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Science communication best practice: PoTaRCh Discover about haiku poetry and how PoTaRCh are using them to talk about forest by-products like charcoal, resin, tar, potash.

New science communication best practice example with PoTaRCh who are using haiku poetry to talk about forest by-products in order to highlight the traditional heritage of forest use.

Learn more and discover why poetry is a great form of science communication: bit.ly/3XEoW3b

#SciComm #COSTactions

📢The 2026 call for ITC and DC grants, along with the Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) Conference Grants, within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/conference-g...

PLURILINGMEDIA is launching its 2025–2026 grant calls 🌍

💵 Financial support from @costprogramme.bsky.social
for travel to disseminate your research and build new networks.

📅 Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis throughout Grant Period 2!
🔗 plurilingmedia.eu/grants/

🚀3rd Call for Mobility Grants is OPEN!

Apply now for STSMs, Virtual Mobility, or YRI Conference Grants — great chances to build skills, expand collaborations, and grow within the Precision-BTC Network.

🗓Deadlines:
• STSM & VM: 20 Dic 2025
• YRI Grants: 20 Jul 2026

G2net: when gravitational waves met machine learning - COST Learn about Gravitational Waves and the collaboration that is enhancing research through machine learning and scientific community building.

G2net brought together multidisciplinary experts to apply machine learning to gravitational wave science. In 4 years this network developed practical tools, trained young researchers, supported scientific careers, & built a strong, cross-disciplinary community. Learn more www.cost.eu/g2net-gravit...

SaltAges - Grants Funding Opportunities in SaltAges COST Action SaltAges COST Action is pleased to announce exciting funding opportunities for researchers and professionals across Europe! These grants aim to foster col...

STSM call now open!
Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 · 23:59 CET

Grants to develop skills on the social, biological & climatic impacts of Salt Giants

🔗 Full details & applications here ⬇️
sites.google.com/view/saltage...

Science communication best practice: DIVERSICROP Discover about the upcoming DIVERSICROP cookbook that highlights the use of underutilised crops like peas, chickpeas, and rye.

New science communication best practice example with DIVERSICROP who are developing a cookbook to tickle the senses & blend heritage with innovation.

We share more about this project & invite you to submit recipes with chickpeas, rye & peas? Learn more: bit.ly/3JG1Oy4

#SciComm #COSTactions

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 Yaseen, Lara, Selçuk & Nina as supported by @blastocystiscost.bsky.social, LeverAge, TraFaDy & AdvanceTB.

#COSTactions

📢Applications are OPEN for our upcoming Training School!

Advanced Preclinical Models for Biliary Tract Cancers

📍University of Florence, Italy
🗓March 26–27, 2026

Gain hands-on experience with BTC models — from organoids to GEMMs.

📋Apply by Nov 4: forms.gle/ALfKSte3vArX...

Grants & Opportunities: Take Your Research Further! — PCPS CE Grant Information Session: April 11, 2025 from 9:30 to 11:00 am (CEST) Missed it: Take a look at the Zoom Recording!

Are you a member of our #COSTAction #PCPSce and would you like to carry out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM)? More info on how to apply: pcps-ce.eu/grants/
@costprogramme.bsky.social

Our first Newsletter is here! 🤩
Read our very first Newsletter, with a Summary of our objectives and our Kick-off meeting!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn57...

YouTube video by COST_TEATIME Home cage monitoring makes animal research more translatable

At the end of our Action, we have compiled a short movie emphasizing major advantages HCM systems offer for animal research and its translatability, and showing some actual videos from the labs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOB8pYeDI4U

@costprogramme.bsky.social

🌟 Deadline Extended! 🌟

There’s still time to apply for the @PrecisionBTCnet / @CcaEns / @curecc Mentorship Program — a unique opportunity to learn, connect & grow in BTC research.

🗓️ New deadline: Nov 7, 2025

👩‍🏫 Mentor: forms.gle/BtHBxxgtLxCT...
🧑‍🎓 Mentee: forms.gle/9we2jokL9pee...

Last week we closed our Open Call for new #COSTactions. Interim analysis shows:

🚀 highest number of submitted proposals ever
️☯ very interdisciplinary submissions
🤝 over 50,000 main & secondary proposers
📍 strongest engagement from IT, UK, ES, DE & NL

With @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

YouTube video by COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology Train today, lead tomorrow with COST Academy

Looking to develop your skills? Been appointed in a leadership position in your COST Action & wondering how you you will meet the challenge? Heard of @costacademy.bsky.social?

Learn more about our in-house initiative to support management of a research network ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVfX...

Great #COSTAction websites 💻 in the making. Today we were working on improving the Action websites with our Science Communication Coordinators. 👩‍🔬 Thank you all for joining! 🙌
@costprogramme.bsky.social

YouTube video by COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology COST Connect with the Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Highlights of our COST Connect with the Joint Research Centre @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu in Ispra. An intensive day networking, visiting JRC labs, learning about science4policy, exploring synergies & common challenges: youtube.com/shorts/kH40U...

#COSTactions #Science4Policy

Youth Mental Health challenges in the digital age - COST Introducing YouthDMH, a new COST Action here to develop a roadmap for research on digital mental health for individuals ages 11 to 25.

For World Mental Health Day we introduce you to YouthDMH, here to help improve mental health outcomes for young people through digital technologies.

This network focuses on supporting 11-25 years, placing strong emphasis on inclusion & ethics. Learn more: bit.ly/3IY36Ej

#COSTactions #MentalHealth

Still time to join our webinar with EIT today. Discover the new courses, workshops, business creation programmes & calls as organised by #EITCommunity - receive concrete guidance on where & how to apply!

📆 October 8
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍 Online
📄 Register: bit.ly/4nGDxGM

#COSTactions #EUInnovation

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...