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

2. 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:

3. 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

4. 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) …… ~30.000 researchers Scientific Domain ……. Council COST Secretariat Action WGs MC

5. 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

6. European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 6 December 2005 Number of Actions 1980-2005 (Running any time of the year - status 30/11/2005)

7. 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 2007 www.cost.esf.org/opencallwww.cost.esf.org/opencall COST Open Call

8. 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 020304 0203090108070605041112100120062007 0506 FP7

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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 www.cost.esf.org

12. 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.

13. December 2005 289 BUDGET for 2006-2007 Action 289 has been granted a revised budget of 136.000€ for the period 2006-2007 for MC meetings, Workshop and Final Workshop, STSM, Publications and Secretariat.

14. European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research 14 December 2005 Contact Dr. Afonso Ferreira Science Officer for ICT Tel: +32 (0)2 533 38 15 Fax: +32 (0)2 533 38 90 Email: Afonso.Ferreira@cost.esf.org Gabriela CRISTEA ICT Administrative Officer Tel: +32 25 333 847 Fax: +32 25 333 890 Email: gcristea@cost.esf.org