RADIONET-FP7 – Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe

The main objectives are to provide European astronomers access to world-class radio astronomy facilities, embark on a research and development plan that will further enhance and improve these facilities, and nurture  a growing community of radio astronomers and engineers, so that it can fully exploit the upgraded and next generation radio facilities that will become available over the next few years.  

Details

Status:

  • active

Research Focus:

Project Coordination:

Astron – the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy

Partners:

Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique Societe Civile, France
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Italy
Joint Institute For V.L.B.I. In Europe (J.I.V.E.), Netherlands
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola AB, Sweden
Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Poland
Science And Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
Stichting Sron Netherlands Institute For Space Research, Netherlands
Observatoire de Paris, France
Universität zu Köln, Germany
Fundacion General De La Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea
Universita Degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
The Chancellor Masters And Scholars of The University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Chancellor, Masters And Scholars Of The University Of Oxford, United Kingdom
Universite Bordeaux I, France
Ventspils Augstskola, Latvia
Associated Universities, Inc. / National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States
Universite D’orleans, France
Aalto Korkeakoulusaatio SR, Finland
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory – Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China
Stichting International Lofar Telescope, Netherlands

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), South Africa

Funding Agency:

European Union (EU)

Duration:

01/01/2009
– 30/06/2012

Budget:

9999997 EUR

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