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03-02-2023 - COST Belgian info day 2023

The Belgian COST National Contact Points organise on 25 April 2023 in WTC III Brussels a COST Info Day that will consist of two information sessions:
- a general session to present COST and its networking opportunities from 13:00 till 14:30 PM
- a specialised session for Belgian researchers and innovators that are preparing a proposal as 'main proposer' or ‘secondary proposer’ from 15:00 till 16:45 PM
Registration is mandatory. Seats are limited.
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24-11-2022 - COST OPEN CALL 2023

The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is fixed on the 25th of October 2023 
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06-05-2022 - COST OPEN CALL - Information sessions 2022

The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organise on 8 June 2022 in the Royal Library (KBR) in Brussels two information sessions:
- a general session to present COST and its networking opportunities
- a specialised session for Belgian researchers and innovators that are preparing a proposal as the 'main proposer' or ‘secondary proposer’
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06-10-2022 - Open Research Europe (ORE)

Since en September 2022 can COST Actions submit their scientific publications directly to Open Research Europe (ORE), the European Commission’s Open Access publishing platform for research stemming from Horizon Europe. ORE accepts articles in all fields of science: submitted research must be original, not be submitted anywhere else for publication, and stem from a COST Action. 
It provides a reliable peer-reviewed publishing service of high scientific quality, with swift publication times. The platform also implements rigorous scientific standards which are overseen by an international Scientific Advisory Board. 
Publishing in Open Research Europe is free of charge, the European Commission covers all costs. Open Research Europe is also a solution to publish articles even after the COST Action has ended. 
More information is available on the European Commission’s website, which contains helpful tips, guides and FAQs, including how to prepare articles and data for submission. We have also created a dedicated page on Open Access for the COST website. If the COST Actions have questions on submitting in the ORE platform, they can contact directly to Ruth Fisher: publishing@open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu.

14-09-2021 - COST online Info Day

COST will organise an online COST Info Day on 1 October 2021 from 10 till 11:30 to introduce the new COST rules (entering into force on 1/11/2021).
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25-06-2021 - COST rules

New COST rules
The 40 new COST Actions appear since 23 June 2021 on the COST website with their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and any individual affiliated in a legal entity can already now join one of the working groups from the new COST actions.
How do you need to proceed if you want to become member of a working group?
- Go to the COST Action webpage and choose a COST action.
- Open in this specific COST action the tab 'working group' and click on the “apply” button
- Fill in the application (to be reviewed by the Management Committee).
NOTE: it is required to have an e-COST profile to submit your application. If needed, create it first and than click 'apply'. There is also the option to declare your availability to join the Management Committee of the action.

11-06-2021 - COST 50 years

COST celebrates 50 years of connecting researchers and innovators
This year marks the 50 years of COST. For this occasion, COST has prepared a publication and a dedicated website, more info on COST 50 Years .
Follow also the 50 years campaign with hashtags #COST50years as well as 50 years of #sciencewithoutborders.

11-06-2021 - COST actions

40 new COST actions kick-off
On 25 May 2021, COST’s governing board confirmed the funding of 40 new COST Actions, which will start in the Autumn of 2021. Click here to download the booklet with newly approved Actions.

07-05-2021 - COST OPEN CALL - Information session 2021 - Presentations

The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organised on 4 May 2021 an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'.
You can download the presentations of the information meeting here.

01-03-2021 - COST OPEN CALL - INFORMATION SESSION 2021

The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organise on 4 May 2021 from 10:00 AM till 12:00 PM an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'.
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01-03-2021 - COST OPEN CALL

The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is fixed on the 29th of October 2021 at 12:00 AM.More information: www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/open-call

10-09-2020 - COST OPEN CALL - Information session 2020 - Presentations

The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organised on 10 September 2020 an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'.
You can download the presentations of the information meeting here.

25-06-2020 - COST Info Day

This COST Info Day took place on 23 June and the online recording is available via the COST youtube channel .

24-06-2020 - COST OPEN CALL - Information session 2020

The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organise on 10 September 2020 from 9:00 AM till 11:00 AM an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'. 
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20-03-2020 - COST OPEN CALL

The deadline to submit COST Action proposals for 2020 is extended until 29 October 2020 at 12:00 noon (CET). This year COST will only have 1 open call. More info on the video What is needed to apply for a COST Action .