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

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
  • 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.

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See also

References
  1. "Astronomie: le programme européen Astronet présente un plan sur 20 ans". Le Point. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. What is Astronet?

Further reading
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