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Scientists who are currently members of the Management Committee and/or Working Group in a COST Action can apply to the 2515 Program.

The 2515 COST Program is always open to applications and applications can be made at any time. To apply, it is sufficient to be a member of the Working Group/Management Committee in an ongoing COST Action.

Creating a new Action will bring great prestige to your career as it will give you the management of a large-scale international scientific platform. Additionally, you will have the chance to have a say in all activities to be carried out within the scope of your COST Action. For example, you can organize large international workshops at the university/institution/organization where you work, entirely with the COST budget. For detailed information about the conditions for proposing a COST Action, please see http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call. Additionally, if the COST Action you propose is accepted, you can apply for the COST Action Main Proposer Award offered by TÜBİTAK.

Since COST is not a European Union project, it would be more useful not to think of it as an international project. COST is an international scientific networking activity. While it does not support research, activities such as workshops, management committee meetings, short-term scientific activities, working group meetings, training courses are supported by COST. In this nature, even if you are the manager, the Management Committee, formed by representatives of all countries, makes decisions together regarding the activities in question. In terms of management, there is no additional support that COST pays directly to the individual, but all activities are covered from the Action budget. You can gain benefits such as being the leader of a large international network in terms of initiating and executing the process from Turkey, and being able to carry out international scientific activities with the COST budget in your institution in Turkey. The disadvantage is; The COST Action is a bit of a difficult task in terms of its proposal and execution after it comes into force, but it will be worth the effort.

The new COST Action to be proposed should not be similar to the previous actions, but COST has a flexible attitude regarding similarity. Before making an action recommendation, it would be useful to review the Actions suggested so far at http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/all_actions.

Visits to countries outside Europe are also included in the scope of support. Information about the institutions that can be visited is as follows:

Receiving Institution (Host Institution)

Institutions, organizations and legal entities located in COST Member Countries and COST Cooperating Member Countries

International COST Partner Country (IPC) organizations

Organizations located in COST Near Neighbor Countries (NNC)

European Union Commission and units affiliated to the European Union

International Organizations approved by COST

Science, Technology and Development Organizations based in Europe

COST Cooperating Member: Israel

COST International Cooperating Country: https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/cost-strategy/international-cooperation/

COST Near Neighbor Countries: https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/cost-strategy/international-cooperation/

If you are entitled to support, TÜBİTAK has no authority or responsibility regarding the permission you will receive from your institution. However, in order to win COST's Short-Term Scientific Visit, you must first make an agreement with the institution/organization where you will carry out your Short-Term Scientific Visit. You can request permission by contacting your institution with the support letter you will receive from the institution/organization you have agreed with. You can see the Short Term Scientific Visit application process below:

The researcher makes an agreement with the institution/organization to which he will make an international scientific visit.

In order to apply for COST Short Term Scientific Visit (STSM) support, one must find a COST Action compatible with the subject of the scientific visit. (To find the appropriate COST Action; https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions/browse-actions/)

After finding a COST Action that is compatible with the subject of the scientific visit, he/she applies at (https://e-services.cost.eu/stsm). The relevant Action must be selected during the application.

The application is evaluated by Action management. The compatibility of the subject of the scientific visit and the subject of the COST Action is examined.

The evaluation result is notified to the applicant.