As the main contact point between participants, the Grant Holder Manager (GHM) holds a strategic position, enabling the successful implementation of many of the Actions’ activities. But what exactly does a GHM do in a COST Action?
ITC conference grants are grants aimed at young researchers and PhD students from ITCs to attend beneficial international conferences that are not organised by COST Actions.
Short-term scientific missions (STSMs) are exchange visits for researchers within their COST Action. STSMs are great opportunities for researchers to share techniques and gain skills that may not be available at their home institution or laboratory.
COST Training schools are intensive coaching opportunities for Action participants that last for up to 15 days. This COST networking instrument aims to facilitate capacity building on a topic relevant to the theme of the respective COST Action through the delivery of intensive training on a new or emerging subject.
The story of the COST programme began on the 22-23 November 1971, when 19 countries signed a Cooperation Agreement launching the first 7 COST networks. Those countries believed in advancing research and innovation through the seemingly simple act of bringing people together. Follow the journey of what happened next in this fantastic video!
Filmed as part of the COST 50 years celebration, ‘Reflections on 50 years of COST’ Featuring: President of the COST Association, Prof. Alain Beretz Interim Vice-President of the COST Association, Prof. John Bartzis Dr Trude Dypvik, Member of the Executive Board, Committee of Senior Officials and National Coordinator for Norway Dr Georges Klein, Member of the Executive Board and Committee of Senior Officials for Switzerland
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COST empowers the next generation of researchers by enabling their active participation in COST Actions, and encourages them to take leadership positions. 5 young researchers share their experience of the COST Programme and explain how participating in COST Actions led to carreer opportunities.
COST empowers the next generation of researchers by enabling their active participation in COST Actions, and encourages them to take leadership positions. 5 young researchers share their experience of the COST Programme and explain how participating in COST Actions led to carreer opportunities
How COST Action ASF-STOP impacted EU policies
On the occasion of the COST and Joint Research Centre (JRC) seminar held last June, Prof. Dolores Gavier-Widén, former Action Chair of COST Action “Understanding and combating African Swine Fever in Europe (ASF-STOP)”, explains how policy impact was achieved by her Action. The ultimate objective of the ASF-STOP network is to improve knowledge of the African Swine Fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever of domestic pigs and wild boars in Europe.