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/ 
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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 have organised on 7 May 2025 at BOSA in Brussels two COST information sessions:
The presentations are available.
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).
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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is set on the 23th of October 2024 at 12:00 PM (noon) CEST.
More information here .
The Belgian COST National Contact Points organised on 17 May 2024 in WTC III Brussels two COST information sessions:
Belgian contacts for COST
Organisers: CIS\COST members :
BELSPO, FPS Health, FWB, EWI, FWO, INNOVIRIS and SPW
Be sure to check out the following files and video if you want to participate in a COST action:
| 17-05-2024 AGENDA COST GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION 2024 (MORNING) |
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| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome words and Belgian COST contacts, Ms Pascale Van Dinter from BELSPO, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator |
| 10:10-10:20 | COST: Promoting and Spreading Research Excellence in Europe and beyond, Dr Ronald de Bruin, Director of the COST Association |
| 10:20-10:40 | What is COST and how to engage with COST, Ms Salomé Moezzi-Gacon, COST Governance Officer |
| 10:40-11:00 | How to submit an application, Dr Sara Silvestre, COST Science Officer |
| 11:00-11:20 | Added value and benefits, Dr Baptiste Leroy from UMONS, WG -Leader in COST Action CA21146 Fundamentals and applications of purple bacteria biotechnology for resource recovery from waste |
| 11:20-11:50 | Added value and benefits, Prof Anastasia Dimou from the KU Leuven, MC-Member and Science Communication Manager in COST Action CA19134 - Distributed Knowledge Graphs |
| 11:50 | Q&A |
| 12:00 | End of session |
| 17-05-2024 AGENDA COST SPECIALISED INFORMATION SESSION 2024 (AFTERNOON) |
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| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome words and Belgian COST contacts, Ms Pascale Van Dinter from BELSPO, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator |
| 13:10-13:40 | How to prepare your COST proposal, Dr Sara Silvestre, COST Science Officer |
| 13:40-14:10 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action, Prof. Patricia Verleysen from Ghent University, MC-Chair and Main Proposer of COST Action CA21155 - Advanced Composites under HIgh STRAin raTEs loading: a route to certification-by-analysis (HISTRATE) |
| 14:10-14:40 | Impressions from a Belgian evaluator by Brecht Devleesschauwer from Sciensano. |
| 14:40-15:00 | Q&A and closing of the session |
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 .
The Belgian COST National Contact Points organised on 25 April 2023 in WTC III Brussels two COST information sessions:
Belgian contacts for COST
Organisers: CIS\COST members :
BELSPO, FPS Health, FWB, EWI, FWO, INNOVIRIS and SPW
GENERAL SESSION 2023
SPECIALISED SESSION 2023
| GENERAL SESSION | |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Networking lunch offered by EWI |
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is fixed on the 20th of October 2022 at 12:00 AM.
More information via: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process .
The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organised on 8 June 2022 in the Royal Library (KBR) in Brussels two information sessions:
Target audience:
Belgian contacts for COST
Organisers: CIS\COST members :
BELSPO, CFWB, FWO, SPW, Innoviris and EWI
| 08-06-2022 AGENDA COST GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION 2022 (MORNING) |
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| 10:00‑10:05 | Welcome words by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 10:05-10:20 | COST: Promoting and Spreading Research Excellence in Europe and beyond - Dr Ronald de Bruin, Director, COST Association |
| 10:20-10:35 | What is COST and how to participate in a COST Action? - Bart Veys, Policy Officer COST, COST Association |
| 10:35-10:50 | How to submit an application? - Bart Veys, Policy Officer, COST Association |
| 10:50-11:20 | Added value and benfits by Natalie Verbruggen, ULB and vice-chair of the COST action CA19116 Trace metal metabolism in plants |
| 11:20-11:50 | Added value and benfits by Annika Bruger, UCLouvain and grant awarding coordinator in COST action CA20117 Converting molecular profiles of myeloid cells into biomarkers for inflammation and cancer |
| 11:50-11:55 | COST in Belgium |
| 11:55 | End of session |
| 08-06-2022 AGENDA COST SPECIALISED INFORMATION SESSION 2022 (AFTERNOON) |
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| 14:00-14:05 | Welcome words by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 14:05-14:30 | How to prepare a COST proposal by Bart Veys, Policy Officer, COST Association |
| 14:30-15:00 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action by Brecht Devleesschauwer from Sciensano, MC-Chair of COST action 'European Burden of Disease Network’ |
| 15:00-15:30 | Q&A and closing of the session |
The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is fixed on the 29th of October 2021 at 12:00 AM.
More information www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/open-call
The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organised on 4 May 2021 an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'.
: | 04-05-2021 COST Informatiesessie via GoToMeeting - Agenda |
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| 10:00‑10:05 | Welcome words by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 10:05-10:20 | How to prepare a COST proposal by Christer Halen, Senior Administrator Science Operations from the COST Association |
| 10:20-10:50 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action by Prof Reuchamps from UCLouvain, chair of the COST action 'Constitution-making and deliberative democracy' |
| 10:50-11:20 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of a COST action by Dr Jan Reubens from the Flanders Marine Institute, chair of the COST action ' The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network' |
| 11:20-11:50 | Advice from a Belgian evaluator in the review panel, Prof Gerrit Beemster from UAntwerp |
| 11:50-12:00 |
Closing by Pascale Van Dinter |
The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call was fixed on 29 October 2020 but is extended to 13 November 2020 at 12:00 AM.
More information www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/open-call
The Belgian COST National Contact Points (CNCs) organised on 10 September 2020 an information session via GoToMeeting for the Belgian researchers that consider handing in a proposal as 'main proposer'.
: BELSPO, CFWB, FWO, SPW, Innoviris and EWI| 10-09-2020 COST Information session via GoToMeeting - Agenda |
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| 09:00‑09:05 | Welcome words by Pascale Van Dinter, Belgian member of COST Committee of Senior Officials / COST National Coordinator, BELSPO |
| 09:05-09:20 | How to prepare a COST proposal by Dr Dominique Vandekerchove, Science Officer from the COST Association |
| 09:20-09:50 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of COST action by Prof Brecht Devleesschauwer from Sciensano, chair of the COST action 'European Burden of Disease Network' |
| 09:50-10:20 | Tips and tricks for the preparation of COST action by Daniele Carati, Belgian representative in the COST Scientific Committee |
| 10:20-10:50 | Impressions from a Belgian evaluator in the COST review panel, Prof. Dr. Andy Wullaert from UGent-VIB |
| 10:50-11:00 |
Closing by Pascale Van Dinter |
