Astronet
Astronet is a consortium which gather European funding agencies in order to establish a comprehensive long-term planning for the development of European astronomy. The consortium started on September 1, 2005.[1][2]
Participants[]
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique/ (coordinator), France
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research and , Germany
- European Southern Observatory, International
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
- (now ), Spain
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, the Netherlands
- Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
- , Poland
Associates[]
Forum members[]
- ISA, Israel
- Institute of Astronomy of the University of Latvia
- Academy of Finland
- Forskningsrådet for Natur og Univers (FNU), Denmark
Financing[]
ASTRONET is an financed by the European Commission FP6 (under the initiative « Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) »), up to a level of 2.5 M€, out of a total budget of 3.2 M€. The project duration is 4 years.
See also[]
- European Extremely Large Telescope
- European Northern Observatory
- Cherenkov Telescope Array
References[]
- ^ "Astronomie: le programme européen Astronet présente un plan sur 20 ans". Le Point. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ What is Astronet?
Further reading[]
- "Astronomers unveil wish list." Nature.
- (in German) "Himmlische Visionen für das All - Astronomen diskutieren die Großprojekte der." Deutschlandradio Kultur.
- (in Portuguese) "As the stars were born?."[permanent dead link] Expresso.
External links[]
Categories:
- Astronomy institutes and departments
- Science and technology in Europe
- International scientific organizations