19 August 2010 | General
Contented German COST participants!
More than 300 German COST participants sing the programme’s praises in the newly released results of a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German EUREKA/COST Bureau.
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05 August 2010 | General, ESSEM
Did you know that underwater robots phone home too?
A recent episode of CNN's Earth's Frontiers showcases the performances of COST Action ES0904's fleet of underwater gliders.
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04 August 2010 | General, TUD
How to calculate the environmental impact of transport?
Policymakers involved in transportation planning and decision-making and researchers working on transport and environmental analysis may now just have the answers to this question at their finger tips thanks to the final report of COST Action 356.
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18 June 2010 | General
"EU ups its stake in COST science programme"
That is the title of a CORDIS news release on COST earlier today. "The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) programme", the news release continues.
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16 June 2010 | General
COST Ministerial Conference reconfirms COST’s key role in the European Research Area (ERA)
Representatives from COST Member State governments and the European Commission gathered at the COST Ministerial Conference in Palma de Mallorca, on 15 June 2010, at the invitation of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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16 June 2010 | General, President
The COST CSO President reports to the COST Ministerial Conference
Professor Francesco Fedi, President of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), reported to the COST Ministerial Conference held on 15 June 2010 in Palma de Mallorca on progress made by COST since the COST Ministerial Conference held in Dubrovnik in 2003.
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09 June 2010 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD, President
A Farewell from the COST CSO President
Dear members of the COST community,
my Presidency of the COST Committee of Senior Officials which covered the entire period from the latest COST Ministerial Conference in Dubrovnik in 2003 to the COST Ministerial Conference in Spain in 2010 will end on 21 June 2010 and I wish to say goodbye to all of you.
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27 May 2010 | General, President
COST elects new CSO President
With the unanimous election of Dr Angeles Rodríguez Peña as President of the COST CSO on 26 May 2010 in Riga, COST elected its first female President.
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20 May 2010 | General
Gender Equality and Research Funding: the COST contribution
Dr Martin Grabert, Director of the COST Office, presented COST as a networking tool towards gender equality at the first GENDERA roundtable meeting held in Bratislava on 18 May 2010. COST - which is already a frontrunner in the ERA with 35% female participation in COST Actions - encourages further concrete steps to improve gender balance in the near future.
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17 May 2010 | General, CMST
Communicating Science: an example from the field... literally!
In the latest YouTube video of COST Action CM0903, Professor Martyn Poliakoff explains the scientific challenges the Action addresses.
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