ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT230100710

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT230100710

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Designing a spectrometer to search for life on extrasolar planets. Finding indicators of life on extrasolar planets is one of the greatest science questions of our time. Astronomers have found rocky, earth-like exoplanets; now we need powerful spectrometers to search for biomarkers in their atmospheres, detecting the faint imprints from molecules associated with life in the colour spectrum of stars. This project will develop the instruments and technologies required to enable spectroscopy with massively multiplexed telescopes. A spectrometer design with large spectral bandwidth and high resolution, optimised for a facility consisting of thousands of small telescopes, and novel optical fibres to link them, will open the door for breakthrough science requiring an entirely new class of telescope.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2023

End Date: 30-06-2027

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $978,631.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical sciences | Astronomical instrumentation | Photonics optoelectronics and optical communications |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Astronomical instrumentation | Astronomical sciences | Expanding Knowledge In the Physical Sciences | Photonics optoelectronics and optical communications | Scientific Instruments

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