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) – 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 called 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 available 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. A Cooperating Member implies non-voting rights in the COST CSO. However, researchers from COST’s 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 COST’s Partner Members enjoy observer rights in COST Action participation.
CNC Members
European Research Policy
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
1 Victoria Street
SW1H 0ET London
United Kingdom
Additional information
Under COST rules in Horizon Europe, researchers and innovators affiliated to institutions based in the United Kingdom are fully eligible to participate in COST Actions. This includes:
- reimbursed participation in Action networking activities (meetings, conferences, Training Schools, Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs), and virtual mobility grants);
- possibility to be a main or secondary proposer in the COST Open Call for new Actions;
- eligibility to all leadership positions in ongoing Actions;
- possibility to be the Grant Holder Institution for an Action;
- reimbursed participation in activities organised by COST, such as COST Academy training’s.
As a COST Full Member, the United Kingdom’s eligibility is independent of affiliation to Horizon Europe.
Facts & figures of UK participation in 2024
Individual participation in Action activities
Participation by gender
Participation by age
Actions
CA24104
26/09/2025 - 25/09/2029Stochastic Differential Equations: Computation, Inference, Applications (STOCHASTICA)
CA24139
26/09/2025 - 25/09/2029Superfluid Condensates in Astrophysics and Laboratory Experiments (SCALES)
CA24148
24/09/2025 - 23/09/2029EEG101: Fundamentals of Open & Rigorous EEG Science (EEG101)
CA24134
22/09/2025 - 21/09/2029Observatory of Innovative Strategies for Repurposing Terrain Vague (OBSERVISTA)
CA24122
19/09/2025 - 18/09/2029multiscale Stochastics, Patterns, and Analysis of Combinatorial Environments (mSPACE)
IG20129
25/08/2025 - 31/10/2026INnovative DIgital COntrol for 3D Nanoprinting (INDICO)
CA23103
31/10/2024 - 30/10/2028Life, liberty and health: ensuring universal protection of human rights at sea (BlueRights)
IG19123
25/10/2024 - 31/10/2025Microbial Electrochemical Technology Commercialisation (MET-C)
IG19145
25/10/2024 - 31/10/2025Artificial intelligence methods for spectral data processing to solve food fraud and authenticity issues (SensAIfood)
CA23153
24/10/2024 - 23/10/2028Digital Mental Health for Young People (YouthDMH)
CA24147
31/10/2025 - 30/10/2029Artificial Intelligence Driven Dental AgEstimation Network (AID-AgE)
CA24115
31/10/2025 - 30/10/2029Connecting an INternational Network of Academic Manufacturers of ONcoimmunotherapies (CINNAMON)
CA24130
30/10/2025 - 29/10/2029Psychedelic renaissance: turn on, tune in and drop in (PSY-NET)
CA24152
30/10/2025 - 29/10/2029Epitranscriptomics and ncRNAs for climate-change-resilient and sustainable crops (EPICROPS)
CA24144
29/10/2025 - 28/10/2029ANTICIPATE: extended-range multi-hazard predictions and early warnings (ANTICIPATE)
CA24165
29/10/2025 - 28/10/2029Network for Cardiovascular Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine (CardioPharmaGENET)
CA24117
28/10/2025 - 27/10/2029Innate lymphoid cells – the European quest for innovative cancer prognosis and immunotherapy (ILCquest)
CA24126
28/10/2025 - 27/10/2029Fostering Nature-Centred BioDESIGN to Explore regenerative futures (DESIGNAE)
CA24128
27/10/2025 - 26/10/2029European Network to Advance the Development and Implementation of Vocal Biomarkers (eVoiceNet)
CA24150
27/10/2025 - 26/10/2029Values in Turbulent Times: Navigating Social Changes and Challenges (VISTA)