COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Dr. Federica Ortelli, Science Officer - COST

SimInhale International Conference - Athens, 30 September 2019

What is COST?

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COST – Supporting research collaboration since 1971

1 Cooperating State:

Israel

Near Neighbour Countries:

Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia,

Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco,

the Palestinian Authority, Russia, Syria, Tunisia and

Ukraine

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR

1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

38 COST Countries:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova,

Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United

Kingdom and the Republic of North Macedonia

The countries in green are the less research-

intensive COST countries, also know as

inclusiveness target countries (ITCs)

What are COST Actions?

▪Bottom-up approach

▪Open and expandable participation▪ all stakeholders, all career levels, all countries

▪ Funding networks, not research

▪Output and impact oriented

open science, wide sharing of knowledge and results, openaccess, open innovation

Action Features

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COST Actions

Network

Memorandum of

Understanding

4 years

Min 7 countries,

average participation,

27 countries

Research coordination

and capacity building

activities€ ~540 000 euros

over lifetime

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How it works?

Secondary proposers

COST Action participants

nominated by COST National Coordinators

Main proposer

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COST key figures of 2018

291 213

2.457

45.000

Why COST Actions?

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Promoting and spreading excellence1

Fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science2

Boosting careers young researchers3

Role of COST in the ERA - 3 Strategic Priorities

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Promoting and spreading excellence

Everyone benefits

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Priority 1. Promoting and spreading excellence

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COST Acting as a pre-portal for FP funding

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Fostering interdisciplinary research - SimInhale

04/05/2015

18 COST

Countries

Today

25 COST

countries

04/05/2015Today

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Boosting careers of young researchers

Bottom-up networking schemes

How to engage with COST

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How to engage with COST

1. As expert to evaluate submitted proposals or assess the progress of running COST Actions

2. As participant of a running COST Action

3. As proposer of a COST Action

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Why COST is useful for research cooperation?

▪COST is bottom-up

▪COST in open

▪ All scientists, All career stage, All countries

▪COST is transdisciplinary

▪COST is networking

▪ This contributes to overcome the fragmentation of resources

▪ This contribute to fight the silo culture

▪COST is inclusive

▪ Towards societal engagement: it contributes to address society and

citizens’ needs

Where to find more information about COST

Visit our website www.cost.eu or sign up for our newsletter:

www.cost.eu/subscribe

Join us on our social networks:

@COST.Programme

@COSTprogramme

COST Association

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)