You can submit your COST Action proposal at any time throughout the year via the new e-COST online submission tool. The next Collection Date is anticipated to be 9 February 2016. Additional details to be provided here:http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call
COST has two open Calls per year with a spring and autumn collection date. On these dates, all submitted proposals are gathered and evaluated.
The Call is open to ideas in all fields of Science and Technology including Humanities and Social Sciences. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. In addition, COST invites proposals for Actions contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge advancement and development of Europe.
The new set of COST Implementation Rules outline procedures and conditions for participating in and setting upCOST Actions.
The new Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation, Selection and Approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and selection process, in line with the bottom-up, open and inclusive principles of COST.
The guidelines for the SESA procedure and evaluation criteria are available here. The anonymity criterion is also described in detail here .
Researchers benefit from a one-stage submission. The proposal requires filling in several sections via the new e-COST online submission tool as well as the Technical Annex of up to 15 pages, uploaded via the same tool.
Additional information may be sought from Prof. Janet Mifsud – CNC/CSO (janet.mifsud@um.edu.mt) and Laura Sue Malia – Alternate CNC/CSO (laurasue.mallia@gov.mt)
This article was last updated on: April 4, 2017