COST Open Call proposers guidelines and to the new Open Call Announcement that is available on the Documents and Guidelines page.
COST funds interdisciplinary research networks called COST Actions (In 2026 up to 80 COST Actions will be funded). These Actions bring together researchers, innovators and other professionals including industry specialists, who are based in Europe and beyond, to collaborate on research topics for a period of 4 years.
The budget
The funding covers the expenses of networking activities rather than research. As such is used to organise and fund events
- Short-term Scientific Missions
- Training Schools
- communication activities
- grants to attend interesting international conferences
- and virtual networking tools.
An estimated €150,000 is made available for a COST Action in its first year and €180,000 per year for the other three.
All proposals are to be submitted via the COST online platform used for grant management, known as e-COST, between 31 July 2026 and 28 October 2026.