COST

COST

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is program of EU founded in 1971. which enables researches and innovators to create interdisciplinary research network at the territory of Europe and broader. COST funding intends to complement national research funds, as they are exclusively dedicated to cover collaboration activities, such as workshops, conferences, working group meetings, training schools, short-term scientific missions, and dissemination and communication activities. Program provides unique possibility for idea development and new initiatives in science and technology, including social sciences and humanities. COST program had important role in creation European research space. Creating open space program motivates mobility and connecting researches in Europe strengthening excellence in science.

COST does not finance research, but gives support for creating research networks through its actions. COST actions represents network of cooperation between researches and scientist in specific area of science and technology in period of four years.

Who can participate?

Researchers and innovators from universities, public and private institutions, NGOs, industry and SMEs. Particular emphasis is placed on activities involving researchers from less-research-intensive COST Member countries with a view to increasing their participation (such as Bosnia and Herzegovina). Application can be from any field of science and technology, and can be submitted by the scientist in any point of their career development.

How to apply?
There are two ways of participation:
• applying on already existing COST action (in the period while action is active)
• Apply with new COST action, participating in open call (twice a year).
(Average year founding for COST action is 130.000 Euros for network of 25 member states)
How to find the action?
Action for relevant field can be found of official pages of COST program: (https://www.cost.eu/browse-actions/).

How to include in already existing action:
You can join existing action as:
• Member/deputy member of the Management Committee- MC
• Member of working group
• Participant.

Member states of COST program: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, The Republic of North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

All participants in COST actions should inform on their participation to: dajana.vukojevic@ues.rs.ba.

More on program: https://www.cost.eu/
Open Calls: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/
Open COST actions: https://www.cost.eu/browse-actions/
Applicant should be registered at the e-COST: https://e-services.cost.eu/user/login

National COST coordinator:
Alma Hasanović
NCP coordinator – IDEAS – INCO NCP
Organization: Ministry of Civil Affairs
Address: Square of BiH 3, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 33 492 597
email:
web: http://mcp.gov.ba/Content/Read/cost-pocetna

Action name: A new ecosystem of early music studies (EarlyMuse)
Action code: CA21161
Participant from UES: Dajana Vukojević (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: www.cost.eu/actions/CA21161/
Duration: 2022-2026.

Action name: Universality, diversity and idiosyncrasy in language technology (UniDive)
Action code: CA21167
Participant from UES: Jelena Marković (Management Committee),  PhD
Action website: www.cost.eu/actions/CA21167/
Duration: 2022-2026.

Action name: Efficient Justice for All: Improving Court Efficiency through EU Benchmarking (EfficientJustice)
Action code: CA20131
Participant from UES: Zoran Mastilo (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: www.cost.eu/actions/CA20131
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home-cage (TEATIME)
Action code: CA20135
Participant from UES: Julijana Trifković (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://cost-teatime.org/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness (BETTER)
Action code: CA20103
Participant from UES: Julijana Trifković (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: www.cost.eu/actions/CA20103/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice (ENIS)
Action code: CA20115
Participant from UES: Nenad Marković, PhD
Action website: https://www.enisnetwork.com/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: Making Young Researchers’ Voices Heard for Gender Equality (VOICES)
Action code: CA20137
Participant from UES: Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović, PhD
Action website: https://gendervoices.eu/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: Urban Tree Guard – Safeguarding European urban trees and forests through improved biosecurity (UB3Guard)
Action code: CA20132
Participant from UES: Milica Pecelj, PhD
Action website: https://ub3guard.eu/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: FAIR NEtwork of micrometeorological measurements (FAIRNESS)
Action code: CA20108
Participant from UES: Stefan Stjepanović (Management Committee), PhD ; Milica Pecelj, PhD
Action website: https://www.fairness-ca20108.eu/
Duration: 2021-2025.

Action name: Plasma applications for smart and sustainable agriculture (PlAgri)
Action code: CA19110
Participants from UES:  Dragan Vujadinović , PhD, Milan Vukić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://plagri.eu/
Duration: 2020-2024.

Action name: Network for blood pressure research in children and adolescents (HyperChildNET)
Action code: CA19115
Participant from UES: Bojan Joksimović (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://www.ecog-obesity.eu
Duration: 2020-2024.

Action name: High-performance Carbon-based composites with Smart properties for Advanced Sensing Applications (EsSENce)
Action code: CA19118
Participant from UES:  Milorad Tomić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://www.essence-cost.eu/
Duration: 2020-2024.

Action name: Language In The Human-Machine Era (LITHME)
Action code: CA19102
Participant from UES: Darko Kovačević (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://lithme.eu/
Duration: 2020-2024.

Action name: European network for Web-centred linguistic data science (NexusLinguarum)
Action code: CA18209
Participant from UES: Vera Nišić Ćevriz, PhD
Action website: https://nexuslinguarum.eu
Duration: 2019-2024.

Action name: The neural architecture of consciousness (NeuralArchCon)
Action code: CA18106
Participant from UES: Siniša Ristić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://neuralarchcon.org/
Duration: 2019-2023.

Action name: China In Europe Research Network (CHERN)
Action code: CA18215
Participant from UES:  Zoran Mastilo (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://china-in-europe.net/#
Duration: 2019-2023.

Action name: Biodiversity Of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives (BOTTOMS-UP)
Action code: CA18207
Participant from UES: Milena Stanković Neđić (Management Committee), MR
Action website: https://www.bottoms-up.eu/en/
Duration: 2019-2023.

Action name: PEsticide RIsk AssessMent for Amphibians and Reptiles (PERIAMAR)
Action code: CA18221
Participant from UES: Stefan Bojić (Management Committee), MR
Action website: https://periamar.com/
Duration: 2019-2023.

Action name: Cancer nanomedicine – from the bench to the bedside (NANO2CLINIC)
Action code: CA17140
Participant from UES: Siniša Ristić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://www.nano2clinic.eu/
Duration: 2018-2022.

Action name: Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences (COMULIS)
Action code: CA17121
Participant from UES: Siniša Ristić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://www.comulis.eu/
Duration: 2018-2022.

Action name: Mobilising Data, Policies and Experts in Scientific Collections (MOBILISE)
Action code: CA17106
Participant from UES: Milena Stanković Neđić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://www.mobilise-action.eu/
Duration: 2018-2022.

Action name: Understanding and modeling compound climate and weather events (DAMOCLES)
Action code: CA17109
Participant from UES: Milena Stanković Neđić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://damocles.compoundevents.org/
Duration: 2018-2022.

Action name: Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values (PuVaCa)
Action code: CA17125
Participant from UES: Zoran Mastilo (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://puvaca.eu/
Duration: 2018-2022.

Action name: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers for Chronic Kidney Disease (PARENCHIMA)
Action code: CA16103
Participant from UES: Siniša Ristić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: https://renalmri.org/
Duration: 2017-2021.

Action name: Electrochemical processing methodologies and corrosion protection for device and systems miniaturization (e-MINDS)
Action code: MP1407
Participant from UES: Milorad Tomić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://www.e-minds.ch/the-project/cost-mp1407/
Duration: 2015-2019.

Action name: Interdisciplinarity in research programming and funding cycles (INTREPID)
Action code: TD1408
Participant from UES: Zoran Mastilo (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://www.intrepid-cost.eu
Duration: 2015-2019.

Action name: Gender and health impacts of policies extending working life in western countries
Action code: IS1409
Participant from UES: Maja Račić (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://genderewl.com/
Duration: 2015-2019.

Action name: Fostering knowledge about the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies and Public Spaces supported by strategies to improve their use and attractiveness (CYBERPARKS)
Action code: TU1306
Participant from UES: Zoran Mastilo (Management Committee), PhD
Action website: http://www.cyberparks-project.eu
Duration: 2014-2018.

Action name: Climate Change Manipulation Experiments in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Networking and Outreach (ClimMani)
Action code: ES1308
Participant from UES: ms Milena Stanković Neđić (Management Committee)
Action website: http://climmani.org/
Duration: 2014-2018.

Action name: New Frontiers of Peer Review (PEERE)
Action code: TD1306
Participant from UES: Siniša Ristić, PhD
Action website: http://www.peere.org
Duration: 2014-2018.