Astronet : TOWARDS A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EUROPEAN ASTRONOMY

Based on the census program managers and administrators shall discuss how national astrophysics programs are run and identify formal and legal barriers that may hinder pan-European cooperation. Legal, institutional and organisational aspects need to be well understood in order to be able to develop procedures and rules which are compatible with national systems.

Contact: Franz-Josef Zickgraf

Task 4.2: Establish common evaluation procedures and standards for projects and infrastructures (Task leader: PT-DESY)

In order to be able to carry out coordinated activities on European level, a number of workshops shall be organized to provide ASTRONET participants and other interested agencies in Europe a forum to discuss common evaluation procedures and standards for such activities.

Contact: Franz-Josef Zickgraf

Task 4.3: Test implementation of a coordinated European research programme (Task leader:NWO)

To improve the level of co-operation, the results and tools developed in Tasks 4.1 and 4.2 shall be applied to proceed towards the ultimate goal of ASTRONET, a common European-wide call for proposals in a domain that has been identified to provide a European added value for astrophysics.

Contact: Frank Molster

Coordinated actions Latest Events

Past events :
FIRST ASTRONET JOINT CALL FOR PROPOSALS : This call has been opened on the 1st of February 2008 for research projects aiming at : "Common Tools for Future Large sub-mm Facilities". For more information.

18 September 2007 : Joint call workshop (The Hague, The Netherlands).

July 2007 :
- Report on the status quo of research processing and funding.
- Report on formal, legal and administrative barriers that may hinder European wide cooperation in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
6, 7 February 2007 : Workshop "Towards a ’Toolbox’ for a Joint Call" (Hamburgh).