Astronet is a consortium which gather European funding agencies in order to establish a comprehensive long-term planning for the development of European astronomy. The consortium started on September 1, 2005.[1][2]
Participants
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Institut national des sciences de l'univers (coordinator), France
 - Federal Ministry of Education and Research and PT-DESY, Germany
 - European Southern Observatory, International
 - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
 - MCINN (now MINECO), Spain
 - NOTSA
 - Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, the Netherlands
 - Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
 - NCBiR, Poland
 
Associates
Forum members
- ISA, Israel
 - Institute of Astronomy of the University of Latvia
 - Academy of Finland
 - Forskningsrådet for Natur og Univers (FNU), Denmark
 
Financing
ASTRONET is an ERA-Net financed by the European Commission FP6 (under the initiative « Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) »), up to a level of 2.5 M€, out of a total budget of 3.2 M€. The project duration is 4 years.
See also
References
- ↑ "Astronomie: le programme européen Astronet présente un plan sur 20 ans". Le Point. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
 - ↑ What is Astronet?
 
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