Announcement
With a record of applications, the results of the ESO–Chile 2023 Joint Committee are announced
22 November 2023
The ESO–Government of Chile Joint Committee has announced the 20 winning projects of the 2023 call, which will distribute 563 million Chilean pesos.
The ESO–Government of Chile Joint Committee funds will be invested in initiatives dedicated to developing scientific and technological research and promoting cooperation in the astronomical field. Astronomy dissemination and education projects throughout Chile will also be financed.
This year, the Committee received 94 applications, a record number over the entire fund history, 45% more than in 2022. Of the total, 50% of the applications fall in scientific research, while 30% were proposals for the dissemination and education of astronomical science.
“We are very happy with the increase in applications; this means that astronomy, and particularly this fund, is consolidated as a development tool in the Chilean community”, said Luis Chavarría, ESO representative in Chile, after the results were delivered.
Since 1996, the ESO–Government of Chile Joint Committee has been one of the main funds for the development of the area as it supports postdoctoral programmes and academic positions in astronomy in Chilean institutions. In addition, it finances national and foreign scientific visits, technology demonstrators, and educational programs for teaching and disseminating this science in the country.
The Joint Committee of ESO–Government of Chile is made up of representatives of ESO and the Government of Chile through the Directorate of Energy, Science and Technology and Innovation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation and the Chilean Astronomy Society.
The winning projects of the ESO-Government of Chile 2023 Joint Committee are:
|
Institution / Institución |
Person Responsible / Persona responsable |
Name of the project / Nombre del proyecto |
Type / Tipo* |
Funds in pesos / Fondos en pesos |
Duration in months / Duración en meses |
|
Universidad Diego Portales |
Evelyn Johnston |
Characterisation of the stellar populations in the globular cluster systems of nearby galaxies |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Universidad Católica del Norte |
José G. Fernández Trincado |
High-precision Multi-epoch Radial Velocity and K-band elemental abundances of Chemically Anomalous Giant Stars |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Instituto de Astrofisica, Universidad Andres Bello |
Laurent Chemin |
Kinematics and structure of the Milky Way interstellar medium with Gaia |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Universidad Andrés Bello |
Macarena Lagos |
Precision constraints of gravity with multi-messenger observations |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Universidad de Atacama |
Christopher Haines |
Creating capabilities at the Universidad de Atacama to enable the 4MOST-CHANCES survey |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Universidad de Chile |
Laura Pérez |
The Role of Gas and Solids in Young and Old Protoplanetary Disks: Insights from ALMA |
1 |
54.297.600 |
24 |
|
Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
Valeria Olivares |
Advancing gender equality in USACH's pioneering astrophysics and data science degree |
2 |
77.000.000 |
24 |
|
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Rory Smith & Antonio Montero |
Bringing Astronomy & Physics closer together at USM San Joaquin |
2 |
72.000.000 |
24 |
|
Universidad de Valparaíso |
Alfredo Vega |
Taller de Pintura Cósmica |
3 |
5.000.000 |
12 |
|
Universidad de Talca |
Caddy Cortés |
Escuela para Futuras Científicas |
3 |
6.500.000 |
24 |
|
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
Vania Rodríguez |
"Expedición Los Lagos 2024: llevando la astronomía a todos los rincones" |
3 |
5.600.000 |
18 |
|
Corporación Privada para la Divulgación de la Ciencia y Tecnología |
María Constanza Silva Troncoso |
“Revisión y actualización del contenido educativo y museográfico del Salón de Astronomía del Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología” |
3 |
18.505.550 |
12 |
|
Universidad Central de Chile |
Juan Aldebarán Magaña Zapata |
Astronomía en el Espectro |
3 |
3.250.000 |
12 |
|
Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
Carla Hernández Silva |
Equipo Pedagógico CIRAS: cerrando brechas entre la astronomía y el aula III |
3 |
6.600.000 |
12 |
|
Museo Interactivo Mirador |
Sergio Vásquez Godoy |
Observatorio de difusión de la astronomía en Chile |
3 |
7.130.000 |
13 |
|
Universidad de Concepción |
Pablo Solano |
The Cosmic Dust Experiment: improving the optical system for astrochemical desorption studies |
4 |
15.000.000 |
24 |
|
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía (SOCHIAS) |
Jeremy Tregloan-Reed |
Chilean Representation to the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal |
5 |
3.000.000 |
12 |
|
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía (SOCHIAS) |
Virginia Cuomo |
SOCHIAS grant “BECA ADELINA” for student participation at conferences and short period visits |
5 |
6.000.000 |
12 |
|
Universidad de Chile |
Patricio Rojo |
First Chilean Astrobiology Workshop |
5 |
8.000.000 |
12 |
|
Universidad de Atacama |
Lorenzo Morelli |
BARS IN INTERACTING GALAXIES THROUGH HALPHA FILTER VIEW |
6 |
4.500.000 |
1 |
Type*
- Postdoctoral programs in astronomy (Maximum annual salary per researcher $24.240.000 (Chilean pesos). Additional expenses such as travel, equipment, health insurance or others)
- Strengthen academic institutions by financing positions of full professors, associate professors or assistant professors.
- Pilot training programs for the teaching and dissemination of astronomy in Chile
- Programmes for the development and construction of technological instrumental systems for astronomy
- Other programmes
- Support for extended scientific visits of one to three months for postdocs, researchers or senior academics (budget may include per-diem and partial or total help with air tickets)
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María Adriana Arrau
ESO
Santiago, Chile
Email: marrau@eso.org
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