Deadline: COST Action
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) creates open spaces where people and ideas can grow.
COST funds interdisciplinary research networks called COST Actions. These Actions bring together researchers, innovators and other professionals including industry specialists, who are based in Europe and beyond, to collaborate on research topics for a period of 4 years.
The funding a COST Action receives covers the expenses of networking activities rather than research. As such is used to organise and fund events, Short-term Scientific Missions, Training Schools, communication activities, grants to attend interesting international conferences, and virtual networking tools.
An estimated €150,000 is made available for a COST Action in its first year and €180,000 per year for the other three (variable depending on the number of COST Countries represented in the Working Groups).
Proposals for new COST Actions are submitted to our annual Open Call via e-COST, our dedicated grant management tool. Once the deadline (collection date) has been reached, all applications are evaluated based on clear criteria.
COST Actions are bottom-up and can be on any topic, however they must fulfill certain criteria in order to be approved, such as including researchers from at least seven COST Member countries, amongst which at least 50% are from Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) and at least 40% are Young Researchers and Innovators.