The international programme COST (European Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Research) has published 60 newly approved COST Actions  international networks that connect researchers from both the academic and private sector and focus on a particular research topic. These networks are open – new participants can join already approved COST Actions.

Researchers from Czech institutions can also participate in new COST Action proposals.
Faculty news about the current COST open call

Contact point at the Faculty of Science for the Czech national procedure of joining a COST Action:
Romana Hogenová (romana.hogenova@natur.cuni.cz).
See also Czech national procedure of joining a COST Action.

Contact point at the Faculty of Science for the international programme COST:
Ludmila Součková.

COST supports international collaboration in science and technology. It encourages interdisciplinarity and participation of young researchersCOST Actions funds only “networking” activities (e.g. meetings, workshops and conferences, short-term scientific missions, training schools, virtual mobility...), but not research itself. It is possible to join an approved Action from publication of the Action’s Memorandum of Understanding in the database of COST Actions until the end of the Action (duration of an Action is usually 4 years).

COST Actions are often recommended as an excellent tool for building international research contacts.

Ways how to participate in an ongoing COST Action

As a Management Committee Member

  • For each Action, there can be maximally 2 Management Committee Members nominated from one COST member country.
  • Management Committee Members are nominated by the COST National Coordinator, who needs a tacit validation by the Action’s management. The Czech COST National Coordinator is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS).
  • A researcher from a Czech institution who wants to be nominated as a Management Committee Member must go through the Czech national procedure of joining a COST Action – they must describe, how exactly they will participate in the Action activities in a document “PROJECT PROPOSAL, JOIN AN EXISTING COST ACTION” that must be confirmed by the legal representative of their institution; and their intended participation in the Action must be approved, via a document “COST MC Letter”, by the head of the respective COST Action (Main Proposer in case of a newly approved Action, or Action Chair in case of a running Action). Both documents must be sent to MEYS.
  • Based on these two documents, the Czech COST National Coordinator nominates the researcher to the Management Committee of the respective Action.
  • After going through this national procedure, the researcher becomes eligible to apply for funding from Czech programme Inter-Excellence II, sub-programme Inter-COST.

As a Working Group Member

  • A researcher can ask the management of the Action to join the Action as a Working Group Member. Such an application is submitted via the e-COST portal. It might be advisable to contact beforehand the management of the Action, e.g., the Leader of the particular Working Group, and discuss possibilities of participation of the applying researcher. Contact details of the members of the Action management are available in the database of COST Actions.
  • If the researcher (from a Czech institution) wants to become eligible to apply for funding from Czech programme Inter-Excellence II, sub-programme Inter-COST, they must also go through the Czech national procedure of joining a COST Action – see above.

As an ad-hoc participant of an event or activity organised by the Action

  • Participation as an ad-hoc participant is subject to invitation by the Action’s management.
  • When such an opportunity is open to those interested, it is usually announced by the Action on its website (in case of already running Actions, the link to their website is often available in the database of COST Actions) or in the news on COST website.

About COST programme on faculty website

Examples of newly approved COST Actions (there are 60 new Actions in total)

Actions without Czech participation in the Network of Proposers are given in bold.

 

News published by Ludmila Součková on 14. 6. 2024.

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