24 May 2013 | General
International Transport Forum Summit 2013 “Funding Infrastructure”
International Transport Forum Summit 2013 “Funding Infrastructure”
Side Event: Value Creation & Value Capture: The Next Generation of PPPs
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15 May 2013 | General, ICT, TD
Social Robots Entering our Future

On 10 to 13 June COST will organise a trans-disciplinary workshop in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss challenges, perception and applications of Social Robotics, as well as its role in current and future society. The event will be an opportunity to discuss the latest updates and network with the field’s top experts and… meet the robots themselves!
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15 May 2013 | General, FPS
Innovation, Young Researchers and Industry: brought together by the COST Domain for Forestry, their Products and Services (FPS)

The COST FPS Domain has teamed up with the Forest-based Technology Platform and organised a conference to facilitate networking between young researchers and the forest-based industry.
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13 May 2013 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
COST Action Grant Holders, check the new features of the 'Participate' section of the COST website!

We would like to inform all COST Action Grant Holders that the 'Participate' section of the COST website will be reorganised as of Tuesday 14 May at 12:00. These changes will also have an impact on the former 'Guidelines' page and the documents available herewith.
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25 March 2013 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD
The latest issue of the COST Newsletter is now online

Stay up-to-date with COST's latest news and opportunities!
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25 March 2013 | General, ICT
HDR imaging technology: how does it work?

Our eye cannot capture the wide range of colours and lighting intensities in the real world. COST Action IC1005 shows you how HDR images can enhance our viewing
experience...
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22 March 2013 | General, MPNS
How to define the relationship between nanostructures and their toxicity?

This is a key question in order to identify the best balance between commercial development of these high value materials on the one hand, and protection of workers, the public, and the environment from adverse effects on the other…
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22 March 2013 | General
How can science and technology networking support gender equality?

Find out more in the COST overview of gender-related issues through science and technology networking in the EU.
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22 March 2013 | General
COST publishes its 'SME Overview'

SMEs, as well as other industry players, provide invaluable partnership and knowledge in COST Actions. Several European SMEs currently participate in COST Actions in a wide range of scientific Domains, and in highly multidisciplinary networks.
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18 March 2013 | General, ISCH
COST-ESF's science policy briefing on 'Cultural Literacy in Europe Today' now available

In 2009, the COST Domain for Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) and the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH) proceeded to investigate, through a series of research workshops, four vital areas for literary research: Cultural Memory; Migration and Translation; Electronic Textuality and Biopolitics, Biosociality and the Body. This science policy briefing summarises recommendations for a new European policy in literary and cultural studies research.
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