The 2025 Annual Report summarises the key highlights of the past year. It combines activities and figures to demonstrate how COST continues to strengthen its role in European research and innovation by connecting people, ideas and communities across borders.
The success stories illustrate what this means in practice. They show how COST Actions transform dispersed knowledge into structured collaboration and showcase the outcomes of this collaboration. Researchers build lasting networks that continue to grow. Data is shared, made accessible and reusable. New approaches are developed, tested and refined in real settings.
Many COST Actions align their efforts with European priorities. Some contribute to policy discussions. Others open pathways towards innovation or support the uptake of results beyond academia. At the same time, COST Actions help ideas to mature and partnerships to consolidate, creating the conditions for future funding and longer-term impact.