As an indicator of multidisciplinary of the new Actions, 54% of all 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 lead the way as the most represented field of science (represented in 49% of the Actions), followed by Social Sciences (27%), Engineering and Technology (27%), Agricultural Sciences (26%), Medical and Health Sciences (20%), and Humanities (19%).
The success rate for applications in this Open Call (OC-2022-1) was 18.7%.
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On 9 June 2023 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 November 2023.
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The latest COST Open Call (OC-2023-1) remains open until 25 October 2023 at 12:00 noon (CET). Discover more about the simple one-step application process to submit a new COST Action or join our Info Day on May 24 2023 to find out more.
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This article was first published on 16 May by COST Association.
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