The COST Academy is organising an additional training to support the Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) in your Actions on 2-3 September 2025 (lunch to lunch). It will be organised face-to-face at the COST Association Office (Avenue du Boulevard – Bolwerklaan 21, Brussels, Belgium). The aim of the training is to offer the young researchers additional support in their participation in COST Actions and to support their career development. The training will consist of peer-sharing of experiences from young researchers participating in different COST Actions on how being part of the network has supported their career development and an external training on how the young researchers can identify their skills and best use them to align them well with their career development goals.
Please note: The interactive group training is organised for Young Researchers and Innovators (under 40 years) in COST Actions. Please feel free to forward the information and links below to one young researcher (under 40 years) in your Action, who would benefit from participating in it. Due to limited places available, the participation is limited to one participant per Action. The registrations will close once the training is full. In that case, please send an email to costacademy@cost.eu to be added to the waiting list for the event.
COST Academy – Young researcher training on 2-3 September 2025 (Lunch to lunch)
Monday 2 September 2025 (14:00-17:00)
COST Actions supporting the career development of Young researchers
- Presentations of experiences on the impact of COST Actions by young researchers involved in different Actions
- Discussion and Q&A
Tuesday 3 September 2025 (9:30-13:00)
Personal Mastery Lab
External hands-on training organised for the young researchers in COST Actions that highlights an exploratory approach to developing personal skills and self-knowledge.
The training will develop the core of strong personal development: self-awareness, clarity, and values-based decision-making and help you grow into your authentic self, boosting trust, engagement, and performance.
- Registration link: COST Academy – Young researcher training – COST
- Password: YRI2025
The training is free of charge and the COST Association will reimburse the travel costs for the invited participants according to the Annotated rules.
Please do not make any travel arrangements before receiving an official invitation in e-COST. It will be sent to the accepted participants in their e-COST account latest a month before the training.
Learn more about COST Academy at: COST Academy | Training for researchers