The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is set on the 23th of October 2024 at 12:00 PM (noon) CEST.
More information here 
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The Belgian COST National Contact Points organise on 17 May 2024 in WTC III Brussels two COST information sessions:
Belgian contacts for COST
Organisers: CIS\COST members :
BELSPO, FPS Health, FWB, EWI, FWO, INNOVIRIS and SPW
Registration is mandatory and open until 7 May 2024 via this link .
Places are limited to 50 participants.
Be sure to check out the following files and video if you want to participate in a COST action:
| 17-05-2024 AGENDA COST GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION 2024 (MORNING) |
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| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome words and Belgian COST contacts, Ms Pascale Van Dinter from BELSPO, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator |
| 10:10-10:20 | COST: Promoting and Spreading Research Excellence in Europe and beyond, Dr Ronald de Bruin, Director of the COST Association |
| 10:20-10:40 | What is COST and how to engage with COST, Ms Salomé Moezzi-Gacon, COST Governance Officer |
| 10:40-11:00 | How to submit an application, Dr Sara Silvestre, COST Science Officer |
| 11:00-11:20 | Added value and benefits, Dr Baptiste Leroy from UMONS, WG -Leader in COST Action CA21146 Fundamentals and applications of purple bacteria biotechnology for resource recovery from waste |
| 11:20-11:50 | Added value and benefits, Prof Anastasia Dimou from the KU Leuven, MC-Member and Science Communication Manager in COST Action CA19134 - Distributed Knowledge Graphs |
| 11:50 | Q&A |
| 12:00 | End of session |
| 17-05-2024 AGENDA COST SPECIALISED INFORMATION SESSION 2024 (AFTERNOON) |
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| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome words and Belgian COST contacts, Ms Pascale Van Dinter from BELSPO, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator |
| 13:10-13:40 | How to prepare your COST proposal, Dr Sara Silvestre, COST Science Officer |
| 13:40-14:10 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action, Prof. Patricia Verleysen from Ghent University, MC-Chair and Main Proposer of COST Action CA21155 - Advanced Composites under HIgh STRAin raTEs loading: a route to certification-by-analysis (HISTRATE) |
| 14:10-14:40 | Impressions from a Belgian evaluator by Brecht Devleesschauwer from Sciensano. |
| 14:40-15:00 | Q&A and closing of the session |
