Open Call: COST

COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives. A continuous Open Call for Proposals is used to attract the best proposals for new COST Actions.

Proposals submitted in one of the nine COST Domains follow a two-stage process whereby proposers, after registering their eCOST profile, submit a preliminary proposal by a set collection date. This preliminary proposal provides an overview of the proposed Action‘s goal and its foreseen impact. After evaluation, approximately 120 of these preliminary proposals are selected for the second phase. Successful proposers are then invited to submit a full proposal.

Broad, interdisciplinary proposals known as ‘Trans-Domain Proposals’ (TDP) follow a TDP Pilot Evaluation and Selection Procedure with a proposal registration via your eCOST profile as of 15 February 2013. The TDP Pilot requires one single proposal submission, with the proposal evaluated remotely in two steps preceding TDP Panel Hearings.

Each collection date is announced in the Official Journal of the European Union a few months before the deadline. The latest announcement is dated 21 December 2012.

What does COST fund? The support will cover the costs of networking activities such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local organiser support), conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges, training schools, publications and dissemination activities. COST does not fund the research itself.

The FAQ section also answers Open Call specific questions.

Next collection date

For submissions in one of the nine COST Domains: 29 March 2013 at 17:00 Brussels time (GMT+1).

For Trans-Domain Proposal (TDP) submissions there is first a registration deadline on 29 March 2013 at 17:00 Brussels time (GMT+1), followed by a proposal submission deadline on 14 June 2013, 17:00 Brussels time (GMT+1). Please note that the proposal registration will have to be made via your eCOST profile as from 15 February 2013.