Success stories

Talking terms for green citizen action

What does it mean to be a good environmental citizen? A COST meeting has defined key concepts that help teachers and organisations to encourage people to care for the planet. An online database, book and global outreach add to the support.

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COST significantly increased the number of ESGIs and the range of real-life challenges they addressed


Dr Katerina Kaouri

‘Math-a-thons’ find solutions for companies and society

‘Math-a-thons’ find solutions for companies and society

A COST Action has helped deliver innovative solutions to 80 organisations through the power of maths. Study Groups in MI-NET gave companies ways to increase production and showed non-profit bodies and governments how to better use resources.

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Microbes, MOBIEU and a meeting of minds

Exciting, daunting and intense: the conferences at which scientific communities convene are fabulous opportunities for newcomers. For Marcin Makowski, whose PhD research focuses on peptides, the chance to attend a congress in 2019 has led to a lasting collaboration.

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Meeting of e-minds connects micro-worlds

When corrosion experts met in an e-MINDS Action workshop, they spotted an industry need for expert knowledge on nano- and microscale corrosion. The result was a Marie Curie Innovative Training Network, joining other projects and collaboration successes from the Action.

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I would advise all young researchers to participate in COST”


Goran Tmušić

A harmonious career takes off – with drones adding lift

A harmonious career takes off – with drones adding lift

How do you map invasive plants in inaccessible terrain? Two years ago, a Serbian student got involved in a COST Action training school to learn about unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as a way to advance his work. Now, he is lead author of a guide for their use in environmental monitoring.

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Study mission gives scent of career success

A COST short-term scientific mission gave young chemist Halima Mouhib the experience she needed to advance her career. She is now an assistant professor at the Paris university that hosted her mission, leading research on how molecules produce scents.

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“I can finally build up my own research line in a stable environment.”


Halima Mouhib

Study mission gives scent of career success

A solid platform for starting a career

Life imitates science in SARCOS, a COST Action on self-healing concrete. A young researcher strengthened her career by starting the network, while its ‘thesis clinic’ has helped PhD students to learn new approaches to their research.

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Meetings drive forward bridge safety norms

Safer road bridges are in sight thanks to the BridgeSpec COST Action. Inspection procedures from its meetings are being included in international norms, while publications, courses and a professional association sustain the Action’s achievements.

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