COST Annual Report 2023
COST exists to guide and strengthen collaboration between researchers and innovators to meet the scientific challenges of our time. The COST Annual Report 2023 puts collaboration at it’s heart to show how we support the European Research Area.
This edition depicts 2023’s main highlights, together with key facts and figures from the year. It also features numerous success stories about COST Actions and testimonials from the researchers involved.
COST FP10 Position Paper
Preparations for the 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, known as FP10, are underway. Discover why the European Research Area and FP10 need COST.
Growing ideas through networks
The COST corporate publication ‘Growing ideas through networks’ explains the COST programme and COST Actions, including how they work, who they are for and how to propose or join an Action.
Join our European research networks
View all running COST Actions and learn how you can participate.
COST Association Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023
This report presents the findings of the fourth wave of the COST Association Customer Satisfaction Survey, conducted in March and April 2023.
Overall, the survey results suggest customers hold COST, its services and its tools in high regard. At the same time, it points to some areas of improvement for the organisation’s work.
Read the document to discover more.
Growing ideas through global networking
Find out how you can get involved in COST if you are located in one of our Near Neighbour Countries or a Third States/International Partner Country.
COST Annual Report 2022
Research and innovation are not isolated activities, as they involve the collective efforts of scientists working together towards a common goal. The COST Annual Report 2022 highlights how COST Actions connect researchers to advance science.
This edition depicts 2022’s main highlights, together with facts and figures, and also features numerous success stories about COST Actions and the researchers involved.
COST Strategic Plan
For more than 50 years, COST has been providing networking opportunities for researchers and innovators to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges.
To continue as the leading networking instrument in the European Research Area (ERA), COST has defined three priorities: 1) Promoting and spreading excellence, 2) Fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science, 3) Empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
The COST Strategic Plan defines clear targets and Key Performance Indicators for each strategic priority. Read the document to discover more.
Impact Assessment Study on Short-Term Mobility
COST Association commissioned Technopolis to conduct an Impact Assessment Study on short-term mobility, which was carried out between March and October 2022. This study assessed 44 Short-term scientific missions (STSMs) of diverse characteristics and duration, through interviewing the researchers involved in the research stays.
The study found that STSMs are utilised for a diverse range of activities and goals, including discussions on research topics, networking opportunities between the grantee and researchers at the host institute, collaborative research, learning new methods, and using the host institution’s research infrastructure. The study also observed that, although STSMs predominantly contribute to the individual beneficiary’s work, they can have impact for several parties involved