KPIs

Realized vs. target — current status of the 11 Key Performance Indicators tracked throughout the COSA project lifecycle.

The COSA project tracks 11 Key Performance Indicators agreed with the funding authority. Values shown below reflect the cumulated results to 31 March 2026 (Periodic Report #11) vs. the targets set in the project proposal for the full 36-month period.

30
Publications (target 24)
6
Q1 papers (target 6)
20
Researchers (target 14)
15
Postdocs & PhDs (target 9)

Scientific Impact
Publications, citations, intellectual property generated within the project.

K2
3024

Total publications

✓ Exceeded (125%)
K3
2418

Articles at international conferences

✓ Exceeded (133%)
K4
66

Articles in top 25% (Q1) cited publications

✓ Target met
K9
01

Patents submitted

🟡 In progress

Team & Human Resources
The people behind the project — diversity, expertise and capacity.

K1
22

Foreign researchers involved

✓ Target met
K5
2014

Researchers involved in the project

✓ Exceeded (143%)
K10
84

Postdocs in the research team

✓ Exceeded (200%)
K11
75

PhD students in the research team

✓ Exceeded (140%)
K6
4.435.63

Researchers in Romanian research organisations (FTE)

🟡 79% of target

Project Development & Pipeline
Follow-up project pipeline and exploitation indicators.

K7
33

Projects submitted by Romanian organisations to Horizon Europe (above funding threshold)

✓ Target met
K8
43

Projects submitted in national R&D&I programmes

✓ Exceeded (133%)
Note. Values shown are cumulated to 31 March 2026 (end of Periodic Project Report #11). Cards marked ✓ Exceeded are those where current project output already surpasses the planned target ahead of the project end (June 2026). For up-to-date publication counts see the Publications page.