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

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Actions
CA22146
17/10/2023 - 16/10/2027Harnessing the potential of underutilized crops to promote sustainable food production (DIVERSICROP)
CA22128
05/10/2023 - 04/10/2027Establishing Networks to Implement the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations (IMPLEMENDEZ)
CA22116
19/09/2023 - 18/09/2027The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022 (GREATLEAP)
CA21152
26/10/2022 - 25/10/2026Implementation Network Europe for Cancer Survivorship Care (INE-CSC)
CA21123
25/10/2022 - 24/10/2026Cancer- Understanding Prevention in Intellectual Disabilities (CUPID)
CA21120
19/10/2022 - 18/10/2026History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: Citizenship, Nationality and Migration (HIDDEN)
CA21137
18/10/2022 - 17/10/2026Ethics in Dementia (EDEM)
CA21166
26/09/2022 - 25/09/2026Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience (SHiFT)
CA20102
04/10/2021 - 03/10/2025Marine Animal Forest of the world (MAF-WORLD)
IG16125
01/09/2021 - 31/10/2022An Open Access Repository of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Children and Adults with Interstitial Lung Disease
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)
CA22103
30/10/2023 - 29/10/2027A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK AGAINST BRAIN CANCER (Net4Brain)
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)