COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology

16/10/2026

🌍🦗 What does it take to make insect production more sustainable?

This World Food Day, discover how researchers are working together to improve our understanding of insect nutrition!

The global food system faces a major challenge: producing enough high-quality protein while reducing environmental impact and making better use of resources.

Certain insect species can turn waste streams and underused industrial by-products into valuable biomass. But to make this process more efficient, we need to understand their nutritional needs.

🤝 That’s where the Group on Insect Nutrition - GIN TONIC COST Action comes in!

The network brings together academic and industrial partners to share knowledge, identify research gaps, and help lay the foundations for more efficient insect production.

Meet the Working Groups and discover how researchers are joining forces to advance insect nutrition research.
Watch the video to learn more about the people and expertise behind the network! 🚀

🎥: https://youtu.be/Fw-qZ1Jk2lE

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15/10/2026

The Action has officially begun! 🚀

It brings researchers together for 4 years of cross-border collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking. 🤝
There were a lot of enthusiastic discussions at the start of this new network.

✅ Leadership teams are in place
✅ Work plans are taking shape
✅ First ideas are already flowing

💭 So, what will this Action bring?

⚕️EndLess stands for: Reducing Endocrine Disruptor Exposure for a Healthy Start for Future Generations

This Action addresses exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals during pregnancy and early childhood.

👉 Find out more about this COST Action through the link in the first comment below.

14/10/2026

✈️ What if an aircraft could detect its own damage before a human inspector noticed it?

The COST Action Optimising Design for Inspection (ODIN) explored how built-in sensors can help monitor aircraft health, making flying safer and aircraft maintenance smarter and more efficient.

From a wing test validated by Airbus to a new EU-funded project inspired by birds, discover how European research collaboration is helping shape the future of aviation! 🐦

👏 Congratulations to Action Chair Professor Rhys Pullin, Science Communication Coordinator Petar I. Dimitrov, Vice-Chair Runar Unnthorsson, Working Group Leader Professor Zdenek Hadas, and the whole ODIN network!

🔗 Read the full success story: Link in the comments.

13/10/2026

The COST Actions and have officially begun! 🚀

They bring researchers together for 4 years of cross-border collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking. 🤝
There were a lot of enthusiastic discussions at the start of this new network.

✅ Leadership teams are in place
✅ Work plans are taking shape
✅ First ideas are already flowing

💭 So, what will these Actions bring?

📈 MAGNET stands for Multidisciplinary Adaptations of GAMLSS Network.
This Action will focus on statistical models in public health and One Health. 🚀

🌱 HARVEST stands for Harnessing AI for Responsive, Valuable, and Efficient Sustainable Technologies. This Action will empower stakeholders to co-design solutions, unlock new funding opportunities, and build a future-proof agricultural data ecosystem. 🚀

👉 Find out more about these COST Actions through the links in the first comment below.

12/10/2026

🎉 A big warm welcome to the members of the COST Actions and , and , who have officially started their 4-year networking projects.
There have been lots of interesting discussions, plenty of enthusiasm, and some great ideas, all of which have contributed to a strong start.🚀 🚀🚀

🤔 What are the objectives of these Actions?

🩻 PDPP-Network stands for: Precision Detection and Prevention of Psychosis (PDPP) Network.
It aims to coordinate and promote personalised preventive approaches for patients at clinical high-risk for psychoses.

🤖 API-Net stands for: Agentic Physical AI: Building the European Network for Agentic Embodied Intelligence.
It aims to unite research, innovation, and practice around autonomous and goal-driven AI systems.

👶 CHILDVOICES stands for: Child Voices: Participation, Well-being & Resilience of Children in the Era of Polycrisis.
This Action aims to create a network of scholars, experts, practitioners, and professionals focused on child participation to safeguard and prioritize the well-being of children during times of polycrisis.

To learn more about these Actions:

🩻 PDPP-Network : https://bit.ly/4jLZ4yM

🤖 API-Net : https://bit.ly/4z3otZP

👶 CHILDVOICES : https://bit.ly/47fwnmw

12/10/2026

Happy National Day, Spain! 🎉

On 12 October, Spain celebrates its National Day and commemorates its history and cultural heritage. 💃

From its vibrant cities and diverse traditions to its contributions to science and innovation, Spain has a rich cultural and scientific landscape. 🌍🔬

Spain has also been an active COST member since 1971. Through COST networking, Spanish researchers connect with peers across Europe, exchange knowledge and expertise, and build collaborations that extend beyond national borders.

🚀 Spain in COST in 2025:

🔹 99% country representation in COST Actions
🔹 6195 Working Group members
🔹 279 activities organised in Spain
🔹 €2,498,721 budget received

Discover more about Spain’s participation in COST in the Country Factsheet 2025 below 👇

08/10/2026

🎉 A big warm welcome to the members of the COST Actions and who have officially started their 4-year networking projects.

There have been lots of interesting discussions, plenty of enthusiasm, and some great ideas, all of which have contributed to a strong start.🚀

🤔 What are the objectives of these Actions?

🌞 SmartSolar stands for: Smart Practice in Large-scale Solar PV Projects in Europe. This Action’s main objective is to develop and promote “smart” practices for large-scale solar PV deployment, focusing on sustainability, inclusivity, and innovative policy solutions.

💡CircaFan stands for: Towards Circular Future: Innovation of Circular Facades. This network will develop novel and innovative holistic strategies to foster the emergence of solutions for Circular Facades (CFs) and their uptake in the construction industry.

To learn more about these networks, use the links in the first comment below.

07/10/2026

The Actions and -NET have officially begun! 🚀

They bring researchers together for 4 years of cross-border collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking. 🤝
There were a lot of enthusiastic discussions at the start of these new networks.

✅ Leadership teams are in place
✅ Work plans are taking shape
✅ First ideas are already flowing

💭 So, what will these Actions bring?

💉 VAC360: Vaccines 360 degrees: Optimizing the use of vaccines for overall health benefits.
This COST network aims to unite dispersed research groups working across Europe on broader immunomodulatory vaccine effects, immune training, and vaccine hesitancy. 🚀

🧪 1HEALTH-NET: Pan-European One Health Network for Infectious Diseases Detection, Monitoring and Prevention.
This Action will accelerate translation of research into market-ready tools, strengthen Europe’s resilience, and enhance preparedness for future infectious disease threats.

👉 Find out more about this COST Action through the links in the first comment below.

07/10/2026

🎀 What if breast cancer could hide in plain sight?

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are highlighting invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC).
For years, research on ILC was fragmented. The COST Action LOBSTERPOT brought researchers, clinicians and patient advocates together to change that. 🌍

By connecting experts across Europe, the US and Australia, the network has helped:

🔬 Develop new models to study metastatic ILC and test potential treatments
🩺 Improve diagnostic guidelines that could inform future international standards
💊 Support ILC-specific clinical trials in several countries
🤝 Put patients and their advocates at the heart of research
🌍 Create accessible information about ILC in 14 languages

Most importantly, LOBSTERPOT has helped build a strong international community around this treacherous form of breast cancer.

Research moves faster when people work together. 🚀

📖 Read the full success story via the links in the comments.

06/10/2026

🙏 What is prayer?

It may seem like a simple question. But it becomes remarkably difficult to define once historians look at manuscripts, images, objects, sounds, gestures and spaces.

The COST Action is bringing researchers from different disciplines, countries, and traditions together to rethink how we understand prayer in the late medieval and early modern worlds.

Its principal focus is prayer in Latin Christianity, while perspectives from other Christian traditions, Judaism and Islam help the network question inherited assumptions and explore how far its terminology can take us.

🔎 At their workshop Reconsidering the Vocabulary of Prayer Through Objects in Hamburg in June 2026, PRAYTICIPATE showed why studying prayer depends on collaboration across disciplines, regions, traditions and collections.

The result? Not one single definition of prayer, but a richer picture of prayer as material, sensory, embodied, social and participatory.

📖 Read the new COST Action blog (link in the comment below) and discover why studying prayer means asking better questions about the objects, people and practices behind it.