Loading grant details…
New science in Radio Astronomy: applying cutting-edge technology to enhance the entire data chain, from receiver to final output.
| Funder | European Commission |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry As A European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Jiv-Eric) |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start Date | Mar 01, 2023 |
| End Date | Feb 28, 2027 |
| Duration | 1,460 days |
| Number of Grantees | 34 |
| Roles | Coordinator; Participant; Associated Partner; Third Party |
| Data Source | European Commission |
| Grant ID | 101093934 |
Grant Description
The goal of the RADIOBLOCKS project is to achieve a maximal boost for the European major world-leading research infrastructures in radio astronomy, which over the years have invested heavily in maintaining existing facilities as well as in substantial upgrade programmes, after identifying common challenges towards their mid- and long-term scientific visions.
In this project, the institutes responsible of these facilities join forces, together with partners from industry and academia, in order to develop “common building blocks” for technological solutions beyond state-of-the-art, that will enable a broad range of new science and enhance European scientific competitiveness.
They share the need to continuously improve their capabilities in order to enable new science: sensitivity, field of view, bandwidth, angular, time and frequency resolution, commensality and on-sky time, reaction time and RFI mitigation.
Engagement with industry to co-develop advanced technologies will increase the partners’ technological levels and strengthen their market positions, creating a true European innovation system.
This project carries out carefully targeted development work and addresses common aspects in the complete data chain, categorizing this in four phases: Novel detectors and components, digital receivers, transport and correlator, and data (post)processing.
We will design and demonstrate common building blocks based on cutting-edge technologies, that will be enablers and extenders in the areas most critical to the RIs, and can and will be used for upgrades of several RIs.
The building blocks will be new instrument components and advanced digital solutions based on newly available (HPC/AI optimized) hardware.
This approach will enable a tremendous increase of the science delivery potential of Europe’s major radio astronomical observatories, for science cases that are high on their long-term agendas, aimed at the widest possible science community in Europe and beyond.
All Grantees
Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry As A European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Jiv-Eric); Sioux Technologies Bv; Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique Societe Civile; Universiteit Leiden; The University of Manchester; Ventspils Augstskola; Stichting Radboud Universiteit; Tti Norte Sl; Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev; European Southern Observatory - Eso European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas; Alma Project, Naoj; The Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica; Universitat Zu Koln; United Kingdom Research and Innovation; Universite de Bordeaux; University of Pretoria; Syddansk Universitet; Stichting International Lofar Telescope; Lytid; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen; The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford; Haute Ecole Specialisee de Suisse Occidentale; Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev; Centro Nacional de Informacion Geografica; Observatoire de Paris; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS; Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten; Technische Universiteit Delft; Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Ab; Ruag Schweiz Ag
Interested in applying for this grant?
Complete our application form to express your interest and we'll guide you through the process.
Apply for This GrantQuick Summary
Related Grants
