COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Can looking to the past help us improve current public health policies and practices? What can be done to improve and ensure equitable access to healthcare across Europe and beyond? On World Health Day we introduce you to GREATLEAP COST Action, here to bridge the past and present to reveal how deeply rooted socioeconomic factors have shaped health outcomes across Europe. This reflection will help us design fairer, more effective health policies for the future. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5DhjZFW Photo credit: Interior men’s hall of Grimburgwal Binnengasthuis hospital in Amsterdam from 1897. Courtesy of Stadsarchief Amsterdam #COSTactions #WorldHealthDay #HealthForAll

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ at a glance: 🔹 324 running COST Actions 🔹 60,000 researchers involved 🔹 1,500 SMEs represented 🔹 33 COST countries per Action 🔹 6 non-COST countries per Action 🔹 €15M average value of spin-off projects per Action 🔹 35,000 proposers in the Open Call 2024 Our Annual Report depicts 2024’s main highlights, together with facts and figures. This year's success stories illustrate how COST Actions play an important role in advancing the EU Missions - from combating cancer and climate change to protecting our water, soil and cities. Read the full report 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e-p4x2yz #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #EUMissions #EUResearchArea #HorizonEU

Did you miss the COST-Open Research Europe webinar last month? Is your COST Action interested in publishing its results to facilitate open, constructive discussion? Here's what you need to know: 📺 Watch the recording: https://lnkd.in/eyYpWzuW 🔓 Get the slides: https://lnkd.in/eBTrdPxi #OpenAccess #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #HorizonEU

Two thought-provoking days with ADVANCE-TB on effective communication for Tuberculosis listening to experts and practitioners share their communication and campaign experience. The world's deadliest infectious disease is underfunded, surrounded by untruths, and cloaked in stigma. Multidrug-resistant TB remains a public health crisis so concrete communication tools and expertise are critical to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. Looking forward to seeing amazing things coming from these communicators! #COSTactions #SciComm #EndTB with Raquel Villar Hernández, Mateja Janković Makek, Lorna Stokes, Karima Bensalah, Marco Carulli, Jonathan Gomez-Raja, Mafalda Sarraguça, Paulina Siniatkina, scisters.editions Line et Sarah, Shaun Palmer

Research careers across Europe are frequently characterised by poor working conditions and precarity. We want this to change and our Cross-Cutting Activity on young researchers is here to accelerate the transition. Following it's launch in December the CCA is now up and running with a new Activity Plan and activities ranging from mapping research career strategies to building a network for research career professionals. Learn more as we catch up with CCA Co-Chairs Nicola Dengo and Joanna Rutkowska: https://bit.ly/4l5DEuW With Working Group Chairs Ivana Herglová, Patricia Clement, Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Naoimh O'Connor, Ahmed Rassili, Stellamarina Donato, Adna Ašić, Verity Elston and COST's Judith Litjens. #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #YoungResearchers #ResearchCareers

Spotlight on the latest COST Action outputs accepted to Open Research Europe by MechSustInd: "Mechanochemistry in Europe: where we come from and where we are now". Discover the full Open Access letter that explores recent developments in mechanochemistry, a chemistry subfield that can produce solvent-free or low-solvent alternatives to traditional chemical processes. The letter illustrates the impact that can stem from a COST Action including new Horizon Europe projects, close collaboration with industry, a European Chemical Society professional network, and standardised symbols and terminology for mechanochemistry: https://bit.ly/4iW8RyM Authors: Juan José Sáenz de la Torre, Leyre Flamarique, Fernando Gomollon-Bel, and Evelina Colacino #COSTactions #OpenAccess

What results and successes do COST Actions see after 4 years of collaboration? Discover great stories of academic collaboration, awareness raising, infrastructure development, and policy engagement in some of our latest success stories: ⚛️ NANOCOHYBRI: https://bit.ly/41TrAnM ⛏️ SEADDA: https://bit.ly/4huYi4v 📺 LEAD-ME: https://bit.ly/41HbQE6 ❤️ EU-CARDIOPROTECTION: https://bit.ly/4hugWJM 👁️ ANIRIDIA-NET: https://bit.ly/4hyJkun #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders

Great first day at #MCAAConf2025 with the wider Marie Curie Alumni Association community. Great discussions, engaging speakers, and lots of interest in our research networks. Thanks for joining Dr Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen to learn all about the benefits and opportunities offered by COST Actions under Horizon Europe. Browse all our ongoing Actions here to find your research network: https://lnkd.in/dj-8ru54 #HorizonEurope #MSCA #COSTactions

To mark International Day of Forests we want to introduce you to the CLEANFOREST Cost Action network, here to bring together knowledge on forest resilience and how it responds to climate extreme events. CLEANFOREST is promoting synergies among scientific communities working on forest health and functioning, tree mortality, and soil biogeochemical processes. It create will accessible and user-friendly datasets to address data and knowledge gaps. With Rossella Guerrieri, Elena Vanguelova, Ajinkya Deshpande #InternationalDayOfForests #COSTactions

Calling all policy practitioners and enthusiasts, join Profeedback COST Action CA20112 on April 3rd to dive into the importance of evaluating policy. This event highlights diverse qualitative methodologies used to enhance evidence-based policy-making in Ukraine, Serbia, and Lithuania. More details 👇