College of Business and Law

COST

COST was the first and is the widest European network for the coordination of nationally funded research activities.

COST brings together researchers and experts in different countries working on specific topics. COST does NOT fund research itself, but supports networking activities such as meetings, conferences, short term scientific exchanges and outreach activities. COST Actions are networks centred around nationally funded research projects in a particular field. Approximately 250 Actions are currently supported by COST. These are a good starting point for the development of consortia for FP7 projects, for instance.

The programme is divided into 9 Scientific Domains:

   • Biomedicine and molecular biosciences

   • Chemistry and molecular sciences and technologies

   • Earth system science and environmental management

   • Food and agriculture

   • Forest, their products and services

   • Individuals, societies, cultures and health

   • Information and communication technologies

   • Materials, physical and nanosciences

   • Transport and urban development

Proposals should include researchers from a minimum of five COST countries. On average, grants are worth around €100,000 annually over four years.

Proposals are submitted on-line and are assessed in two stages. Preliminary Proposals (maximum 1 500 words/3 pages), should provide a brief overview of the proposal and its intended impact (for template go to http://www.cost.eu/opencall). Eligible Proposals will be assessed by the relevant Domain Committees and applicants of selected Preliminary Proposals will be invited to submit a Full Proposal. Full Proposals will be peer reviewed (for assessment criteria go to, http://www.cost.eu/opencall). The decision will normally be taken within six months of the collection date and the Actions should expect to start within three months thereafter. 

Collection dates for Preliminary Proposals are usually the last Friday in March and September. Up to 80 applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, of these up to 30 new Actions will be selected, subject to available budget.

Hercule II, Training, Seminars and Conferences – Legal Part

Grant programme 2012

This call for proposals relates to the co-financing of “Seminars, comparative studies, measures to disseminate expertise and an annual meeting of the presidents of the associations in connection with the protection of the Communities’ financial interests”. By co-financing comparative studies and other activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the Communities, the Commission hopes to stimulate thought and debate on subjects of particular interest related to its anti-fraud strategy.

Please note that additional information and answers to questions in relation to this Call could be posted on this webpage during the publication stage. Consequently, we encourage you to visit this page regularly.

This call for proposals relates to Chapter 9 of the Financing Decision 2012 for the implementation of the Hercule II Program, "Training, seminars and Conference – Legal Part".

The aim is to provide a financial support to the following activities: 

• The organisation of seminars and conferences;
• Studies in comparative law;
• Dissemination, including the publication, of scientific knowledge concerning the protection of the EU's financial interests;
• Publication and distribution of a scientific periodical on the protection of the European Union's financial interests;
• The organisation of the annual meeting of the Presidents of the Associations for European Criminal Law and for the protection of the EU Financial Interests.

 Applicants may submit only one proposal within this call.

Budget

Indicative budgets envisaged for grant awards:  € 700.000 (divided across the two deadlines)

31 May

1 October

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

This action provides financial support for advanced training and trans-national mobility, for a period of 12 to 24 months (full-time equivalent), for individual projects presented by experienced researchers active in Member States or associated countries in liaison with a host organisation from another Member State or associated country. The research topic will be chosen by the researcher in collaboration with the host, with a view to achieving a diversification of competences and developing his/her career in a European context

Marie Curie International Incoming (IIF)

Incoming Fellowships aim to reinforce the research excellence of the Member States and the associated countries through knowledge sharing with incoming top-class researchers active in a third country to work on research projects in Europe, with the view to developing mutually beneficial research co-operation between Europe and the third country.

Note: third countries are countries which are neither EU Member States nor third countries associated to FP7

Marie Curie Outgoing (IOF) Fellowships

Outgoing Fellowships aim to reinforce the international dimension of the career of European researchers by giving them the opportunity to be trained and acquire new knowledge in a high-level organisation active in research, established in a third country (outgoing phase). Subsequently, these researchers will return with the acquired knowledge and experience to an organisation in a Member State or associated country

Note: third countries are countries which are neither EU Member States nor third countries associated to FP7

Postgraduate Research Grants on European Public Finances - 2012 Edition

The European Court of Auditors  and the European University Institute (Historical Archives of the European Union ), have created a programme of grants for researchers engaged in research on European public finances, in particular their impact on various areas of European society and culture, and on the historical development of the "external control" function in the EU context.

The intention is to award two grants. The programme is open to any type of researcher (e.g. lawyers, economists, historians or public-finance specialists) interested in the EU’s public finances and the impact thereof. 

Objectives 

These grants are intended to enable researchers with an interest in EU public finances to broaden their research by studying the Historical Archives of the European Union to which the Court has entrusted its own historical archives, and the archives of the Audit Board (1958-1977).

Through the programme, the Court wishes to make it easier for researchers to access and consult the collections available at the European University Institute.