As an indicator of multidisciplinarity of the 70 new COST Actions, 47% of all new Actions cover at least two OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) fields of science and technology, while 11% cover at least three fields.
Natural sciences leads the way as the most represented field of science (represented in 50% of the new approved Actions), followed by Medical and Health Sciences (34%), Social Sciences (27%), Engineering and Technology (24%), Agricultural Science (13%), and Humanities (11%).
On June 23 the new COST Actions, including all Memorandum’s of Understanding, will be available on the COST website and the first Management Committee meetings will start between September and October 2022.
Additional information
Click here to download a list of the newly approved Actions.
The COST Open Call 2022 remains open until 20 October 2022 at 12:00 noon (CET). Discover more about the simple one-step application process to submit a new COST Action.
Find out how to join an existing COST Action.
This article was first published on 30 May by COST.
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