The new COST Call 2025 is open and deadline for submission is the 21st October 2025 at 12h00 (noon) CEST.
The relevant documentation is available on COST website: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/ 
.
It is important to remark that both the Technical Annex and the Proposers’ Guidelines have been revised.
The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call 2025 is set on 21 October 2025 at 12:00 PM (noon) CEST. The Belgian COST National Contact Points organise on 7 May 2025 at BOSA in Brussels two COST information sessions:
Where:
WTCIII - BOSA- room Tahiti (2nd floor), Boulevard Simon Bolivar/Simon Bolivarlaan 30, 1000 Brussels: https://www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/contact_en.stm
When:
May 7 2025:
Organisers :
BELSPO, FPS Health, FWB, EWI, FWO, SPW and INNOVIRIS
Be sure to check the following on the COST website : information about the open call (https://www.cost.eu/how-to-apply) and guidelines for participation (https://www.cost.eu/funding/documents-guidelines)
Registration
Registration is mandatory and open until 30.04.2025 via this link.
The number of places is limited and is based on 'first come, first served'.
The changes in the Proposers’ Guidelines are the following:
The new Technical Annex template shall be used for OC2025-1 including for resubmissions.
| 07.05.2025 AGENDA COST GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION 2025 (MORNING) |
|
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome words and COST in Belgium by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 10:10-11:00 | What is COST and how to engage with COST by Bart Veys from the COST Association |
| 11:00-11:20 | Added value and benefits by Prof. Claude Saegerman from UREAR-ULiège (FARAH) and Leader of the WP4 Training and dissemination in CA20103: Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness. |
| 11:20-11:50 | Added value and benefits by Prof. Margot Deruyck from UGent and MC-Member and Science Communication Coordinator in CA20120: Intelligence-Enabling Radio Communications for Seamless Inclusive Interactions. |
| 11:50 | Q&A |
| 12:00 | End of session |
| 07.05.2025 AGENDA COST SPECIALISED INFORMATION SESSION 2025 (AFTERNOON) |
|
|---|---|
| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome words and COST in Belgium by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 13:10-13:40 | How to prepare your COST proposal by Bart Veys from the COST Association |
| 13:40-14:10 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action by Nils Duquet from ‘Vlaams Instituut voor Vrede en Geweldpreventie’ and MC-Chair in CA23129: Peace Research Community Europe |
| 14:10-14:40 | Impressions from a Belgian evaluator by Rafiq Hamdi from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. |
| 14:40-15:00 | Q&A and closing of the session |
