COST Projects & NetworkingProf. Dr. Mustafa ERSOZ

COST Scientific Committee, Vice Chair

Selcuk University, Faculty Sci. Department of Chemistry

mersoz@selcuk.edu.tr

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37 COST members

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Near Neighbour Countries

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International Partner Countries

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COST (CO-operation in Science and Technology) is thelongest-running (1971) European framework supportingcooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars byenabling them to jointly develop their own ideas and newinitiatives across all fields in science and technology,including social sciences and humanities.

COST offers European scientists a simple and flexiblepathway to quickly identify and participate in the bestEuropean science and technology teams and networks.

What is COST?

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• One networking instrument: the Action

• Open participation (involve all stakeholders, type ofinstitutions, career levels, countries, at any time)

• Bottom-up approach (researcher driven, any topic/multiple topics)

• Flexible (adaptable research and activities)

• Excellence-driven,

• Interdisciplinary,

COST Features

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6 Main Fields of Science:

Natural Sciences,

Engineering and Technology,

Medical and Health Sciences,

Agricultural Sciences,

Social Sciences,

Humanities 41 Sub-fields of Science…

719 areas of expertise (research areas)

3 level scientific classification

• Ex. a research project need to share knowledge in order to create a common understanding of problems at hand, and to coordinate activities

• New knowledge (innovations) seem often to arise from synthesis and re-combination of spread pieces of knowledge (disruptive innovation

• Create synergies where 1+1 is more than 2

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How it works

Main proposer

Secondary proposers

COST Action participants

nominated by COST National Coordinators

Output oriented (open science, wide sharing of knowledge andresults, open access, open innovation)

Why Networks? Knowledge sharing leads to… Common understanding of problems at hand

Coordinated activities

Pooling resources

Reduced risks

Synthesis and re-combination of spread pieces of knowledge

Innovation

Synergies (1+1>2)

COST Features

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A network of researchers, engineers and scholars withnationally funded research

From at least seven COST member Countries

Collaborating in S&T fields of common interest

Expandable to new participants

COST Actions – characteristics

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Based on a 4 years joint work programme (MoU)

Submitted, evaluated and selected (SESA) through an Open Callfor proposals

Implemented through a range of networking activities (Meetings,Workshops, Short Term Scientific Missions, Training Schools,etc.)

Average annual support of EUR 129 000

COST Actions – characteristics

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As a Management Committee (MC) member (2 MC from eachCOST country)

As a Working Group (WG) participant

Short Term Scientific Missions

Training school

Workshop/Conference

…ITC participation, including Turkey, country (positive supportfor all levels)

Join an Action

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Excellence and inclusiveness (widening the European research base)

Strengthening the excellence through cross-border networking of researchers

Promoting geographical, age and gender balance throughout its activities and operations

Specific objectives International cooperation (mutual benefit, NNC,…)

Industrial dimension (dedicated dissemination and exploitation activities)

Core policies

Geographic pillar (support to less research intensive countries, connecting pockets of excellence,…)Career pillar (support to young researchers: leading roles, access to STSM/TS)Gender pillar (Gender balance)

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COST Action Structure

WG1

WG2

WG3

WG4

WG5

WG6

MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE

(MC)

GRANT HOLDER(GH)

COSTAssociation

Administration

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Decides and coordinates scientific & networking activities

Supervises the allocation and use of funds

Decides on international cooperation and dissemination strategy

Implements COST policies (excellence and inclusiveness)

Yearly meeting

Action Management Committee (MC)

- MC nominees have a role of national representative in the Action- Up to 2 members nominated by their respective COST National Coordinator (CNC) +

MC observers- Key roles: Chair, Vice-Chair, Grant Holder representative, WG leaders, Dissemination

leader,…- CORE GROUP: Prepare MC decisions- Decision making body: decide on the Action structure (key roles, WG), decide on

international participation

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As a Management Committee (MC) member Contact: CNC (and MC Chair)

As a Working Group (WG) participant Contact: national MC representative or WG leader

Short Term Scientific Missions, Training schools, Workshops,… Contact: see Action website

Join an Action – who to contact?

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COST Inclusiveness Target Countries

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Task force measures to increase spending for researchers from ITC

Require COST Action proposals to have a minimum of 7 countries represented in the proposal, as well as a minimum of ITCs amongst represented countries in the proposal, according to a lookup table (min; 3/4 3= ITC)

Reserve at least 1 of the key Action position available for participants from ITCs

Introduce a conference grant for PhD students and Early Career Investigators

Examine the possibility for a mentoring scheme targeting young ITC researchers

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96% STSM participants indicated improved career opportunities as a consequence of their participation

Springboard for further funding (ERC Grants and MSCA)

Stepping stone for young researchers

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Elected by the Management Committee

Signs the yearly Grant Agreement with the COST Association

Receives and administers the Grant according to the Work andBudget plan (3 instalments)

Average Grant: EUR 129.000/year

May retain up to 15% of the yearly expenses

Financial reporting to COST

Reimburse the individual participants according to theVademecum

Grant Holder

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Search an Action/contact

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Search existing Actions in your topic from the COST website

Browse the Action’s own website – check their activities

Find if your country participates and, if yes, who is/are the nationalrepresentatives

Contact the relevant person

You can join/establish consortium to prepare, submit the proposol forOpen Call

Turkish Researchers

If you have project, 1001, 1003, 3501 etc. in the same area, Contact toTUBITAK-UIDB for converting to your project to COST and appoinmentto COST Office

Or,

Prepare a new proposal under TUBITAK-2515 format

Contribution one of WPs in MoU

Join an Action

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•CA17140 | Cancer nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17139 | European Topology Interdisciplinary Action | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17138 | Integrated European Network on Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD) | TBC - 12

April 2022

•CA17137 | A network for Gravitational Waves, Geophysics and Machine Learning | TBC - 12 April

2022

•CA17136 | Indoor Air Pollution Network | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17135 | Constitution-making and deliberative democracy | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17134 | Optical synergies for spatiotemporal sensing of scalable ecophysiological traits | TBC -

12 April 2022

•CA17133 | Implementing nature based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city | TBC - 12

April 2022

•CA17132 | European network for argumentation and public policy analysis | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17131 | The Soil Science & Archaeo-Geophysics Alliance: going beyond prospection | TBC - 12

April 2022

•CA17130 | Enhancing Psychiatric Genetic Counselling, Testing, and Training in Europe | TBC - 12

April 2022

•CA17129 | Catalysing transcriptomics research in cardiovascular disease | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17128 | Establishment of a Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of

Lignin | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17127 | Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible

Europeans | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17126 | Towards understanding and modelling intense electronic excitation | TBC - 12 April 2022

•CA17125 | Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values | TBC - 12 April 2022

New actions

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Role of COST in the ERA – 3 Strategic Priorities

Promoting and spreading excellence

Fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science

Boosting careers young researchers

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COST as H2020 pre-portal

Horizon 2020 applications reported by finished COST Action

Total Actions with finished

Final Action report

Submitted H2020

proposals reported

Approved H2020

projects reported

Success rate

62 230 65 28%

Priority 2. Fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science

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Boosting careers of young researchers

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Dedicated measures for active ITC participation

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• combined with high-level meeting ITC government, including NCP

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• External experts

• Inclusiveness policy

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Leadership

• Conference grant for PhD students and young researchers

• Pre-payment for STSM

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workshop

• Finance/Admin workshop

• Science Communication training

• Mentoring GH

• Mentoring Chair

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Positioning COST in the ERA - H2020 and beyond

Meetings, workshopsand conferences, and

conference grant

Training schools

Short-term ScientificMissions

Disseminationactivities

COST Actions

COST Innovators Grant

COST Academy

COST global networking

COST Connect

COST science-informed

policy advice

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COST Connect objectives: increased visibility and impact

COST Connect

COST Action representatives

ERA stakeholders

Exploit synergies, avoid duplication, exchange information

Align activities, jointly address strategic research and innovation agendas

Access to future calls, scaling up of activities

Exploit capacity building opportunities

Connecting the dots in the ERA

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COST Connect topic Date Location Status

1: Water for Agriculture and Food in the Mediterranean (Pilot)

28/06/2017 Brussels Done

2: Next Generation Internet 12-13/09/2017 Brussels Done

3: Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era 25/10/2017 Brussels Done

4: Relevance of impact in R&I policies: Role of Networking

24/11/2017 Brussels Plan

5: Quantum Science and Technology 08/03/2017 Warsaw Plan

Urbanisation/Urban Cities (tbd) tbd tbd Idea

Social Inclusion (tbd) tbd tbd Idea

Danube Region (tbd) tbd ITC Idea

Climate Change and Forestry 05/06/2017 Sofia Plan

… further scheduling ongoing / health, ICT, energy, …

Ideas

Executed and planned events

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S&T EXCELLENCE

Soundness of the challenge.Q1: Does the proposal demonstrate a comprehensive command of the state of the art inthe field and present a relevant and timely challenge?

Progress beyond the state-of-the-artQ2: Does the proposal describe an innovative approach to the challenge that advancesthe state of the art in the field?Q3: Are the objectives presented relevant to the challenge, clear and ambitious?

NETWORKING EXCELLENCE

Added value of networking in S&T ExcellenceQ4: Does networking bring added value in tackling the challenge in relation to existingefforts at the European and/or international level?

Added value of networking in ImpactQ5: Does the proposed network contain, or present a credible plan for securing, thecritical mass and expertise for achieving the objectives and thus addressing thechallenge?Q6: Does the proposal identify the most relevant stakeholders and present a clear planto involve them as Action’s participants?

Revision of the evaluation questions

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IMPACT

Impact to science, society and competitiveness, and potential for innovation / break-throughs

Q7: Does the proposal clearly identify relevant and realistic impacts for science, societyand/or competitiveness (including potential innovations and/or breakthroughs)?

Measures to maximise impactQ8: Does the proposed networking clearly contribute to knowledge creation, transfer ofknowledge and career development?Q9: Is the plan for dissemination and/or exploitation of results clear and attainable anddoes it contribute to the dialogue between science and the general public or policy?

IMPLEMENTATION

Coherence and effectiveness of the work planQ10: Is the work plan (WGs, tasks, activities, timeframe, deliverables and risk analysis)appropriate to ensure the achievement of the objectives?

Revision of the evaluation questions

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S&T EXCELLENCENETWORKING EXCELLENCE

IMPACT IMPLEMENTATION

Total marks for thesection

= 15 points

Total marks for thesection

= 15 points

Total marks for thesection

= 15 points

Total marks for thesection

= 5 points

TOTAL MARKS AWARDED = 0 - 50 points

OVERALL THRESHOLD = 34 points

Revision of the evaluation questions

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Revision of the RP role Future

7. Evaluation

iEE IER

iEE IER

iEE IER

iEE CER with RP Member involved

CER FinalRP

mtgsSC

mtg

Implementation:18-1 “involved” = observes and provides input18-2 “involved” = observes, provides input and votes to approve

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Key Messages

COST is instrumental to bridging Europe’s research & innovation divide and participation gaps promoting and spreading excellence all over Europe and beyond fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science, and boosting careers of young researchers.

COST will strengthen its role in the ERA by … expanding number and reach of COST Actions, and providing added value services to COST participants

COST to be a programme and not a project FPA/SGA contract sub-optimal for multi-annual planning

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COST Strategic PlanPromoting and Spreading Excellence

6th Scientific Committee meeting

Brussels, 22-23 November 2017Dr Ronald de Bruin

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8. Selection procedure I

COST 133-14-REV COST Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation, Selection and Approval

8. Selection Procedure

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15.1 Expressions of Interest regarding COST’s participation in external events

15.2 SC participation in COST-Connect Events and associated SC-Action meetings

Calendar of COST Connect events

SC Member reports

Discussion

15. COST Events

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15.1 Expressions of Interest regarding COST’s participation in external events

http://forms.cost.eu/ei-cost-event

15. COST Events

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15.2 SC participation in COST-Connect Events and associated SC-Action meetings

Calendar of COST Connect events

SC Member reports

Discussion

15. COST Events

Linking COST Actions to ERA stakeholdersElke Dall, Policy Officer

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COST Connect objectives: increased visibility and impact

COST Connect

COST Action representatives

ERA stakeholders

Exploit synergies, avoid duplication, exchange information

Align activities, jointly address strategic research and innovation agendas

Access to future calls, scaling up of activities

Exploit capacity building opportunities

Connecting the dots in the ERA

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Impressions

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COST Connect topic Date Location Status

1: Water for Agriculture and Food in the Mediterranean (Pilot)

28/06/2017 Brussels Done

2: Next Generation Internet 12-13/09/2017 Brussels Done

3: Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era 25/10/2017 Brussels Done

4: Relevance of impact in R&I policies: Role of Networking

24/11/2017 Brussels Plan

5: Quantum Science and Technology 08/03/2017 Warsaw Plan

Urbanisation/Urban Cities (tbd) tbd tbd Idea

Social Inclusion (tbd) tbd tbd Idea

Danube Region (tbd) tbd ITC Idea

Climate Change and Forestry 05/06/2017 Sofia Plan

… further scheduling ongoing / health, ICT, energy, …

Ideas

Executed and planned events

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Nationalprojects

Jointprojects

COST

projects

H2020

projects

Research Stages