The new Open Call has now been published. Proposals can be submitted as of February 2015. The first Collection Date will be 24 March 2015.
As of February (the exact date will be communicated in January), you will be able to submit your proposals anytime throughout the year via thenew e-COST online submission tool. The COST Open Call will continue having the spring and autumn Collection Dates, when all submitted proposals are gathered and evaluated.
The first Collection Date will be 24 March 2015 at 12 noon (CET).
The Call is open to ideas in all fields of Science and Technology. Proposals must include researchers from at least five COST Member Countries or Cooperating State.
The set of COST Implementation Rules (Key Documents list) have been approved by the Committee of Senior Officials
Committee of Senior Officials - The CSO is composed of two representatives of …
(CSO), the general assembly of the COST Association, and will enter into force on 1 January 2015.
COST has established a new Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation, Selection and Approval procedure. This new procedure, fully Science and Technology-driven, will ensure simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and selection, in line with the bottom-up, open and inclusive principles of COST. Researchers benefit from a one-stage submission based upon a proposal of 15 pages.
