70 New COST Actions Approved

70 new COST Actions have been approved and due to kick-off this autumn!

Newly approved Actions are highly multidisciplinary. Among the new Actions, 47% cover at least two fields of science and technology, and 11% cover at least three fields.

Natural sciences are represented in 50% of the new approved Actions. Medical and Health Sciences follow with 34%, Social Sciences (27%), Engineering and Technology (24%), Agricultural Science (13%), and Humanities (11%).

How to join new COST Actions?

As opposed to most EU-funded projects, you can join and participate in an ongoing COST project.

Firstly, you can participate as a Management Committee (MC) Member. 

The MC is responsible for the coordination, implementation and management for an Action. COST Member can nominated up to 2 representatives for each Action to the MC. To participate as an MC, you need to contact the COST National Coordinator (CNC).

Secondly, you can join as a working group member. 

The working groups perform the tasks required by the Action to fulfil the objectives of the network project plan.

To join as a working group member contact the Action’s working group leader and the MC member(s).

Finally, the third option is to participate in Action activities.

Actions provide opportunities to get involved in activities through training schools, short-term scientific missions (SSM), workshops, conferences, etc. To participate in one of these, follow the offers on the website of the specific Action you are interested in.

Additional information

Note that the new COST Actions will be available on the COST website as of June 23. and the first Management Committee meetings will start between September and October 2022.

After 23 June researchers interested in some Actions will be allowed to apply to join!

The COST Open Call 2022 remains open until 20 October 2022 at 12:00 noon (CET). Discover more about the simple one-step application process to submit a new COST Action.