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COST held an Info Day at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria on the 27th September, to promote the benefits of participating in COST Actions, which enable collaborative and dynamic scientific research across European countries. Over 100 participants from the Bulgarian academic sector attended the event, including many younger researchers, who are traditionally under-represented within scientific…

Original story published by ERA Portal Austria On 6 November 2018, the COST Awareness Day “Promotion of RTI networking: COST – A story of success!” took place in Vienna. Around 120 participants from Austria as well as guests from abroad joined in on this 2.5 hours networking event. Photo credit: FFG While COST President Sierd Cloetingh and…

The annual EU-Russia Joint Science & Technology Cooperation Committee (JSTCC) was held on Friday 5 June 2020. The event focussed on reviewing the implementation of flagship initiatives and joint priority projects, notably in the fields of research infrastructure, health, and civil aeronautics. The meeting, which was co-chaired by Maria Cristina Russo, R&I Director for International…

Encouraged by the success of COST in providing a career springboard for researchers from less research-intensive countries, the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) has launched a series of new measures to benefit Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC).

On Friday the 16th March, COST held an Info Day at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, to encourage a greater number of researchers from Romania to participate in COST Actions.

Researchers from 22 European countries have set up PARENCHIMA, a network that will boost the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers in efficiently managing chronic kidney disease.

What exactly happens as we digest food and what are the implications for our health? Answering these questions will help design healthier foods that could curb the rising rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

COST responds to the research communities’ need for a more lightweight and quickly evaluated instrument with a revised evaluation and selection procedure for highly interdisciplinary research networks. The Proposal registration opens on 15 February and closes on 29 March. Updated guidelines are also available.

This year Dementia Awareness Week is running from Monday 15 until Sunday the 21 of May 2023. This dedicated week aims to help improving the lives of people with dementia and their families. In this context COST looks at ethical difficulties surrounding this condition. The International Classification of Diseases defines dementia as “an acquired brain…