COST is an intergovernmental framework consisting of 41 Full Members, 1 Cooperating Member and 1 Partner Member. The 41 COST Full Member countries govern COST via their representatives in the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) ā the General Assembly of the COST Association.
This allows researchers from these countries to embark upon networking opportunities by participating in science and technology networks calledĀ COST Actions.
Choose a country in the list below for an overview of the Country National Coordinators (CNC), Action participation and Action Chairs for each Member. A full list of all CSO delegates is availableĀ here.
COST Full Members
The 41 COST Full Members are: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary*, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, The Republic of North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
COST Cooperating Member
Israel is a Cooperating Member.Ā A Cooperating Member implies non-voting rights in the COST CSO. However, researchers from COSTās Cooperating Member enjoy member rights in COST Action participation.
COST Partner Member
South Africa is a Partner Member of COST. A Partner Member implies no rights to attend the COST CSO. However, researchers from COSTās Partner Members enjoy observer rights in COST Action participation.
CNC Members

National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Department of International Affairs
KƩthly Anna tƩr 1
1077 Budapest
Hungary
*Additional information
COST Action participants affiliated to Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision 2022/2056 are allowed to participate in COST activities without receiving financial support from the COST Association (either grants or via reimbursements). Individuals from the flagged institutions can apply to get funded via the Guarantee Fund established by the Hungarian government. Please find the relevant information regarding this Fund in EN and in HU. Click here for the list of institutions affected by Council Implementing Decision 2022/2056.
Facts & figures of Hungary’s participation in 2022
Individual participation in all Action activities
Participation by gender
Participation by age
Actions
CA22146
17/10/2023 - 16/10/2027Harnessing the potential of underutilized crops to promote sustainable food production (DIVERSICROP)
CA21170
18/10/2022 - 17/10/2026Prevention, anticipation and mitigation of tick-borne disease risk applying the DAMA protocol (PRAGMATICK)
IG16225
14/09/2022 - 31/10/2023IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies
CA20112
18/10/2021 - 17/10/2025PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement (PROFEEDBACK)
CA18207
13/11/2019 - 12/05/2024Biodiversity Of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives (BOTTOMS-UP)
CA17135
17/09/2018 - 16/03/2023Constitution-making and deliberative democracy (DeliberativeConstitution-Making)
CA16225
19/10/2017 - 18/04/2022Realising the therapeutic potential of novel cardioprotective therapies (EU-CARDIOPROTECTION)
CA16219
17/10/2017 - 16/04/2022Harmonization of UAS techniques for agricultural and natural ecosystems monitoring (HARMONIOUS)
CA16213
16/10/2017 - 15/04/2022New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent (NEP4DISSENT)
CA16115
07/04/2017 - 06/10/2021A European Network for Connective Tissue Calcifying Diseases (EuroSoftCalcNet)
CA22114
09/11/2023 - 08/11/2027Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring: Maximising infants“development (TREASURE)
CA22115
09/11/2023 - 08/11/2027A Multilingual Repository of Phraseme Constructions in Central and Eastern European Languages (PhraConRep)
CA22124
07/11/2023 - 06/11/2027EU Circular Economy Network for All: Consumer Protection through reducing, reusing, repairing (ECO4ALL)
CA22165
06/11/2023 - 05/11/2027Redressing Radical Polarisation: Strengthening European Civil Spheres facing Illiberal Digital Media (DepolarisingEU)
CA22136
06/11/2023 - 05/11/2027Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science (PANGEOS)
CA22147
02/11/2023 - 01/11/2027European metal-organic framework network: combining research and development to promote technological solutions (EU4MOFs)
CA22156
31/10/2023 - 30/10/2027Transformations international Experience and Research network for Sustainable futures (TransformERS)
CA22121
30/10/2023 - 29/10/2027Rising nationalisms, shifting geopolitics and the future of European higher education/research openness (OPEN)
CA22122
30/10/2023 - 29/10/2027Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities (RethinkBlue)
CA22103
30/10/2023 - 29/10/2027A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK AGAINST BRAIN CANCER (Net4Brain)