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02-07-2014
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12 Meuro for Netherlands contribution to design of the Square Kilometre Array

Submitter: Michiel van Haarlem/Truus van den Brink-Havinga
Description: The NL-SKA Consortium, consisting of ASTRON and the Universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden and Nijmegen, has been awarded 12 Meuro for their participation in the pre-construction phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The announcement of funding from the second call of the Netherlands Roadmap for Large-Scale Research Facilities was made at an event in Leiden by Mr Sander Dekker, the Junior Minister for Education, Culture and Science, and Prof Jos Engelen, chair of the Governing Board of Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, is leading the international consortia responsible for the design of the Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA) and the Mid Frequency Aperture Array (MFAA). The Roadmap funding will also be used to develop the software and hardware required to process the vast amounts of data that will come from the telescope. JIVE is an associate member of the NL-SKA consortium and will also participate. Astronomers from the NL Universities, collaborating in the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) and ASTRON will be closely involved in these activities, in particular to ensure that the telescope is ready to address the most urgent topics to be studied by Dutch astronomers.

The photograph shows the Minister and the NWO Chair with the five lead investigators of the proposal: (from left to right) Sander Dekker, Michiel van Haarlem (ASTRON), Ralph Wijers (Amsterdam), Heino Falcke (Nijmegen), Leon Koopmans (Groningen) Huub Rottgering (Leiden) and Jos Engelen.
Copyright: NL SKA Office
 
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