Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775602

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE0775602

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A ground station for the NANTEN2 sub-millimetre wave telescope. Australia has a tradition of excellence in astronomy. Inspired by our natural wonder about the cosmos, it helps stimulate public interest in science, so leading to the training of highly skilled graduates. This in turn drives development of technologies needed to pursue the science. The nation has invested in technology for millimetre-wave astronomy, building the first interferometer in our hemisphere. We aim to capitalise on this investment, leveraging it to access a frontline facility under construction on the Atacama plateau in Chile. This will help nurture a vigorous radio-science community, one able to actively participate in the billion-dollar investment being made by the international community in astronomical facilities there.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2007

End Date: 31-03-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $100,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Higher education | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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