Astronet

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.

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 ), Spain
 * NOTSA
 * Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, the Netherlands
 * Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
 * NCBiR, Poland

Associates

 * ESA, International
 * MPG and DFG, Germany
 * LAS, Lithuania
 * SRC, Sweden
 * GNCA, Greece
 * HAS, Hungary
 * ESF, Estonia
 * SER, Switzerland
 * FWF, Austria
 * AI SAS, Slovak Republic
 * CAS, Czech Republic
 * ROSA, Romania
 * NASU, Ukraine
 * ARIS, Slovenia

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.