officer at SIPRI.

Situated within the Operations Department at SIPRI, the Grant Acquisition and Development Unit is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supporting the institute’s overall fundraising and development efforts. Working in close collaboration with the Director’s Office, Outreach, Operations, and Research staff, the unit ensures a strategic and cohesive approach to resource mobilization across the institute.

The Grants Acquisition and Development Officer plays a central role in strengthening SIPRI’s sustainability and independence by expanding its fundraising capacity and development initiatives. The position focuses on identifying and pursuing funding opportunities, preparing high-quality proposals to maximize success, and enhancing internal skills and knowledge related to fundraising and donor engagement.

Subject expertise

Administration, project management and coordination, proposal development, reporting, and donor relations across a range of thematic and research areas.

Regional expertise

Ireland, Global

CONTACT Noel Kelly

Languages

English, Swedish

Education

BA (Hons) History and Politics, Goldsmiths College, University of London; MSc History of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS

Fleurant, A., Perlo-Freeman, S., Wezeman, P. D. et al, The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2015 (December 2016)
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2014 (December 2015) 8 pp.

19. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2016)
9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
15. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
15. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
4. Military expenditure and arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
10. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
10. Conventional arms control (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
Appendix 11A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2010 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2011)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2011)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 2000–2009 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 5B. The reporting of military expenditure data (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2009 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfers (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 1999–2008 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 5C. The reporting of military expenditure data (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)