1 / 12

COST European COoperation in Science and Technology Belspo, 14 March 2014

COST European COoperation in Science and Technology Belspo, 14 March 2014. Benjamin MONNOYE, Attaché benjamin.monnoye@cfwb.be Directorate of scientific research DG non-compulsory education and scientific research Ministry of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels. • • • COST main characteristics.

plato-russo
Download Presentation

COST European COoperation in Science and Technology Belspo, 14 March 2014

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. COSTEuropean COoperation in Science and TechnologyBelspo, 14 March 2014 Benjamin MONNOYE, Attaché benjamin.monnoye@cfwb.be Directorate of scientific research DG non-compulsory education and scientific research Ministry of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels

  2. ••• COST main characteristics • Founded in 1971 • Intergovernmental initiative • FP7 budget : EUR 250 Mio (EU Commission) • supporting cooperation among scientists and researchers all fields of research via coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level • 1 Instrument: COST Action (4 year network - min.5 COST countries) • § +/- 300 Running Action • average funding about 130 000 € per year per Action • “Bottom-up” –no fixed programmes / priorities • Focus on multidisciplinary cooperation • Promotion of Early Stage Researchers

  3. •••36 COST Countries • The 28 EU Member States • Acceding & Candidate Countries - FYR of Macedonia (FYROM) - Iceland - Republic of Serbia - Turkey • Other Countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Norway - Switzerland • COST Co-operating States - Israel

  4. •••What is a COST Action? CouncilCOST Secretariat COMMITTEE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS (CSO) COST National Coordinators 10 COST Domain Committees F&A …….. ……. …… ….. MC COST Actions (200+) Action WGs WORKING GROUPS …… ~ 30.000 researchers Scientific Domain

  5. •••What is funded by COST? • COST Actions:A network of (nationally) funded projects(min. 5 participating countries) receive a financial contributionbased on a joint work programme (4 years) for: • Science management / working group meetings • Scientific workshops and seminars • Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) • Training Schools and Research Conferences • Dissemination

  6. •••How COST works ? • How to introduce a COST Action • Assessment of Action proposals • How to join an Action

  7. •••How to Introduce a COST Action proposal • Open call, 2 collection dates/year (next march 2014) • Network ≥ 5 member countries • Consult the COST website • Take notice of the assessment criteria • Contact your CNC(s)

  8. •••Assessment of Action proposals • Over a period of 9 months (collection date -> start) • Preproposals: DC members + Experts • Full proposals: EEP + hearings DC

  9. Implementation (4 years) •••COST Action life cycle Open CallCollection Date Two Stage Process (max. 9 months) Dissemination (x years) Assessment MonitoringAPCs External experts & DC assess full proposals DC assesses pre-proposals Evaluation time 1st MC Meeting CSO approves MoU min. 5 countries accept MoU

  10. ••• How to join an Action • Help writing the (pre)proposal • Respond positively during the elaboration of a full proposal • Join a starting/running Action via your CNC, preferably during the first year

  11. •••Some websites of interest • www.cost.eu • www.belspo.be • www.fwo.be/ • www.fnrs.be/ • www.recherchescientifique.cfwb.be/

  12. Thank you for your attention !Benjamin Monnoye, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, 14 march 2014

More Related