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 over 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 to join the Management Committee will be given to those who were part of the proposing group. For more information on how to proceed, please consult the FCT website page dedicated to COST.

The FCT coordinates the promotion and participation of the national scientific community in COST and is responsible for the appointment of members to the Action Management Committee. Each Action may include up to two members from each country.

More than 200 COST actions are currently underway, 98% of which involve Portuguese participation. These actions represent an opportunity for transnational collaboration in a network 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 active actions.