BESTPRAC working group meeting - Belgrade 2018
100 people from 32 European countries met in Belgrade in September 2018 for ‘The voice of research administrators – Building a network of administrative excellence’ (BESTPRAC) working group meeting.
BESTPRAC is a COST Targeted Network, which aims to promote better and more consistent administration of transnational research projects, supporting excellence in research. The network serves as a platform for exchanging experiences, sharing and developing best practices, encouraging knowledge sharing, knowledge transfer and increasing efficiency in these fields.
Exploring fundamental physics with compact stars (NewCompStar)
Here is how the COST programme helped to further research in the field of neutron stars.
Neutron stars are unique laboratories that allow us to probe the building blocks of matter and their interactions at regimes that terrestrial laboratories cannot explore. These exceptional objects have already led to breakthrough discoveries in nuclear and subnuclear physics, QCD, general relativity and high-energy astrophysics.
The nature of science has changed. It has become interconnected, collaborative, multidisciplinary and data-intensive.
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) has been a building block of Europe’s research for 45 years. It funds research networks across borders and spanning all scientific disciplines.
Because science is all about people, COST creates spaces where people are empowered and ideas can grow without limits. It connects people in high-quality networks that deliver value for money and opportunities to excel. This is a flexible and open approach focused on cooperation, which creates a unique dynamic. It creates a fertile ground for science to flourish.
Academia, industry, public and private sector laboratories work together in networks, sharing knowledge, leveraging diversity and pooling resources.
COST is now more relevant than ever. It is the perfect example of how governments can make a real difference, ensuring that cooperation optimises national investment in research and technology and unlocks the full potential of science.
The 3-day event painted a clear picture of how policy and research can collaborate and overcome the challenges that lie ahead for Europe’s smart cities.
Marking a highly interdisciplinary event, speakers touched on climate change, healthy ageing, energy efficiency and big data, to mention but a few perspectives.
Seán Sherlock TD, Irish Minister of State for Research & Innovation, tells COST the importance of ESOF 2012 for Ireland and the Irish scientific community.
Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament - Message for the Opening of the COST Exhibition
Message by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, for the opening of the COST Exhibition at the European Parliament hosted by MEP Pilar del Castillo on 18 October 2011
“In the midst of fiscal pressure on national budgets, we need COST’s network more than ever to make the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs into a reality and to strengthen European innovation.”
COST Action CM0903 - Plants & Chemistry
Highlights from COST Action CM0903’s public lecture at the Science in the City event in Turin.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science speaks at the opening of the COST exhibition, hosted by Pilar del Castillo Vera MEP, at the European Parliament on 18 October 2011.