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UKIRT Opticon Support
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Trans-National
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European Community Funding
A wide range of European operated
telescopes at different locations, including the United Kingdom
Infrared Telescope (UKIRT), are offering observing time
to external users through the OPTICON1 Trans-national Access
Programme. This project is supported by the European Commission under
the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
User groups from EU
Member States and Associated States2, meeting EC criteria of
eligibility3, who are awarded observing time under this
Access Programme
via the standard peer-review selection process, will receive free
access to the telescope/s concerned, as well as scientific and
technical support to carry out the observations. EC funds are also
available to cover travel, accommodation and subsistence costs
Eligible users will be
notified before the observing run is scheduled about this funding
opportunity. Applications from new users, young researchers and users
from countries with no similar research infrastructures are strongly
encouraged.
The OPTICON
Trans-national Access Programme encompasses a total of 20 European
telescopes at a wide range of locations. Usual deadlines and
application procedures for each telescope apply and can usually be
downloaded from their web-pages.
Further information
about this EC programme, criteria of eligibility, the full list of
participating telescopes and deadlines, is available at the following
address:
http://www.ing.iac.es/opticon/.
Notes:
1. OPTICON: the Optical Infrared
Coordination Network ( http://www.ing.iac.es/opticon/)
is a major international project funded by the
European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
2. For the purpose of this EC
Programme (last updated - March 2009):
- EU Member
States are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Romania.
- Associated
States are: Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Switzerland and
Turkey. Potential participants should confirm the exact situation of
all these countries at the FP6 International Co-operation website.
3. Criteria
for eligibility (as of March 2009)
- both the user group leader and the majority of the users must
come from Member States or Associated States;
- both the user group leader and the majority of the users must
come from a country other than the country(ies) where the legal
entity(ies) operating the infrastructure is(are) established
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