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.
Participants
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Institut national des sciences de l'univers (coordinator), France
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research and PT-DESY, Germany
- European Southern Observatory, International
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
- MCINN (now MINECO [es]), Spain
- NOTSA
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, the Netherlands
- Science and Technology Facilities Council, 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
- ARIS, Slovenia
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 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.
See also
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?." Expresso.
External links
- Official website
- (in German) "Mathematician with ASTRONET successful - New methods for calculation of trajectories in space."