
COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level. As a precursor of advanced multidisciplinary research, COST plays a very important role in building a European Research Area (ERA). It anticipates and complements the activities of the EU Framework Programmes, constituting a “bridge” towards the scientific communities of emerging countries. It also increases the mobility of researchers across Europe and fosters the establishment of scientific excellence in the nine key domains: Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences, Food and Agriculture, Forests, their Products and Services, Materials, Physics and Nanosciences, Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies, Earth System Science and Environmental Management, Information and Communication Technologies, Transport and Urban Development, Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health. COST is one of the main sponsors of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate. COST website