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Project

ASTERICS

Title Astronomy ESFRI and Research Infrastructure Cluster
Grant Agreement Number 653477
Funding Programmes H2020
Budget Total: €14,991,194.00, EC Contribution: €14,991,194.00
Dates 01/05/2015 - 30/04/2019
Project URL https://www.asterics2020.eu
Scientific Domain Physical Sciences and Engineering
Type Of Project RIA
Abstract ASTERICS (Astronomy ESFRI & Research Infrastructure Cluster) aims to address the cross-cutting synergies and common challenges shared by the various Astronomy ESFRI facilities (SKA, CTA, KM3Net & E-ELT). It brings together for the first time, the astronomy, astrophysics and particle astrophysics communities, in addition to other related research infrastructures. The major objectives of ASTERICS are to support and accelerate the implementation of the ESFRI telescopes, to enhance their performance beyond the current state-of-the-art, and to see them interoperate as an integrated, multi-wavelength and multi-messenger facility. An important focal point is the management, processing and scientific exploitation of the huge datasets the ESFRI facilities will generate. ASTERICS will seek solutions to these problems outside of the traditional channels by directly engaging and collaborating with industry and specialised SMEs. The various ESFRI pathfinders and precursors will present the perfect proving ground for new methodologies and prototype systems. In addition, ASTERICS will enable astronomers from across the member states to have broad access to the reduced data products of the ESFRI telescopes via a seamless interface to the Virtual Observatory framework. This will massively increase the scientific impact of the telescopes, and greatly encourage use (and re-use) of the data in new and novel ways, typically not foreseen in the original proposals. By demonstrating cross-facility synchronicity, and by harmonising various policy aspects, ASTERICS will realise a distributed and interoperable approach that ushers in a new multi-messenger era for astronomy. Through an active dissemination programme, including direct engagement with all relevant stakeholders, and via the development of citizen scientist mass participation experiments, ASTERICS has the ambition to be a flagship for the scientific, industrial and societal impact ESFRI projects can deliver.
Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		STICHTING ASTRON, NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY, Netherlands, (€2,645,455.00)
Partners
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, (€158,615.00)
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG, Germany, (€629,000.00)
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, Spain, (€704,000.00)
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, United Kingdom, (€629,000.00)
INSTITUTO DE FISICA DE ALTAS ENERGIAS, Spain, (€167,500.00)
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom, (€385,136.50)
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, Spain, (€167,500.00)
SURFnet bv, Netherlands, (€82,400.00)
VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG, Netherlands, (€269,850.00)
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG, Germany, (€326,250.00)
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, Spain, (€191,100.00)
INSTITUT D'ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA FUNDACION, Spain, (€194,900.00)