COST is the longest-running European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars
across Europe.

It is a unique means for them to jointly develop their own ideas and new initiatives across all fields in science and technology,
including social sciences and humanities, through pan-European networking of nationally funded research activities. Based
on a European intergovernmental framework for cooperation in science and technology, COST has been contributing - since
its creation in 1971 - to closing the gap between science, policy makers and society throughout Europe and beyond. As
a precursor of advanced multidisciplinary research, COST plays a very important role in building a European Research
Area (ERA).

It anticipates and complements the activities of the EU Framework Programmes, constituting a “bridge” towards the scientific
communities of COST Inclusiveness Target Countries. It also increases the mobility of researchers across Europe and fosters
the establishment of scientific excellence.

The former science organisation which was structured into nine science and technology domains has been replaced by a new
organisation aiming at guaranteeing a fully open and bottom-up approach through the establishment of a single Scientific
Committee. This also includes a renewed evaluation and selection procedure aiming at identifying breakthrough ideas and
favouring interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects.

Visit the COST website: www.cost.eu

How to participate?

Would you like to join COMBAR activities? For general rules
and guidelines how to participate in COST Action, see http://www.cost.eu/participate. Send your proposal to join COMBAR using
the contact form.