Announcement
Winners of the 2021 Joint Committee ESO–Government of Chile funds announced
19 November 2021
As part of its long-standing cooperation agreement with Chile, ESO provides and manages an annual fund that awards projects dedicated to the development of scientific, technological and educational research and cooperation in astronomy throughout the country. Following two calls for proposals, the Joint Committee ESO–Government of Chile 2021 has now selected 22 national and regional projects fitting these criteria, awarding a total of 600 million Chilean pesos (about €650 000).
The 2021 national call had 19 winning projects. The funds will support postdoctoral programmes and academic positions in astronomy in Chilean institutions, scientific visits by national and foreign researchers, the construction of technology for astronomy and related disciplines, as well as educational programmes for the teaching and dissemination of this science in Chile.
Among this year’s winners, is a project to promote astronomy engagement amongst underrepresented and lower income communities in Cerro Navia, a municipality in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. In addition, the ESO—Chile Committee will continue to support the Chilean Astronomy Olympiad, which promotes astronomy education throughout the country.
Starting this year, to the traditional national call that has been made since 1996, a regional call has been added focusing on the Coquimbo and Antofagasta regions. The idea of this new annual call is to promote and focus the role of astronomy as a development tool in the regions where all ESO observatories are located.
The regional call had three winning projects. In the Antofagasta region, the Committee will finance the professional design of the "Photons Valley'' Astronomical Interpretation Center, an initiative promoted by the Likancabur scientific cultural group that seeks to build a space for visitors in the heart of the Atacama Desert. In Coquimbo, academics from the University of La Serena were awarded funds to investigate and share the knowledge and world view of indigenous and rural groups in the region. The third project, by the Central University of Antofagasta, aims to promote astronomy through the arts.
The ESO—Government of Chile Joint Committee makes a sustained contribution to the development of astronomy in the country through annual competitive funds and is made up of representatives of ESO and the Government of Chile, through the Directorate of Energy, Science and Technology and Innovation (DECYTI) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the participation of the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of Chile and board members of the Chilean Astronomy Society (SOCHIAS). For the regional call, the Regional Secretariats of the North Central and North Macrozones of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation were included.
The proposals of the Joint Committee of ESO–Chile 2021 awarded at the national level are:
|
Nombre de proyecto |
Investigador/a principal |
Institución |
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Uncloaking the Fossil Relics of the Milky Way with SDSS-V |
José G. Fernández Trincado |
Universidad Católica del Norte |
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Milliarcsecond-resolution observations of the dust-forming atmosphere and the circumstellar envelope of cool evolved stars |
Keiichi Onaka |
Universidad Andrés Bello |
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Dust Substructures in Protoplanetary Disks and their impact on Planet Formation |
Laura Pérez |
Universidad de Chile |
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Probing the circumnuclear environment of supermassive black holes |
Claudio Ricci |
Universidad Diego Portales |
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The Event Horizon and Environs Sample: beyond SgrA* and M87 |
Neil Nagar |
Universidad de Concepción |
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Study of AGN with asymmetric, variable and/or strange Balmer emission lines. |
Patricia Arevalo |
Universidad de Valparaíso |
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A new doctoral program in Astrophysics and Astroinformatics at Universidad de Antofagasta |
Médéric Boquien |
Universidad de Antofagasta |
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Strengthening the new astrophysics group at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Matthias R. Schreiber |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
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Visit of Dr. Elena Redaelli to strengthen and boost the collaboration among MPE and Chilean Institutions |
Stefano Bovino |
Universidad de Concepción |
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Túnel Universo Accesible |
Valeria Vera |
Fundación Tiempos Nuevos |
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Club Observatorio Astronómico Comunal “Barrancas” en Cerro Navia |
Guillermo Retamales Gonzáles |
Municipalidad de Cerro Navia |
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“Round or Flat?” - Measuring together the Earth radius from Chile to Canada |
Rodrigo Herrera-Camus |
Universidad de Concepción |
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Equipo Pedagógico CIRAS: cerrando brechas entre la astronomía y el aula |
Carla Hernández Silva |
Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
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II National Conference of Astronomical Education |
Angie Barr Domínguez |
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
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MOONS Software Integration and Commissioning |
Manuela Zoccali |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
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Two engineers for light-weight astronomical mirror development |
Amelia Bayo |
Universidad de Valparaíso |
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Education, Assessment and Modelling of Light Pollution in the vicinity of the major Astronomical Observatories in Northern Chile through a network of devices for Citizen Science |
Guillermo Damke |
Universidad de La Serena |
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Olimpiadas de Astronomía y Astronaútica |
Marcelo Mora |
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
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Breaking the Barriers III (Rompiendo las barreras III) |
María Fernanda Durán Sierra |
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
The proposals of the Joint Committee of ESO–Chile 2021 awarded at the regional level are:
|
Nombre de proyecto |
Investigador/a principal |
Institución |
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Diseño del proyecto Valle Fotones |
Eduardo Unda-Sanzana |
Agrupación Científico-Cultural Likancabur |
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Astronomía y patrimonio cultural en la Región de Coquimbo |
Rodolfo Barbá |
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de La Serena |
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Arte, teatro, música y astronomía |
Paulina Troncoso |
Universidad Central |
Links
- Joint Committee ESO-Government of Chile
- Funding opportunities 2021
- ESO & Chile
- Astronomy & Society – Summary of ESO–Chile cooperation 2020 report
Contacts
Luis Chavarría
ESO Representative in Chile
Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura
Santiago, Chile
Email: Luis.Chavarria@eso.org
Bárbara Núñez Jerez
ESO Regional Relations Officer
Santiago, Chile
Email: barbara.nunez@eso.org
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