COST action Conference Grants is a new activity that started in 2017. It is aimed at supporting PhD students and ECI researchers from Participating ITC to attend international science and technology related conferences not specifically organized by the COST Action.
Conference grants are exclusively reserved for PhD students and Early Career Investigator (within 8 years of PhD defense) (ECI), with a primary affiliation in an institution located in an Inclusiveness TARGET COUNTRIES The current list of the target countries can be found here:
https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/cost-strategy/excellence-and-inclusiveness/
For further information please refer to COST Vademecum (http://www.cost.eu/download/COSTVademecum)