24 May 2011 | General, BMBS, CMST, ESSEM, FA, FPS, ISCH, ICT, MPNS, TUD, TD, President
31 new COST Actions approved!
Whether it was the nice meeting location or the coincidence that the CSO was convened just days after the announcement that the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation would make additional funding available for COST in FP7, fact remains that last week’s CSO meeting had numerous positive outcomes.
COST Actions
Aside from approving the 31 COST Actions - which include proposals from COST’s 9 scientific Domains as well as three interdisciplinary proposals - the committee also approved 43 participants in COST Actions from non-COST countries. This decision means that COST can boast 459 institutions from 38 non-COST countries that participate in 143 COST Actions.
An overview of the COST Actions approved at the meeting is available for download.
COST Governance
The committee agreed to forward its contribution to the European Commission on the consultation on the Common Strategic Framework for future Research and Innovation Funding. The COST contribution can be found on the European Commission’s website.
In developing the contribution, the committee adopted a ‘COST mission statement’ which will form the basis for the COST strategy to respond to new challenges ahead.
For further information, please download the full press release of the 182nd meeting which also contains contact details.
