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Biobanks, neuroimaging, particle colliders, & brain injury were all hot topics this week as new research networks addressing these fields kicked off at our offices in Brussels.

A big welcome to all these new researchers & innovators who begin their 4-year networking journey.

#COSTactions

We’d love your input on translating “Positive animal welfare” into local languages — esp. Spanish, Portuguese & Mandarin 🌍

Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

A big thank you to Antonella Dalla Cort for promoting our project at the renowned NanoInnovation 2025 conference in Rome. This event is a key meeting point for the nanotechnology community, and we're proud to contribute to the dialogue shaping the future of #KETs. @costprogramme.bsky.social

🌟 Application Deadline Extended (6G-PHYSEC Action Ambassador position)🚀

🔹Deadline: October 7, 2025🔹

📄 Apply: CV + short motivation statement

👉 Application link: lnkd.in/duw-GDRN

Embrace the opportunity!🚀

#6G #WirelessSecurity #NextGenResearchers #ActionAmbassador #6GPHYSEC

Registration is OPEN for the 2025/26 Mentorship Program!

The @precisionbtcnet.bsky.social/@CcaEns/@curecc
initiative connects mentors & mentees worldwide to share knowledge, build skills & foster collaboration in BTC research.

🔗Info & registration precision-btc.eu/info/mentorp...

🗓Deadline 1 Nov

Spreading the results of @costprogramme.bsky.social Action networks to different target audiences is crucial. That’s why we’re focusing this week on mastering social media. Starting today with our Science Communication Coordinators. Thanks to all for joining us for the #COSTAcademy training! 😊

Webinar. Peer review: tips for an open research approach. 21st october 2025

Calling young researchers, familiar with Open Peer Review? Are you new in your publishing journey & have questions on how it works? Join our @costacademy.bsky.social webinar with #OpenResearchEurope for peer review tips from an open research approach.

📆 21/10
🕒 14h-15h30
📄 Register: bit.ly/4nPYBdE

@cost-teatime.bsky.social has been working to raise awareness on how we monitor lab animals, advancing welfare & research reproducibility with home-cage monitoring.

Read the story of an Action that has excelled at building an open knowledge base & empowering ECRs: www.cost.eu/long-read-te...

If you are in or near Brussels on Thursday, 2 October 2025, stop by to our joint event "Slow Down How You Remember!" with the House of European History, from 4–7pm. Registration and further information available at historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitio....

🌍 We’re live on BlueSky!

Welcome to COST Action CA23149 – Democratisation at Stake: Comparing Anti-Gender Politics.
A European research network exploring how anti-gender movements shape democracy, rights & equality.

Follow us for updates ✨
#COSTActions #antigenderpolitics

And here we go! Over the next 2 months we are welcoming the 70 COST Actions that were funded in our last Open Call. Very happy to kick-off with 3 new networks: mSPACE, CAPSTONE, & CRIM.

It's not too late to get involved. Read more about our 70 new Actions & how to apply: www.cost.eu/join-ca24-co...

New open access book release from COST Action EUGAIN (2020–2024) with practical strategies to advance gender balance in informatics across academia and industry.

From evidence to action: our new #OpenAccess book "Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe" translates 4 years of @costprogramme.bsky.social Action #EUGAIN research into practical strategies for lasting change!
Read & Share: tinyurl.com/4nc8bace
#Informatics #WomenInTech

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A new batch of seminar videos from our working groups have been uploaded to the GameTable youtube!

Link to Channel: www.youtube.com/@GameTableNe...

What does a short-term scientific mission look like? Where do these grants take researchers? What new skills do they learn?

Discover the scientific and research exchanges of Bojana, Constance, Juan Carlos & Nikola as supported by PANGEOS, @blastocystiscost.bsky.social, COREnet & ReNew-PV.

Happy summertime!
Wherever you are spending your summer, we hope you have a wonderful time!
& in case you are spending time in a port city, do share your best pictures with us - we would love to see them: www.flickr.com/photos/20224...

For World Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day we shine a light on PEN@Hydropower, a COST Action with a large industry & SME presence. We learn why industry representatives want to get involved & what participation in a research network offers them: bit.ly/3TQXSfb

#MSMEDay #COSTactions

We have 2 ongoing recruitments:

🔸Administrative Officer: responsible for administrative stewardship to Grant Holders ensuring best use of the grant

🔸Reserve List for Science Officer: responsible for support of COST Actions. Background in biology/chemistry is a plus.

Learn more: bit.ly/4emaNPH

Meet the new President of the COST Association - Prof. Åse Gornitzka Prof. Åse Gornitzka takes office as the President of the COST Association, discover her experience in higher education policy & governance

COST is looking forward to collaborating with a President that has such long-standing experience in the sector and is fully committed to promoting fairness, fostering excellence, & empowering the next generation of researchers.

Hear directly from Åse in our news: www.cost.eu/meet-cost-pr...

We are pleased to announce that Professor Åse Gornitzka has taken office as President of the COST Association.

Previously Pro-Rector at the University of Oslo, Prof. Gornitzka's academic interests are deeply routed in public administration, EU governance & decision making, & knowledge policy.

Located in Libya? Join our upcoming awareness session to learn about COST Actions & the opportunities for empowering Libyan researchers participating in global research networks:

📆 June 16
🕒 11:00 - 12:30 (EET)
📍 Online
📄 Agenda and meeting link: bit.ly/3FE08TF

#COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders

🔥 Missed the deadline? You’re in luck!
X-Fire 2025 abstract submission is extended to 10 June!
📍 Nicosia, Cyprus | 23–25 Sept
📝 Extended abstracts (up to 4 pages)
💸 No registration fee
✈️ Travel support for eligible #NERO members
#XFire2025 #COST

The cooperation between science 🧑‍🔬 and policymakers is important. This is why we learned today more about the EU institutions and competences and discussed how and when #COSTactions should contact policymakers to share their research results. Thank you all for joining! 🙌 @costprogramme.bsky.social

The Call for Papers deadline is approaching for the PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference in Warsaw this December!

Send us your abstract by June 1st, via this google form: lnkd.in/e4WUQ_qJ

Full details of the Call can be found here: lnkd.in/eRhTBSn4

Funded by @costprogramme.bsky.social

Are you interested in joining PACT's activities and getting involved in our work?

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Join @wemov-cost.bsky.social for a special screening of their documentary 'In the Shadow. Women on the Move' hosted by MEPs Annalisa Corrado & Cecilia Strada at @europarl.europa.eu in Brussels

📅 4/6/25
🕡 18:30 – 20:30
🎫 Register by 29/5 via shorturl.at/HKgRB
📽️ Watch the trailer youtu.be/IzbuFu7kqsc

Great day of learning how to manage large #COSTAction research networks. 🤝 We've had engaging discussions and exercises on e.g. how to get decisions made, delegate and manage multidisciplinary and multicultural research networks. Thank you all for joining us today!
@costprogramme.bsky.social

Pilots | PACT COST Action The PACT initiative uses six pilot studies — Dubrovnik, Le Havre, Limassol, Lisbon, Livorno, Rotterdam — as laboratories to explore energy transition strategies in port city territories.

We just launched our first Call for Contributions!

If you are working or researching in the field of sustainable energy transition in port city territories then please have a look at our call and reach out to us to express your interest by June 20, 2025.

www.pact-costaction.eu/calls-grants

Join us on 28/5 at 14:45 for the talk "Enabling researchers to set up their own interdisciplinary research networks" (Location: Shanghai 3-4)

Or come meet EU-MACE, a research network for accelerated materials development supporting the next generation of material science researchers at stand 23

Heading to Future Labs Live next week in Basel? We're looking forward to connecting with practitioners, technicians, scientists, innovators & start-ups in the lab industries space.

Learn more: www.terrapinn.com/FLABS/COST2025
& connect with us and our #COSTactions 👇

#FLABS #FUTURELABSLIVE

Are you a fan of facts, figures, and statistics? Would you like to know how your country is represented in #COSTactions?

Check our country factsheets for the break down on participation, activities, leadership positions, budget, stories & testimonials.

Download the full set: bit.ly/4m87Kyl