Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0347237

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE0347237

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership. The International Gemini Partnership is an intergovernmental consortium formed to construct and operate two 8-metre optical/infrared telescopes, one in Chile and the other in Hawaii. Australia joined the IGP in May 1998, taking approximately 5% of the partnership. The Gemini telescopes have been carefully engineered to exploit the superb atmospheric conditions at both sites, allowing users to address key astronomical problems in ways not previously possible. Through membership of Gemini, Australian astronomers have access to the world-class facilities necessary to maintain their high international profile and the great public visibility in Galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and also to enhance the national capacity to construct advanced scientific instrumentation. Australia is currently building one of the instruments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $1,855,121.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Instruments And Techniques |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Instruments And Techniques | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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