Research
University of Fribourg
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is an intergovernmental framework to coordinate nationally funded research on a European level. COST funds networking activities (meetings, conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges, training schools, publications, dissemination activities). It does not fund research.
COST Actions
Networks of scientific and technical research projects across 9 scientific domains.
- Scientific domains
- Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS)
- Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST)
- Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM)
- Food and Agriculture (FA)
- Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)
- Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH)
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS)
- Transport and Urban Development (TUD)
- Trans-domain Actions
- Propose a new COST Action
Deadline: 30 March 2012
- Join a COST Action as a Swiss Delegate
COST in Switzerland
The State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) handles all COST-related financial, scientific and administrative matters in Switzerland.
SER/COST-Switzerland accepts applications for research funding linked to running COST Actions. This applies to the following COST Actions:
Swiss research projects in COST Actions
Frequently Asked Questions from COST and SER
Contacts
University of Fribourg:Research Promotion Service
Ms Doris Kolly
+41 26 300 73 32
doris.kolly [a] unifr.ch COST Switzerland:
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Ms Eva Klaper
+41 31 322 96 67
eva.klaper [a] sbf.admin.ch