70 new COST actions approved

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) recently launched a call for expressions of interest for the Management Committees of another 70 new COST Actions that have been approved. The deadlines for submitting applications are as follows:

•  Until June 29, 2023, for all members of the group proposing the actions;
• Until July 20, 2023, for all other interested parties.

Priority for membership of the Management Committee will be given to those who were part of the proposing group. For more information on how to proceed, see the page on the FCT website dedicated to COST.

FCT coordinates the promotion and participation of the national scientific community in COST, and is responsible for appointing the members of the Action Management Committee. Each Action can include up to 2 members from each country.

More than 200 COST actions are underway, 98% of which have Portuguese participation. These actions represent an opportunity for transnational network collaboration for interested researchers.

COST's mission is to support the creation of transnational cooperation networks between researchers across Europe, so that they can freely, openly and jointly develop their ideas and initiatives. These networks, called COST Actions, enable advances in the development of scientific knowledge and the training of their participants. Portugal is a success story in COST, from which more than 1,000 national researchers currently benefit, participating in more than 95% of the active actions.