December 2005 European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical research Gabriela Cristea Administrative Officer for ICT COST Office

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 2 December 2005 «Strengthen Europe in scientific and technical research for peaceful purposes through the support of cooperation and interaction between European researchers» Mission:

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 3 December 2005 COST Scientific and Technical Domains (as of June 1 st 2006) 1.Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences 2.Food and Agriculture 3.Forests, their Products and Services 4.Materials, Physical & Nanosciences 5.Chemistry and Molecular Sciences & Technologies 6.Earth System Science & Environmental Management 7.Information & Communication Technologies 8.Transport & Urban Development 9.Individuals, Society, Culture & Health

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 4 December 2005 What is a COST Action? MC = Management Committee COST OFFICE COMMITTEE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS (CSO) COST National Coordinators COST Domain Committees (9 as from 1 June 2006) COST Actions (~200) ICT …… ….. …….. WORKING GROUPS (NETWORKS) …… ~ researchers Scientific Domain ……. Council COST Secretariat Action WGs MC

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 5 December 2005 COST Actions – what is supported? Science management meetings (MC and WG)Science management meetings (MC and WG) Scientific workshops and seminarsScientific workshops and seminars Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs)Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) Training Schools and Research ConferencesTraining Schools and Research Conferences DisseminationDissemination Nationally funded projects (min. 5 signatories) with a joint work programme are supported in: Action budget: circa 90k Eur per annum

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 6 December 2005 Number of Actions (Running any time of the year - status 30/11/2005)

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 7 December 2005 Published in April 2006Published in April 2006 First collection date: May 31 st 2006First collection date: May 31 st 2006 Transparent selection criteria published on the webTransparent selection criteria published on the web 2 stage process / peer reviewed2 stage process / peer reviewed First Actions following the “Open Call” to start early 2007First Actions following the “Open Call” to start early 2007 Next collection date: March 2007Next collection date: March COST Open Call

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 8 December 2005 Timetable 2 nd collection date DC Nominations YINs & New Domain Actions 2 stage evaluation process DCs operational Old Domain Actions 1 st collection date Open Call CSO decision FP6 contract FP7

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 9 December 2005 Antennas Radio Propagation and EM Interference COST 284, 286, 296 Wireless & Mobile Communications COST 289, 290, 297, 2100 Nanotech & Optical Comms COST 288, 291, 299 e-Society COST 219ter, 281, 287, 294, 298 Information Management COST 292 Network Design & Analysis COST 285, 293, 295 COST TIST Research Domains & Actions Signal Processing COST 2101, 2102, 2103

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 10 December 2005 ICT in COST Communications e-Society Information Systems User Aspects Knowledge & Information Management Bio-Info Distributed Computing Signal Processing (Nano) Optics Networks Antennas Security & Trust Human-Machine Interface Intelligent Transport Radio Propagation Health Applications Software Architectures Internet & Content Applications

December 2005 Action information End date: 22/04/2007 Nr. of signatory countries to date:19 Rapporteur: Prof. Gert Brussaard DC Chair: Prof. Gert Brussaard

December 2005 Annual Review Meeting This year’s ARM will take place in Helsinki(FI) on the following dates: November, 21-22, 2006 (around IST 2006). Each chair will make a presentation on the Action.

December BUDGET for Action 289 has been granted a revised budget of € for the period for MC meetings, Workshop and Final Workshop, STSM, Publications and Secretariat.

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 14 December 2005 Contact Dr. Afonso Ferreira Science Officer for ICT Tel: +32 (0) Fax: +32 (0) Gabriela CRISTEA ICT Administrative Officer Tel: Fax: