{"id":135404,"date":"2021-10-26T16:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/?page_id=135404"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:07:47","slug":"documents-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/funding\/documents-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents &#038; Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COST documents and guidelines below are divided into useful sections to make applying for and running a COST Action as easy as possible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first section, <strong>Documents for the Open Call<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>includes the documents required to submit a new COST Action proposal. Relevant documents for Open Call 2026 will be available in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second section, <strong>Documents for running a COST Action<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>includes the documents required to run a COST Action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third section, <strong>Documents for COST Innovators Grant<\/strong>, includes the documents required to apply for this COST Action follow-on funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth section, <strong>Documents for Grant Holders<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>includes information for Grant Holder Managers regarding the administrative management of their COST Action.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"py-8 wp-blocks-block wp-block-guidelines  alignwide\"\n>\n    <div>\n                    <div>\n                                    <div\n                        x-data=\"window.categoryDropdown()\"\n                        class=\"select-dropdown text-center mb-4\"\n                    >\n                        <div class=\"select-dropdown--inner\">\n                            <select\n                                name=\"category\"\n                                @change=\"change($event)\"\n                            >\n                                <option value=\"\">Please select a category<\/option>\n\n                                                                    <option value=\"#documents-submission\">\n                                        Documents for the Open Call\n                                    <\/option>\n                                                                    <option value=\"#documents-running-action\">\n                                        Documents for running a COST Action\n                                    <\/option>\n                                                                    <option value=\"#cost-innovators-grant\">\n                                        COST Innovators Grant\n                                    <\/option>\n                                                                    <option value=\"#documents-grant-holders\">\n                                        Documents for Grant Holders\n                                    <\/option>\n                                                            <\/select>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"py-4\">\n                                                    <div class=\"py-4\" id=\"documents-submission\" data-aos=\"zoom-in-up\">\n                                <h3 class=\"text-center text-gray-900 !mb-12\">Documents for the Open Call<\/h3>\n\n                                <div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center -ml-8\">\n                                                                                                                    <div class=\"sm:self-stretch pl-8 mb-8 w-full sm:w-1\/2 lg:w-1\/4 flex flex-col\">\n                                            <div class=\"border border-gray-100 p-6 h-full flex-1 flex flex-col items-center\">\n\n                                                                                                <span class=\"text-6xl text-pdf-700\" >\n                                                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa  fal fa-file-pdf\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"color:currentColor\"><!--! 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