Announcement
Winners announced for the ESO–Chile 2025 Joint Committee
13 January 2026
The ESO–Government of Chile Joint Committee has announced 16 winning projects from the 2025 call, which will distribute more than 600 million Chilean pesos in initiatives dedicated to supporting astronomy dissemination and education projects in Chile, and supporting astronomy post-doctoral programmes in Chilean institutions.
This year 98 eligible proposals were received. Almost 44% of the applications funded were proposals for the dissemination and education on astronomy, while 38% fall on supporting astronomical post-doctoral programmes and technology development projects in Chilean institutions.
“This fund has been an instrumental tool for the development of astronomy in Chile, not only for supporting academic positions in Chilean universities and technological development related to astronomy, but also for its dissemination. In the next years this will be a very important area for the Chilean community, with the upcoming celebration of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in 2030 in Chile,” said Itziar de Gregorio Monsalvo, 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 2025 Joint Committee are:
|
# |
Institution / Institución |
Responsible person / Persona responsible |
Name of the project / Nombre del proyecto |
Type / Tipo |
Funds in pesos / Fondos en pesos |
|
1 |
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
Daniela Olave |
Chilean Representation to the Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) journal |
6 |
5.000.000 |
|
2 |
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía |
Mayte Alfaro Cuello |
‘Beca Adelina Gutiérrez’: SOCHIAS Student Travel Grant for Conferences and Short Research Visits |
6 |
10.000.000 |
|
3 |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Odette Toloza |
Colaboración USM-Warwick: Consolidación de la USM como referente chileno en investigación de enanas blancas en la era de 4MOST y SDSS-V |
5 |
8.910.000 |
|
4 |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Rory Smith |
Bringing the Immersive Universe to remote Communities: Year 1 |
3 |
19.999.000 |
|
5 |
Universidad de Chile |
Walter Max-Moerbeck |
Unveiling Cosmic Magnetism and the Origin of Cosmic Rays in the CTAO Era |
1 |
68.500.000 |
|
6 |
Universidad de Concepción |
Rodrigo Herrera Camus |
Our Sky, Our Future: Chilean Voices on the Extremely Large Telescope |
3 |
20.000.000 |
|
7 |
Universidad de Santiago |
Carla Hernández Silva |
Agentes Inmobiliarios Intergalácticos: Llevando la Astrobiología a la sala de clases por medio de un juego de mesa |
3 |
11.000.000 |
|
8 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
Manuela Zoccali |
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Solar Escolar |
3 |
13.000.000 |
|
9 |
Universidad Diego Portales |
Lucas Cieza |
Enabling the (sub)mm capabilities of the UDP Cosmic Dust Laboratory |
4 |
142.900.000 |
|
10 |
Universidad de Concepción |
Neil Nagar |
Insights into Jets and Black Hole Demographics by imaging from 50–1000s Rg |
1 |
68.500.000 |
|
11 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
Alessio Bellino |
Ventana Celeste: Astronomía Inmersiva y Accesible para Todos |
3 |
19.998.000 |
|
12 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
Julio Chanamé Domínguez |
The Impact of the Magellanic Clouds Passing Through the Milky Way Halo |
1 |
68.500.000 |
|
13 |
Universidad de Concepción |
Rodrigo Andrés Reeves |
Development of a new 183 GHz Water Vapor Radiometer with profiling capabilities |
4 |
83.694.106 |
|
14 |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Yara Lorena Jaffé Ribbi |
Reconstructing the Environmental History of Galaxies in Clusters |
1 |
68.500.000 |
|
15 |
Universidad de Valparaíso |
Alfredo Vega |
Club de Lectura Astronómica 60+ |
3 |
15.775.00 |
|
16 |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
Alejandra Rojas Lilayú |
Astroacuarela: Pigmentos del Universo |
3 |
7.864.380 |
Type*
- Postdoctoral programmes in astronomy at Chilean institutions.
- Support for academic institutions through the funding of positions for tenured, associate or assistant professors for periods of up to two years at Chilean institutions.
- Pilot training programmes for the teaching and dissemination of astronomy in Chile.
- Projects for the development and construction of technological systems for astronomy.
- Extended scientific visits by postdoctoral fellows, researchers or academics from Chilean academic institutions.
- Projects for the development of astronomy in areas not covered by the above categories.
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Tel: +49 89 3200 6670
Email: press@eso.org
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