ASPERA 2 (project successfully completed)

Full Name
Deepening and broadening of astroparticle physics European coordination

Start Date:
2009-07-01

End Date:
2012-06-30

Duration:
36 months

Grant Agreement No. / Project Reference No.
235489

Project Website
ASPERA 2

Abstract
Astroparticle Physics has become a mature and well accepted science discipline. Demonstrated by many world class projects currently developed and run by European Astroparticle physicists, Europe as a whole is the main promoter and leading the field. As a merit of ASPERA (AStroparticle Physics European Research Area network, http://www.aspera-eu.org ), the ERA-NET in Astroparticle Physics funded in the context of FP6 for 3 years starting in July 2006, the community as well as the supporting funding agencies are becoming more and more organised. In order to allow a deepening and broadening of the successful ERA-NET work started with ASPERA in FP6, the extended consortium here presents a work programme for a second ERA-NET phase (ASPERA-2).

Directly linked to the common action plan developed in ASPERA-1, the goals of ASPERA-2 are:
1. establish joint activities as the preferred way of funding R&D programmes and large projects,
2. establish sustainable procedures of mutual coordination and benchmarking,
3. create a sustainable structure for European Coordination in Astroparticle Physics,
4. extend the network to all European countries with interest in Astroparticle Physics,
5. increase the efforts towards global inter-regional coordination,
6. update the roadmap,
7. increase synergy with environmental sciences,
8. transfer knowledge and technology with SMEs, and
9. continue and extend outreach activities.

DESY Participation
WP1: Overall management of ASPERA-2/PT-DESY: workpackage leader
WP2: Extension of the network and update of the status of Astroparticle Physics
WP3: Knowledge and technology transfer
WP5: European-wide common calls and other common actions

Contact at DESY
Thomas.Berghoefer(at)DESY.de
tel.: +49-40-8998-2537