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COST OPEN CALL

COST OPEN CALL 2023

The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is set on the 25th of October 2023 at 12:00 PM (noon) CEST.
More information here .

25-04-2023
COST BELGIAN INFO DAY 2023

The Belgian COST National Contact Points organise on 25 April 2023 in WTC III Brussels a COST Info Day that will consist of two information sessions:

  • a general session to present COST and its networking opportunities from 13:00 till 14:30 PM
  • a specialised session for Belgian researchers and innovators that are preparing a proposal as 'main proposer' or ‘secondary proposer’ from 15:00 till 16:45 PM

The meeting will be held in English, registration is mandatory.
Seats are limited to 80.

Date: 25 April 2023: a general info session from 13:00 till 14:30 and a specialised info session from 15:00 PM till 16:45. The event will start with a networking lunch from 12:00 till 13:00.

Place: WTC III (room 2.18, Fiji), Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30, 1000 Brussels (near the Brussels North Station).

Target audience:

  • General session: open to researchers and innovators based in Belgium who want to know more about COST and its networking opportunities
  • Specialised session: open to researchers and innovators based in Belgium preparing a COST proposal as main proposer or secondary proposer

Registration: Open until 17 April 2023 and via this link

Belgian contacts for COST

Organisers: CIS\COST members :
BELSPO, FPS Health, FWB, EWI, FWO, INNOVIRIS and SPW

Presentations

AGENDA COST INFO DAY 2023

GENERAL SESSION
12:00-13:00 Networking lunch
13:00-13:05 Welcome words
- Arnaud Vajda, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BELSPO  
13:05-13:15 COST: Promoting and Spreading Research Excellence in Europe and beyond
- Ronald de Bruin, Director, COST Association
13:15-13:25 What is COST and how to participate in a COST Action?
- Bart Veys, Policy Officer, COST Association
13:25-13:35 How to submit an application?
- Bart Veys, Policy Officer, COST Association
13:35-14:05 Added value and benefits –2 COST Action members:
- Vincent Baeten, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W), Science Communication Manager in COST Action CA19145 “European Network for assuring food integrity using non-destructive spectral sensors”
- Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, UCLouvain, Working Group Leader in the COST Action CA21167 “Universality, diversity and idiosyncrasy in language technology”
14:05-14:15 COST in Belgium - COST National Coordinator and regional representatives
- Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO
14:15-14:30 Q&A and closing
14:30-15:00  Coffee and networking break


SPECIALISED SESSION
15:00-15:05 Welcome words
- Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO
15:05-15:25 How to prepare a COST proposal
- Bart Veys, Policy Officer, COST Association
15:25-15:55 Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action
- Mieke Schrooten, Odisee University of Applied Sciences, COST Action Chair of CA 21143 “Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe”
15:55-16:25 Insights from the Belgian representative in the COST Scientific Committee
- Min Reuchamps, UCLouvain
16:25-16:45 Q&A and closing of the session

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