Staff and students in nursery, primary, secondary, special schools, sixth form and further education colleges are eligible to apply.

Most European countries are eligible to apply (not restricted to European Union – most Central and Eastern European countries are members). COST currently has 35 member countries. COST also welcomes the participation of a number of institutions from non-member countries. See http://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=9 for full list of eligible participants.

Higher education institutions holding an Erasmus University Charter (see http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/erasmus/charter_en.html). Eligible countries are the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. Proposals are accepted from partnerships consisting of a minimum of three different countries, including one partner organisation established in an EU Member State.

European higher education institutions from the 27 European Union Member States and the EEA/EFTA States.

Any company, university, research centre, organisation or individual, legally established in any country, may participate in a collaborative project (known as an indirect action) provided that the minimum conditions laid down in the Rules for Participation in FP7 have been met, including any additional conditions laid down by specific programmes or individual work programmes. See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/who_en.html#provisions for further details.