Astronet

Starting September 2005, 1st, Astronet is a consortium which gather European funding agencies in order to «establish a comprehensive long-term planning for the development of European astronomy»^[1]

Participants

• CNRS/INSU (coordinator), France,
• BMBF and PT-DESY, Germany,
• ESO, International,
• INAF, Italy,
• MCINN, Spain,
• NOTSA,
• NWO, the Netherlands,
• STFC, United Kingdom,
• NCBiR, Poland.

Associates

• ESA, International,
• MPG and DFG, Germany,
• LAS, Lithuania,
• SRC, Sweden,
• GNCA,Greece,
• HAS, Hungary,
• ESF, Estonia,
• SER, Switzerland,
• FWF, Austria,
• AI SAS, Slovak Republic,
• CAS, Czech Republic,
• ROSA, Romania,
• NASU, Ukraine,
• ARRS, Slovenia.

Forum members

• ISA, Israel,
• Institute of Astronomy of the University of Latvia,
• Academy of Finland,
• FNU, Denmark.

Financing

ASTRONET is an ERA-Net 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.

References

1. ^ What is Astronet?

See also

• European Extremely Large Telescope
• European Northern Observatory
• Cherenkov Telescope Array

External links

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