# Money for researchers to build European research networks

_Sempre aperto · Status as of Wednesday 21 October 2026, 06:28 (German time)_

## In brief
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company, university or research body.
- The call does not state a maximum amount per project.
- The call does not state the deadline yet.

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- **Who can apply:** Company, University or research body
- **Area:** European Union
- **Instrument:** Grant
- **Total budget:** not stated in the call
- **Maximum grant:** not stated in the call
- **Funding rate:** not stated in the call
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** not stated in the call
- **Opens:** not stated in the call
- **Closes:** not stated in the call
- **Procedure:** Always open
- **How to submit:** online form
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 2/5
- **Chances:** High

## It suits you if…
- You work at a university or research body and want to link up with colleagues abroad.
- Your company does research and wants to join a European network of researchers.
- Your research is already funded nationally and needs money for coordination.
- Your topic serves only peaceful purposes.

## It is not for you if…
- You need money for the research work itself: the call pays coordination costs only.
- Your activity involves Russian institutions: those payments are stopped.
- You cannot find researchers from enough other COST countries to form a network.

## What you need
- Contact the national COST coordinator before you prepare anything.
- A list of researchers from the required number of COST member countries, including COST-inclusive ones.
- A topic description showing that the work serves only peaceful purposes.
- A plan of the coordination activities: meetings, short stays, training schools, publications.

## How to apply
1. Write to the national COST coordination at DLR and describe your idea.
2. Build a group of researchers from the required COST countries.
3. Plan which coordination activities you need: meetings, short stays, training schools, publications.
4. Submit the application through the online form named in the call.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.foerderdatenbank.de/FDB/Content/DE/Foerderprogramm/EU/cost-europaeische-zusammenarbeit.html

> This card explains the call in plain language and does not replace it. The official text prevails. We recheck the sources automatically every day, but dates and rules can change: check the funder's website before you apply. We are not the body that manages the call.
> Text generated with artificial intelligence from the official text and checked automatically by a second AI system. The official call prevails, rechecked on Tuesday 20 October 2026.

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