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Project

AHEAD

Title Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain
Grant Agreement Number 654215
Funding Programmes H2020
Budget Total: €5,085,247.00, EC Contribution: €4,982,477.00
Dates 01/09/2015 - 28/02/2019
Project URL http://ahead.iaps.inaf.it/
Scientific Domain Physical Sciences and Engineering
Type Of Project RIA
Abstract We propose a set of integrated Activities in the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD) in response to the INFRAIA-2014-2015 call Research Infrastructures for High EnergyAstrophysics. The overall objective of AHEAD is to integrate national efforts in high-energy Astrophysics and to promote the domain at the European level, to keep its community at the cutting edge of science and technology in this competitive research area and ensure that space observatories for high-energy astrophysics are at the state of the art. AHEAD will integrate key research infrastructures for on-ground test and calibration of space-based sensors and electronics and promote their coordinated use. In parallel, the best facilities for data analysis of high-energy astrophysical observatories will be made available to the European community. The technological development will focus on the improvement of selected critical technologies, background modeling, cross calibration, and feasibility studies of space-based instrumentation for the benefit of future X-ray and gamma-ray missions, and the best exploitation of existing observatories. AHEAD will support the community via grants for collaborative studies, dissemination of results, and promotion of workshops. A strong public outreach package will ensure that the domain is well publicized at national, European and International level. The virtual circle infrastructure - networking - joint research activities, as devised in AHEAD, serves to establish strong connections between institutes and industry to create the basis for a more rapid advancement of high-energy astrophysical science, space-oriented instrumentation and cutting-edge sensor technology in Europe. This enables the development of new technologies and the associated growth of the European technology market, - with a dedicated technology innovation package - as well as the creation of a new generation of researchers.
Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA, Italy, (€1,340,434.00)
Partners
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		LABORATORIO DE INSTRUMENTACAO E FISICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTICULAS, Portugal, (€61,225.00)
NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS, Greece, (€164,989.00)
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, (€12,475.00)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO, Italy, (€99,975.00)
STICHTING SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH, Netherlands, (€499,839.00)
UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE, Switzerland, (€0.00)
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, Belgium, (€112,059.00)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA, Italy, (€45,059.00)
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN, Germany, (€50,000.00)
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, United Kingdom, (€510,356.00)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, Italy, (€163,725.00)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA, Italy, (€121,460.00)
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain, (€162,510.00)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Ireland, (€12,475.00)
CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE, Czech Republic, (€121,100.00)
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom, (€50,266.00)
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Finland, (€102,475.00)
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, Spain, (€240,125.00)
CENTRUM ASTRONOMICZNE IM. MIKOLAJA KOPERNIKA POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, Poland, (€27,475.00)
TARTU OBSERVATORY - ESTONIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Estonia, (€42,475.00)
THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA SPA, Italy, (€259,053.00)