European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is a funding organisation for the creation of research networks, called COST Actions. These networks offer an open space for collaboration among scientists across Europe (and beyond) and thereby give impetus to research advancements and innovation.
COST is bottom up, this means that researchers can create a network – based on their own research interests and ideas – by submitting a proposal to the COST Open Call. The proposal can be in any science field. COST Actions are highly interdisciplinary and open. It is possible to join ongoing Actions, which therefore keep expanding over the funding period of four years. They are multi-stakeholder, often involving the private sector, policymakers as well as civil society.
Since 1971, COST receives EU funding under the various Research and Innovation Framework Programmes, such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
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Address: 149 Av. Louise1050 Brussels, 1050 Brussels
Country:Belgium
- European Union (EU 27)
- International; Other
- Western Balkans
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
Entry created by Elke Dall on October 17, 2006
Modified on November 1, 2023
