The results of the Open Call 2023 of the European Programme COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), that will lead to the establishment of sixty (60) new COST Actions, have just been announced. Cyprus participates in twenty four (24) of the 60 new COST Actions, that are presented in the relevant booklet available through the following link. In the coming weeks, the appointment process of the thirty-four (34) researchers from Cyprus that participated in the proposers’ teams in these successful COST Actions, will proceed, so that their participation can start. Subsequently, other researchers interested to participate in the new COST Actions, will be able to apply, after mid-June 2024 when the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) of the 60 new COST Actions will be available. To be appointed as Management Committee member on behalf of Cyprus, researchers need to submit a relevant application to the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) that acts as the COST National Coordinator. Researchers who are employed in the public or private sector in Cyprus and who are active in research in topics relevant to the Action of their interest, are eligible to participate. Below, there is a list of the new COST Actions with no representation of Cyprus and all interested researchers are invited to study the scope and activities of the Action through its MoU that will be available on COST’s website, the booklet of new Actions, as well as the criteria and the national participation rules and submit an application to the RIF through the IRIS platform after mid-June 2024. New COST Actions without Cyprus’ representation

Code	COST Action title
CA23101	Building Opportunities for Participation and Accessibility through lifelong community Mobility
CA23105	Language Plurality in Europe’s Changing Media Sphere
CA23109	Fatigue Benchmark Repository
CA23113	Climate change impacts on mental health in Europe
CA23116	Open Palaeoecological Data – analysing the past building foresight
CA23118	Futures-oriented Governance of Outer Space: Towards Peace, Equity, and Environmental Integrity
CA23119	SENESCENCE2030: Targeting Cell Senescence to Prevent Age- Related Diseases
CA23120	Religious Identity, Bullying and Wellbeing at School: A Transnational Collaboration
CA23121	Genetic Nature Observation and Action
CA23123	Non-chemical weed management in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs)
CA23125	The Metamaterial Formalism approach to recognize cancer
CA23126	AlertHub: Warning Communication Knowledge Network
CA23127	Group on Insect Nutrition: To Open Nutritional Innovative Challenges
CA23128	Connecting Landscape Architecture Archives to enhance European landscape practice, research and education
CA23129	Peace Research Community Europe
CA23130	Bridging high and low energies in search of quantum gravity
CA23131	ISO compatible, efficient and reproducible protocols/equipment for micro-nanoPlastic detection through machine-learning
CA23133	Large-scale Interdisciplinary Alliance on Nature-based Solutions  and Health: Indicators, Inequality and Innovation
CA23135	Bringing Digital Data and Reality Together – Augmented Reality in Forestry
CA23136	Magnetism and chirality: twisting spins, light, and lattices for faster than-ever spintronics
CA23137	Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe 1500–1800
CA23139	Network for Indoor Air Cleaning
CA23140	Boost and secure ATMP for BURN patient
CA23142	Developing Knowledge involved in diagnosis and control of human diseases related to Pneumocystis
CA23144	Europe’s Representations of India: Texts, Images, and Encounters
CA23146	European vascular liver diseases network
CA23147	Global Network on Large-Scale, Cross-domain and Multilingual Open Knowledge Graphs
CA23148	European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry
CA23149	Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries
CA23150	pan-European Bio-Geodynamics network
CA23152	Building Consensus on Biofilm Regulatory Decision Making
CA23154	Environmental impact of anthelmintics in livestock and alternatives to minimize their use
CA23155	A pan-European network of Ocean Tribology
CA23156	European Network for Sigma-1 Receptor as a Therapeutic Opportunity
CA23157	European Network for Multiple View Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
CA23159	Decarbonising Waterborne Transportation

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) aims to create networking and cooperation opportunities for researchers, in order to strengthen Europe’s ability to face scientific, technological and social challenges. In particular, COST finances the coordination and management of networks, known as COST Actions, which are collaboration networks of researchers from different countries, who implement research work on a similar subject. On 18 June 2024, 11:00-13:00, RIF will organize an online webinar to inform Cyprus’ community on the networking opportunities offered by COST and how interested researchers can join COST Actions or/and submit proposals for new COST Actions. To register follow this link. For more information, contact the responsible Scientific Officer of RIF, Ms Katerina Karakasidou (kkarakasidou@research.org.cy, 22205036).