COST SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION REFORM PROPOSALS
May 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL EUROPE'S oldest international research organisation is about to undergo a major organisation to streamline its decision-making processes, enabling a prioritisation of its study topics. The COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) institution will from June 1 slash the number of its ruling subject 'domain committees' from 15 to nine, and institute 75% majority voting, where these institutions cannot form a consensus. COST chooses subjects for collaborative research efforts, involving European and non-European ...
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