COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Calling all Young Researchers and Innovators, are you looking for ways to broaden your professional network, develop leadership skills, learn and exchange in a safe environment? Maybe a COST Action is the perfect place for you.... COST Actions have long been a welcoming space for researchers & innovators at all career points. We have recently launched new measures to further support the career development of Young Researchers & Innovators including: 💠 Young Researcher & Innovator Conference Grant to facilitate attendance at beneficial international conferences not organised by the Action; 💠 COST Actions will reserve at least 1 leadership position for a Young Researcher or Innovator to help develop leadership skills;  💠 COST Academy to launch a new series of trainings dedicated to Young Researchers & Innovators to develop soft & hard skills. Learn more about how COST and COST Actions supports Young Researchers & Innovators including best practise examples from COST Action 21107 DIGI-net, COREnet COST Action, FOLIAGE, GeneHumdi, COSY COST ACTION CA21101, and EpiLipidNET 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eNNqk2GG #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders

What does it take to design new quantum materials? What potential and impact does quantum coherence and superconductors offer? How do research networks contribute to facilitate these technological breakthroughs? We look back at the impact of the NANOCOHYBRI network with it's Chair Hermann Suderow: a diverse and inclusive community of physicists, engineers, chemists, and material scientists with strong involvement of ITC countries, science communication efforts, and follow on networks through SUPERQUMAP. Read the full story 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eY-BWwH8 #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #Supercomputing #Quantum

A great pleasure for us to talk to researchers at the Universitatea Politehnica din Timişoara for our latest COST Info Session. Thanks for joining us for an engaging discussion. Many thanks also to the 11 current COST Action participants from the university who pitched their research network in our speed pitch session, showcasing COST Actions as unique networking opportunities and their many benefits such as Training Schools and Short-term Scientific Missions. "I am very much impressed by the benefits that Young Researchers can take by participating to COST Actions: they will develop their network and boost their career” Anamaria Todea, Young Researcher + ITC Conference Manager for COZYME - COST action CA21162 We look forward to seeing ever increasing engagement from the R&I community at University Politehnica Timisoara. Learn more about current Romanian participation in COST Actions: https://lnkd.in/ecgGfZxf With Salomé Moezzi-Gacon, Bart Veys, Liviu Marsavina, Duteanu Narcis, Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Daniel Luís Nunes, Sebastian Muntean, Pop Nicolina, Ladislau Vekas, and Cernescu Anghel #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders

Calling all COST Action participants in South Africa, join us and ESASTAP in Pretoria on 3 December to celebrate 5 years of the COST-South Africa partnership. This special side event during 'Science Forum South Africa 2024' will mark the 5th anniversary of our collaboration and highlight the achievements and impact of networking in interdisciplinary research networks across Europe and South Africa. 📆 December 3 🕒 08:30-12:30 📍 Pretoria, South Africa 🎫 Register: https://bit.ly/3AP46Xj #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #AfricanResearch #ESASTAP

Ever heard of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), materials composed of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic molecules to form one, two, or three-dimensional structures? Scientific & technological interest is growing due to their extreme versatility, so if you're a chemist or material scientist how you find out more? Introducing COST Action EU4MOFs working to efficiently transform lab-designed metal-organic framework (MOF) candidates into practical solutions for healthcare, clean water, and sustainable energy. The network is setting publication standards and fostering collaboration between industry and academia. Learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/etW7i2qf With Stefan Wuttke, Quim Peña, Olesia Kulyk, Thomas P. Burg, and Evelyn Ploetz #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders

Can research networks be a source of policy advice? Do COST Actions manage to engage with policy makers? How does COST Association support researchers and innovators to make great policy recommendations? Our Policy Adviser Judith Litjens writes about science-informed policy advice in action within our research networks for the latest Joint Research Centre 'Knowledge for Policy' blog. Discover what COST is doing to support its community in engaging with policy makers and numerous best practise examples 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eatFjMt3 With WEMov COST Action, Marie Ruiz, Sara Basart, Bojan Blagojevic and EU Science, Research and Innovation #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #Science4Policy

Correlated multimodal imaging (CMI) combines imaging techniques to gather multidimensional information on cells, tissues and diseases. With huge potential, surprisingly no interdisciplinary network existed.... until COMULIS arrived. Today we catch up with Andreas Walter to learn what can happen when researchers adopt an interdisciplinary approach to advancing life sciences. The COMULIS COST Action, and it's follow up CIG grant Faites Vos Jeux!, aimed to get clinicians talking to imaging scientists, cell biologists, and structural biologists to really break down barriers in the field. With follow up funding from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative the network is still alive and kicking. Discover more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eCqaPHvX cc Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Ivana Vrhovac Madunić, PhD, Paul Verkade, Claudia Kuntner-Hannes, Yannick Schwab and Paula Sampaio #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #COST_CIG

COST is looking to update its reserve list for its Science Officer position. Are you interested to find out more? Science Officers are responsible for the follow-up and support the COST Actions. In this post you would support the proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure, as well as the monitoring and final assessment of COST Actions. All scientific backgrounds are welcome, but biology and chemistry are a plus. Read more inc. requirements, our offer, and full application details 🔗 https://bit.ly/48XoMZy #BrusselsJobs #JobsinBrussels #JobFairy #ResearchJobs

How inclusive are COST Actions? What can we do to better support women researchers and innovators? Can best practise examples of gender equality measures be found in research networks? Proud to showcase examples from COSY COST ACTION CA21101, PEN@Hydropower, COST Action CA22120 LeverAge, CA PRIORITY, COST Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance and ENIS Cost Action on how research networks are committed to gender equality. All COST Actions are now requested to produce a Gender Equality Plan to help advance gender equality in all COST activities. Learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eW4qhwds #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #GenderEquality #WomenInSTEM

Our Open Call 2025 is ready for submissions and will close on 21 October 2025 at 12:00 (noon) CEST. This is the perfect time to start building a community of likeminded researchers & innovators who could form the basis of a network of proposers. Please note that a new Technical Annex template has been introduced and all proposals (including resubmissions) must use the new template. Find out more: 🔹 General info on the Open Call: https://bit.ly/3OfoqST 🔹 Documents & guidelines: https://bit.ly/3MpsHl6 🔹 Video on how to submit a winning proposal: https://bit.ly/476T2Ab Save the date for the general COST Info Day on 18 February 2025! #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #HorizonEU #ResearchNetworks