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COSTRedes de Cooperación Europea en
Ciencia y Tecnología
Jornada nacionalMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
19 de junio de 2019
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I. Acciones COSTII. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - ProcedimientosIV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2-2018VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
Indice
I. Acciones COSTII. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - ProcedimientosIV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2015 y OC-2016VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
Acciones COST
Es el instrumento que utiliza el programa COST para permitir a los investigadores,
ingenieros, etc desde los países miembros de COST y/o estados cooperantes unirse para
desarrollar sus propias ideas y nuevas iniciativas en un campo o topic de interés común.
COST NO FINANCIA INVESTIGACIÓNCOST NO FINANCIA INVESTIGACIÓN
CARACTERÍSTICASCARACTERÍSTICAS
A network of researchers, engineers and scholars with
nationally funded research
Collaborating in S&T fields of common interest to at
least seven COST Countries
Answering to the COST Open Call for proposals
Evaluated and selected via a tailored procedure
Based on a joint work programme for 4 years
Expandable to new participants
Implemented through networking activities: Meetings,
Working Groups, Conferences, Workshops, Short Term
Scientific Missions, Training Schools and
Dissemination Activities
Average Annual COST Budget EUR 130 000
Pursuing the fulfilment of the objectives and
deliverables described in the approved proposal
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Países COST – 48 años de colaboración científica
• 38 COST MembersAlbania, 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 ofMoldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, TheRepublic of North Macedonia, Norway, Poland,Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UnitedKingdom
• 1 Cooperating MemberIsrael
• Near Neighbour Countries participation
Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt,Georgia, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Libya,Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Russia, Syria,Tunisia and Ukraine
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with
UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration ofindependence.
• COST Members• COST Members (ITCs)• COST Cooperating member
International Cooperation
Acciones COST – Estructura
COSTAssociation
AdministrationWG1
WG2
Horizontal groups
WG leaders
WG3
WG4
WG5
WG6
MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE
(MC)
GRANT HOLDER(GH)
Action Chair
Vice Chair
GH Scientific Rep.
STSM coordinator
Scientific Com. Manager
Leadership Positions
WG leaders
WG3
WG4
WG5
WG6
MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE
(MC)
GRANT HOLDER(GH)
Action Chair
Vice Chair
GH Scientific Rep.
STSM coordinator
COSTNETWORKING
TOOLS
MC & CORE GROUPMEETINGS
WORKSHOPS &
CONFERENCES
DISSEMINATION
SHORT TERMSCIENTIFIC MISSIONS
TRAININGSCHOOLS
Acciones COST – Herramientas
WGMEETINGS
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I. COST
II. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - ProcedimientosIV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2-2018VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
aiming at:
Excellence & Inclusiveness Geographical coverage
Early Career Investigators
(ECI)
Gender balance
Openness All fields of S&T
All kind of participation
Academia, SME/Industry,
…
All countries
Políticas COST
Indice
I. COSTII. Políticas COST
III. ¿Cómo participar en COST? -Procedimientos
IV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2-2018VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
¿Cómo participar en una Acción COST?
De acuerdo con el principio “bottom -up ”, la iniciativa depresentar una nueva Acción COST procede de losinvestigadores, ingenieros, estudiantes.
Esencialmente hay tres formas de participar en una Acción:
Open Call = Propuesta de una nueva Acción.
Approved Action = Unirse a una Acción en marcha.
Become a COST Expert
Become a COST Expert
EVALUADOR COST -Convocatoria Abierta
https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/working-with-us/participate-external-expert/
Approved Action
Unirse a una Acción en marcha…
La formalización de la participación de un investigador en el MC de una acciónCOST, es a través del CNC mediante la e-COST. El procedimiento para aceptarel Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) también pasa por la e-COST.
Como miembro del Management Committee (MC):Contactar con CNC
Como participante de un Working Group (WG ):Contactar con los responsables del WG.
Como participante en las actividades de la Acción:Short Term Scientific Mission, ITC Conference grant, Training School,Workshop/Conference, …
¿Cómo encontrar Acciones COST en marcha?
Open Call
Solicitar una Acción nueva - Open Call
COST Open Call
Collection every 9 monthsNext: 5 September 2019 – 12:00
CET
One stage online submission of proposalseCOST account
Who? Main proposer(and secondary proposers)
40 – 45 Actions approved per collection
Portal COST: www.cost.eu
SESA Guidelines, Technical Annex, Etc…
https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/open -call/
Proposals
Proposals
Eligibility!
COST Excellence and Inclusiveness Policy Specific objectives
Technical Annex1. S&T excellence*2. Networking Excellence3. Impact4. Implementation
General features
Network of proposers
Anonymous*Min ITCFormatPeaceful purposeEnglish
Online submission tool (e -COST)www.cost.eu/ecost
Open Call for proposals –Technical Annex
Sections Sub-sections
1. S&T EXCELLENCE 1.1 soundness of the challenge1.2 progress beyond the state-of-the-art
2. NETWORKING EXCELLENCE
2.1 added value of networking in s&t excellence2.2 added value of networking in impact
3. IMPACT 3.1 impact to science, society and competitiveness, and potential for innovation/break-throughs3.2 measures to maximise impact
4. IMPLEMENTATION 4.1 coherence and effectiveness of the work plan
Open Call for proposals –Technical Annex
Evaluation - SESA
Step 1: External remote evaluation
Step 2: Revision and quality check by Review Panels
Step 3: Selection by the Scientific CommitteeCOST policy and objectives
Step 4: Approval by COST committee of Senior Officials - Results 7-8 months after submission
3 independent external experts
Technical Annex
Evaluation criteria – step 1
S&T EXCELLENCENETWORKING EXCELLENCE
IMPACT IMPLEMENTATION
- Soundness of the Challenge- Progress beyond the state-of-the-art
- Added value of networking in S&T Excellence- Added value of networking in Impact
- Impact to science, society and competitiveness, and potential for innovation/ break-throughs- Measures to maximise impact
- Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan
Total marks forthe section: 15 points
Total marks forthe section: 15 points
Total marks forthe section: 15 points
Total marks forthe section: 5 points
Total marks awarded: 0-50 pointsOverall threshold: 34 points
Open call for proposals – how -to
oRead the official announcement
oRead the SESA Guidelines
oOnline registration and submission (e-COST)
oTechnical Annex template
oHelpdesk: opencall@cost.eu
o Crear una nueva red (diferente a las redes existentes).
o Mostrar la necesidad de la creación de esa red (importancia de lospartners).
o Abordar las prioridades de COST (inclusiveness, integration of ESR, genderbalance, international cooperation, SME).
o Centrarse en los objetivos propuestos en la Acción (Grupos de Trabajo –WG).
o Usar todas las herramientas de la Red mostrando cómo su uso contribuirá ala consecución de los objetivos de la Acción propuesta.
¿Cómo preparar una buena propuesta?
o ‘Institutions’ from COST Member Countries, Near Neighbour Countries and
International Partner Countries.
o Government Organisations, except Intergovernmental Organisations.
o Universities and Associated Organisations.
o Business Enterprises (ranging from SMEs to multinationals).
o Private Non-Profit Organisations/NGOs (even if international).
o Standards Organisations (even if international).
o European Commission and EU Agencies.
o European RTD Organisations Los miembros de éstas representan al país que los
nomina, no a la organización.
o International Organisations (i.e. intergovernmental organisations whose members
are countries).
¿Quiénes pueden participar?
Nominaciones al MC - procedimiento
Cuando 7 países han firmado el MoU la Acción COST puede comenzar
Kick off meeting en Bruselas
Procedimiento español:
Mes 1: recepción de EoIs
Mes 2: evaluación
Mes 3: nominaciones y firma de MoU
1.- Acciones COST se publican en la web de COST
2.- COST Association informa a los proposers de las Acciones financiadas
3.- Cada país pone en marcha su procedimiento para nominar al Management Committee (MC)
Novedades del programa
Vademecum update
o Clarification on MC decision going against
COST rules (Section 2)
o Change of eligibility of Grant Holder Managers
(Section 3)
o Adding Lobbying firms to the list of non-eligible
costs (Section 3)
o Minor improvements (Section 4)
o Extra information concerning V.A.T reimbursed
to individuals (Section 3.4)
Novedades del programa Vademecum update
o Specification on travel costs of infant in case of
breastfeeding added (Section 5)
o Travel insurance removed from non-eligible costs
(Section 5)
o LOS – Update of the list of eligible expenses
(Section 7)
o Simplification on STSM rules (Section 8)
o Simplification on the ITC Conference Grant (Section
9)
o Update of the list of eligible and non-eligible costs
under Dissemination (Section 10)
I. COSTII. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - Procedimientos
IV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2-2018VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
Participación española I
The graph below shows the total number of
reimbursed participants from national
institutions in COST Action networking activities
(meetings, Short Term Scientific Missions,
Training Schools).
Participación española II
COST stimulates the participation of
Early Career Investigators - ECI
(between PhD and PhD + 8 years) The
graph below shows the share of ECI
among participants from national
institutions in COST Action networking
activities (meetings, Short Term
Scientific Missions, Training Schools).
Participación española III
The first graph below shows the total amount that benefitedparticipants from Spain. This includes the financial supportto meetings (travel reimbursement, organization), ShortTerm Scientific Missions, Training Schools, administrativesupport to the Grant Holder institution (FSAC) but notdissemination expenses.
The second graph shows the country’s share in relation tothe total budget of the Actions.
Participación española IV
The graph below shows the number ofparticipations from Spain in thefollowing networking activities: ShortTerm Scientific Missions – STSM (up to6 months) and Training Schools – TS(up to 2 weeks) as trainee or trainer.
The graph below shows thenumber of COST Action activitiesheld in Spain and open toparticipants from abroad:meetings (conferences,workshops, etc.), Short TermScientific Missions (STSM) andTraining Schools.
I. COSTII. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - EvaluaciónIV. COST en España
V. Resultados de la OC -2-2018VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
Resultados de la OC-2-2018
• 483 proposals were registered in e-COST.
• 356 proposals were submitted by the collection date of 29th November 2018.
• 127 proposals (26,3%) were not submitted.
Resultados de la OC-2-2018
There were no Main Proposers
from Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Moldova, Montenegro and
Slovakia.
Resultados OC-2-2018
El detalle de las 4 Acciones COST lideradas por investigadores afiliados a entidades españolas son:
Código Título de la Acción Institución
CA18221 Pesticide Risk AssessMent for Amphibians and ReptilesUniversidad de Castilla La
Mancha
CA18229 Non-Conventional Yeasts for the Production of Bioproducts IMDEA Energy
CA18222 Attosecond ChemistryInstituto Madrileño de
Estudios Avanzados
CA18209 European network for Web-centred linguistic data science Universidad de Zaragoza
I. COSTII. Políticas COSTIII. ¿Cómo participar en COST? - EvaluaciónIV. COST en EspañaV. Resultados de la OC-2-2018
VI. Servicios de la Oficina Europea
La OFICINA EUROPEA
• Promote the participation and leadership of theSpanish R&I system in H2020.
Objective
•EXCELLENT SCIENCE: ERC, FET & MSCA
•SWAFS
•Challenge 6
•COST
Areas
• OPIs, Universities, public R&I centres
Target group
Objetivos de participación en Horizonte2020
• Aumentar un 30 % el retorno obtenido por cada uno
• Liderar al menos el 10 % de los proyectos financiados
• Aumentar un 15 % el número de nuevas entidades que acceden a H2020.
Servicios como COST National Coordinator
• Assistance and advice.
• Approval of the Action Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU).
• Nomination of representatives to the Action Management
Committee (MC).
• Nomination of Review Panels experts.
• Communication to national communities.
Communication to
nationalcommunities
Nominationof Review
Panel experts
Nominationof
representatives to the
Action MC
Approval of the Action
MoU
Assistanceand advice
Servicios como COST National Coordinator
• Resolución de dudas (≥850 correos).
• Entrevistas.
• Asesoramiento en la preparación de propuestas.
• Nominación cada 2 años.
• Nominar a 18 expertos (3*6 áreas temáticas OCDE).
• 2 MC members.
• 3 MC substitutes.
http://www.eshorizonte2020.es/mas-europa/otros-programas/cost
Assistanceand advice
Approval of the Action
MoU
Nominationof
representatives to the Action MC
Nominationof Review
Panel experts
Communication to nationalcommunities
Gracias por su atención!!
Noelia Romero López - CNC COSTOficina Europea/FECYT
MCIU
Contacto: noelia.romero@fecyt.es