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COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives. A continuous Open Call for Proposals is used to attract the best proposals for new COST Actions.

COST follows different evaluation procedures for Proposals submitted in one of the nine COST Domains or, when highly interdisciplinary and spanning several COST Domains, as Trans-Domain Proposals (TDP). 

Proposals submitted in one COST Domain

Proposals submitted in one of the nine COST Domains follow a two-stage process whereby proposers, after registering, submit a Preliminary Proposal by a set collection date. This Preliminary Proposal provides an overview of the proposed Action's goal and its foreseen impact. After evaluation, approximately 120 of the top-ranked Preliminary Proposals are invited to submit a Full Proposal. 

After assessment by external experts, the top-ranked Full Proposals are presented orally to the Domain Committee (DC Hearing). A final list is proposed for approval by the Committee of Senior Official (CSO).  

For more information and guidance on this process please see the Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation, Selection and Approval(COST Doc. 4113/13) and COST Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation, Selection and Approval (SESA) Guidelines documents available via the 'Key Documents' box in the right column of this page (please note these supersede COST Doc 4111/11).

Trans-Domain Proposals (TDP)

Broad, interdisciplinary proposals known as 'Trans-Domain Proposals' (TDP) follow a TDP Pilot Evaluation and Selection Procedure with a proposal registration via the proposer’s e-COST profile. The TDP Pilot requires one single proposal submission, with the proposal evaluated remotely in two steps preceding TDP Panel Hearings.

More information about the TDP Pilot can be found onhttp://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/TDP.

What does COST fund?

The support will cover the costs of networking activities such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local organiser support), conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges, training schools, publications and dissemination activities. COST does not fund the research itself.

The FAQ section also answers Open Call specific questions.

Next collection date

Each collection date is announced in the Official Journal of the European Union a few months before the deadline. The latest announcement is dated 10 January 2014.

  • For submissions in one of the nine COST Domains: Friday 28 March 2014 at 17:00 Brussels time (GMT+1).
  • For TDP submissions: 7 March 2014 (Proposal Registration) and11 April 2014 (Proposal Submission) at 17:00 Brussels time (GMT+1).
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For scientists and researchers not working in Europe they can also apply to this open call of COST to get its support. The support will cover the costs of networking activities such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local organiser support), conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges, training schools, publications and dissemination activities. COST does not fund the research itself.

COST encourages institutions from non-COST countries to participate in COST Actions following the bottom-up principle and if the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) believes it to be of mutual benefit. The CSO approves on a case-by-case basis.

The advantage for non-European institutions is that they do not need to ask COST country coordinator for approval, they can request COST directly!
In general, researchers from non-COST countries institutions do not receive economic support from COST.

For the near neighbour countries up to two researchers from each country may be reimbursed for attending COST Actions meetings. Moreover, researchers from these countries are eligible to participate in other activities decided at the level of individual Actions (such as meetings, short-term scientific missions, training schools and conferences).

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COST Domains:

  • Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences
  • Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technology
  • Food and Agriculture
  • Earth System Science and Environmental Management
  • Forests, their Products and Services
  • Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Materials, Physics and Nanosciences
  • Transport and Urban Development
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  • Trans-Domain

Open Call entry points

For applicants

Registration, submission and status of proposals

Collection schedule

Restricted Area

For the monitoring of proposals

Open Call Contacts

General enquiries and technical problems

opencall@cost.eu

Key Documents

e-COST

e-COST is a portal for COST Action participants' registration and financial reporting

Link to e-COST portal


Contact information COST (email: office@cost.eu ; opencall@cost.eu)
News type Procurement
File link http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call
Source of information COST: European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Keyword(s) COST
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage n/a
News date 05/03/2014
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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