Second day of #COSTAcademy Storytelling training was reserved for writing #COSTaction articles and analysing right the target groups. 📝👨‍🔬 We're happy to have spent the two days with this group of Science communication coordinators, keep us updated on your future releases! 🙌

Grant Holder Managers deal with country-based situations when managing #COSTaction grants.💶 That's why we organise forums where GHMs from one country can discuss and share experiences. Today we met at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon with these Portuguese GHMs. Thank you all for joining! 🇵🇹

We are live 📢 with the very first #COSTAcademy online workshop for Grant Awarding Coordinators from the new #COSTactions 👩‍💻. Starting with a presentation on the role by COST. 👇

Continuing with presentations of experienced Grant Awarding coordinators. 🧑‍🔬 Thank you Sergiu Miscoiu (CA19103) and Ana Matić Škorić (CA21131) for sharing your valuable knowledge and experiences with new Grant Awarding Coordinators in the first #COSTAcademy online workshop. 👏😊

This week #COSTAcademy is focusing on giving great interviews on scientific research to the media. 🎥 We’ve spent the first day with #COSTaction Science Communication Coordinators learning how to make the message clear and give an interview in front of the camera. 🧑🏼‍🔬

Today it was the #COSTaction Chairs who got their turn in front of the camera explaining what their COST Action is all about. 🎥🧑‍🔬 20 second statements prepared ✅.. lights, camera and action! 🎬 Well done! 👏 Keep us posted on your future interviews. 👍

Third and final day of #COSTAcademy Media skills trainings for this week. 🎥 We put a second group of brave #COSTaction Chairs in front of the TV camera to explain their research to the general audience. 🧑‍🔬These participants are ready to spread the results of their Action!📢👏

GDPR and processing of personal data are important for researchers. 🧑‍🔬 What are the lawful grounds? The rights of a data subject? What if you transfer data outside of the EEA? These questions and more were answered today in our webinar by Inès Yahyaoui, Legal Officer at COST. 💻

Today we are learning about the EU 🇪🇺, the different institutions and their competences with #COSTaction Chairs. 🧑‍🔬 Who is who in the EU? And how can you get your Action work and results known to the different policymakers? 🤔

Today's #COSTaction Grant Holder Manager seminar 💶 has been full of fruitful discussions, peer learning from each other, sharing of experiences and best practices. Thank you all for joining us! 👏

Today is all about new #COSTaction Chairs! 😊 Discussions on the challenges of managing an Action. Starting with experienced Chair presentations. Thank you Carlos A García-González, Krzysztof Krejtz and Vicky Albert-Seifried for sharing your knowledge with the new Chairs! 👏👍

Lively discussions going on in the afternoon with #COSTaction Chairs on common challenges and solutions on managing the Action network. 🧑‍🔬👥 Thank you all for your engagement and contribution to the peer sharing of ideas! 😊👏

Second day of #COSTAcademy focusing on new #COSTaction Chairs. 🧑‍🔬 Starting with Evelina Colacino, Gordana Rakic and Ana Rotter sharing their insights and experiences on how they have managed their Action network. A big thanks to all three for the valuable tips and advice! 👏😊

Inspiring conversations, sharing ideas and good practices on how to manage the #COSTactions. New Action Chair peer sharing in the breakout sessions. Thank you all for joining today and for your contribution to the success of the Action Chair Forum! 👏🏻

Managing a #COSTaction is a mind-set and an extraordinary opportunity of growth (all around). Together with Ana Rotter and Gordana Rakic at COST Academy we have shared the way we made our Actions successful. Thank you COST and European Commission for supporting our science.

When and how to delegate tasks? How to keep the networks running and get decisions done? Today we've had a fun day with the #COSTaction Chairs discussing and practicing different situations in managing international research networks. 🧑‍🔬👥 Thank you all for joining us today! 😊

#COSTAcademy Grant Holder Forum for French #COSTAction Grant Holders ongoing now at Université de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France. 🇫🇷 Interesting discussions and peer-sharing on common country based issues in managing the Action budget. 👏 Thank you all for spending the interactive day with us.

Today #COSTAcademy is addressing a very timely topic with the Action Chairs. What do the different EU institutions do? What are the EU decision-making processes?🤔🇪🇺 And how and when should the #COSTactions contact the policymakers with their scientific Action results? 🧑‍🔬

Today our auditorium is filled with #COSTaction Grant Holder Managers sharing their experiences on managing the COST Action budget 💶, combined with lively discussions in the breakout groups. Thank you all for joining and contributing to the #COSTAcademy GHM Seminar. 🙌

Yesterday we organised the last training before our summer break 🌞 discussing the challenges of leading an international research network with #COSTaction Chairs. We'll be back again with new trainings in September! See you all then! 👋😊 More info: cost.eu/academy/