COST
COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology – is the European intergovernmental framework for the coordination of national or regional funded research.
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About this programme
COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology – is the European intergovernmental framework for the coordination of national or regional funded research.
COST plays an important role in the development of the European research area. COST's mission is to strengthen Europe in scientific and technological research through the support of European cooperation and interaction between European researchers.
COST offers financing for the coordination of pan-European research networks (COST actions). The actual research is financed via other (national or regional) channels.
The main features of COST are:
- bottom-up approach: European researchers determine themselves the idea and topic of a COST action;
- inclusiveness and equal access: participation is open to all COST member states;
- flexible structure: simple implementation and management of networking initiatives;
- commitment to participate in capacity building by linking up high quality scientific networks across Europe and worldwide;
- particular attention to offering networking opportunities to young researchers;
- increasing the impact of research on policy makers, regulatory authorities and national policy makers as well as the private sector.
COST is financed with specific budget lines from the EU Framework Programmes. At present, COST supports some 300 ongoing actions and reaches out to more than 30,000 researchers across Europe.
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Testimonial
ROOT - Rolling Out OSNMA for the secure synchronization of Telecom networks
The ROOT project obtained funding under Horizon 2020 topic ‘EGNSS applications fostering societal resilience and protecting the environment’. The project, which ran from November 2020 to July 2022, aimed to demonstrate the benefit of Galileo OSNMA signal to increase the robustness of critical telecom infrastructures.
The Flanders-based company Septentrio contributed substantially to completing this objective together with the other ROOT partners. The results of the project partially close a gap in the security of telecommunication networks dependent on satellite-derived time, with indirect benefits in curbing illegal attempts to disrupt network services.
