Cost

COST is one of the longest-running instruments supporting co-operation among scientists and researchers across Europe. COST now has 35 member countries and enables scientists to collaborate in a wide spectrum of activities in research and technology.

COST is an intergovernmental network which is scientifically completely self-sufficient with nine scientific COST Domain Committees formed by some of the most outstanding scientists of the European scientific community. The scientific quality control is the main responsibility of the COST scientific Domain Committees which follow very rigorous evaluation procedures established by the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) involving the mandatory use of external peer reviewers.