Projects
PrepSKA
project name: A Preparatory phase proposal for the Square Kilometre Array
initiating country: The European Union
Framework Programme: FP7 programme area: Capacities contract type: CP-CSA – Collaborative Project (CSA)
contract/proposal/call number: 212243
status: active
start date: April 2008 duration: 36 months projected finish date: April 2011
Project Budget
total budget: € 14,256,562
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level. Further details about the partners in this project can be found at the website listed below.
| name | organisation | state or country |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Brian Boyle | CSIRO | NSW, Australia |
| Ms Sara Cowan | DIISR | ACT, Australia |
| Prof Keith Mason | STFC | United Kingdom |
Further information
WWW: www.skatelescope.org
summary:
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be one of the largest scientific projects ever undertaken. It is a machine designed to answer some of the big questions of our time: what is Dark Energy? Was Einstein right about gravity? What is the nature of dark matter? Can we detect gravitational waves? When and how did the first stars and galaxies form? What was the origin of cosmic magnetism? How do Earth-like planets form? Is there life, intelligent or otherwise, elsewhere in the Universe?
There are several issues that need to be addressed before construction of the SKA can begin: What is the design for the SKA? Where will it be located? What is the legal framework and governance structure under which it will operate? What is the most cost-effective mechanism for the procurement of the various components? How will the SKA be funded?
The purpose of this project is to address all of these points. PrepSKA will integrate the R&D work from around the globe in order to develop the fully-costed design for Phase 1 of the SKA, and a deployment plan for the full instrument. With active collaboration between funding agencies and scientists, all of the options for the policy-related questions will be investigated. The principal deliverable will be an implementation plan that will form the basis of a funding proposal to governments to start the construction of the SKA.
Source: Cordis
Participants
DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE AND RESEARCH DIISR AUSTRALIA
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN NETHERLANDS
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION AUSTRALIA
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS FRANCE
STICHTING ASTRONOMISCH ONDERZOEK IN NEDERLAND (ASTRON) NETHERLANDS
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY CANADA
UNIVERSITE D’ORLEANS FRANCE
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA - HERZBERG INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS CANADA
JOINT INSTITUTE FOR V.L.B.I. IN EUROPE (J.I.V.E.) NETHERLANDS
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICA
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA ITALY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY UNITED STATES
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) FRANCE
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UNITED KINGDOM
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK NETHERLANDS
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE UNITED KINGDOM
MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. GERMANY
INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES PORTUGAL
Consortia and institutes:
> Argentina : Marcelo Arnal
> Australia : Michelle Storey
> Brazil: Jacques Lepine
> Canada : Sean Dougherty
> China : Peng Bo
> Europe : Thijs van der Hulst
> India : Yashwant Gupta
> New Zealand: Sergei Gulyaev
> South Africa : Justin Jonas
> USA : Jim Cordes
Source: http://www.skatelescope.org/pages/page_industrial.htm
