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COST Action CA15203 (2016-2021): MitoEAGLE
Evolution-Age-Gender-Lifestyle-Environment: mitochondrial fitness mapping

Join the COST Action CA15203 MITOEAGLE

Open: join our COST Action CA15203

Researchers from any COST Member Country or Cooperating State can join the Action to create a large-scale network of researchers and linked stakeholders. Also Near Neighbour Countries and International Partner Countries can participate on a case-to-case basis. If you are interested in joining this Action, please contact the 'Main Proposer', Erich Gnaiger.

Management Committee nominations

MC Members should be two delegates for each country from different institutions (different institutes from the same university are possible), which is common practice in COST, particularly in countries with widespread participation. In addition, three MC Substitutes should be nominated.
If you are interested in being part of the Management Committee (MC), please contact the 'Main Proposer', Erich Gnaiger [email protected], with a very brief outline of your active role in the Action: choice of working group(s). We will need a balance of MC members in the Working Groups and management tasks, so that all WGs are represented well in the course of the Action.
Your feedback is summarized in the respective Working Groups or in your personal page.
Proposers and other Researchers: please contact your COST National Coordinator (CNC). On the list of CNCs (http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/who/%28type%29/3), select your country under "Display by country representative". Even if you are listed in the Network of Proposers, you will have to contact your COST National Coordinator (CNC) who is responsible for the nominations to the Management Committee (MC).
The Scientific Committee suggested that the proposed Action must develop and implement specific plans to increase the involvement of Early Career Investigators and for maintaining and monitoring gender balance. Please, ask your COST National Coordinator (CNC) to take this comment into consideration when nominating the MC. See also: Circular - MITOEAGLE Management Committee nominations, 2016-03-21.

» http://www.cost.eu/participate/join_action

National contacts for the COST Action MITOEAGLE

We suggest that "national contacts for the COST Action MITOEAGLE" may take the lead to coordinate the national teams for MC nominations, to achieve an optimum balance.

Suggested national contacts in the phase towards the 1st MC meeting

Austria: Gnaiger Erich, Plattner Christina
Germany: Klaus Susanne, Renner-Sattler Kathrin
Republic of Serbia: Krako Nina
Spain: Garcia-Roves Pablo M
Switzerland: Gorr Thomas A

Please let us know further suggestions.

COST Member Countries or Cooperating State

For Researchers affiliated to institutions located in one of the COST Member Countries or Cooperating State and want to join the Action

» COST member states

If the country has not yet accepted the Action's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): The Grant Holder must advise the Researcher to contact their COST National Coordinator (CNC) who can launch the formal procedure to join the relevant Action. Once the procedure has been concluded, the CNC can officially nominate their national representatives onto the Management Committee. It is also recommended that the Action Chair is advised of the Researcher’s interest and intent.
If the country has already accepted the Action's MoU but has not yet nominated 2 representatives: The Grant Holder must advise the Researcher to contact their COST National Coordinator (CNC) who is empowered to officially nominate the Researcher as a representative for their respective COST Member Country. It is also recommended that the Action Chair is informed by the interested Researcher of their interest in joining the Action.
If the participating country has already nominated 2 representatives: The Grant Holder must advise the Researchers to contact the Action Chair to discuss their participation in a Working Group (WG) meeting and/or the possibility of becoming a Management Committee (MC) Substitute member. If the Researcher is to join the Action as an MC substitute, then they must contact their COST National Coordinator (CNC) who is empowered to officially nominate them as MC Substitute.

Near Neighbour Countries (NNC)

For Researchers Affiliated to institutions located in Near Neighbour Countries (NNC) and want to join the Action

» Near Neighbor Countries

Researchers affiliated to institutions located in Near Neighbour Countries (NNC) can participate in a COST Action on the basis of agreed mutual benefit. When a researcher located in an institution based in a NNC is named as a COST Action Participant in the initial proposal, then their participation is formally approved by de-facto but they can only assume MC Observer status once the Management Committee (MC) has formal approved their participation in the Action. When a researcher from a NNC is not in the initial proposal but wants to join the Action, it is still possible for them to become an Action Participant (also as an MC Observer) but their participation requires approval by both the MC and COST.

International Partner Countries (IPC)

For Researchers affiliated to institutions located in International Partner Countries (IPC) countries and want to join the Action:

» International Partner Countries

Researchers from institutions based in International Partner Countries (IPC) can participate in COST Actions on the basis of agreed mutual benefit. As a starting point, it is recommended that the interested Researcher informs the Action Chair of their interest in joining the Action. The Action Chair can then initiate the IPC application procedure and must consult the Action Science Officer for advice on how to proceed as both MC Approval and COST approval is required.
When an Institution has been formally approved onto the Action, then Researchers from that institution are not eligible to be reimbursed for their attendance at COST meetings but are eligible to be reimbursed, once throughout the lifetime of the Action, for their attendance as a Trainer at an approved Training School.
Prior to their institution being formally approved onto the Action, the Researcher can be invited as an invited speaker and is eligible to be reimbursed for their attendance once throughout the lifetime of the Action.

European Commission, EU Agencies, European RTD Organisations and International Organisations

For Researchers who work or are affiliated to the European Commission, EU Agencies, European RTD Organisations and International Organisations:

Researchers who work or are affiliated to the European Commission and EU Agencies, European RTD Organisations and International Organisations can be named as Action Participants in the initial proposal, thus their participation is approved by defacto once the proposal is approved by the CSO. Once the Action has started, their participation also requires formal approval by the Management Committee (MC).
Action Participants from the EC, EU Agencies and International Organisations are not eligible for reimbursement unless there are special provisions enacted by the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO).
Researchers from European RTD Organisations are eligible to be reimbursed for specific activities in line with the eligibility criteria detailed in Section 3,4,5 and 7 of the COST H2020 Vademecum. The category: European RTD Organisations is comprised of the following 8 entities: CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research, EFDA JET - European Fusion Development Agreement, EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ESA - European Space Agency, ESO - European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, European XFEL - European XFEL Free-Electron Laser Facility, ILL - Institut Laue-Langevin.