Starting September 2005, 1st, Astronet is a consortium which gather European funding agencies in order to «establish a comprehensive long-term planning for the development of European astronomy»

Participants

• CNRS/INSU
  İnsu
  Insu is a small village in Yenişehir district, which is an intracity district within Greater Mersin, Turkey. The village which is at is north of Mersin city center and south of a canyon about deep. The population of the village is 163 as of 2010....
  
   (coordinator), France,
• BMBF and PT-DESY, Germany,
• ESO
  ESO
  ESO, as a three-letter abbreviation, may stand for:* European Southern Observatory* Ensemble Studios Online* English Symphony Orchestra* Edmonton Symphony Orchestra* Executive Stock Options...
  
  , International,
• INAF
  INAF
  The Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica , or INAF for short, is the most important Italian institution conducting scientific research in astronomy and astrophysics. Researches performed by the scientific staff of the Institute go from the study of the planets and minor bodies of the solar system up...
  
  , Italy,
• MCINN, Spain,
• NOTSA,
• NWO
  Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  The Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek is a scientific research organization in the Netherlands....
  
  , the Netherlands,
• STFC
  Science and Technology Facilities Council
  The Science and Technology Facilities Council is a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering, and funds UK research in areas including particle physics, nuclear physics, space science and astronomy .-History:It was formed in April 2007 as a merger of the Particle...
  
  , United Kingdom,
• NCBiR, Poland.

Associates

• ESA, International,
• MPG
  Max Planck Society
  The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
  
   and DFG
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
  
  , Germany,
• LAS
  Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
  The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences or LAS, founded in 1941 as the Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences , as an autonomous, state-subsidized establishment serving as a scientific advisory body to the government of Lithuanian SSR...
  
  , Lithuania,
• SRC
  SRC
  -Education:* Sulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges, a private, non-profit university comprising three graduate colleges, located in Al Bukayriyah, Saudi Arabia* Sid Richardson College, one of nine residential colleges on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas, USA...
  
  , Sweden,
• GNCA,Greece,
• HAS
  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...
  
  , Hungary,
• ESF
  ESF
  ESF may stand for:*Economic Support Fund*Esperantic Studies Foundation*Empowering Spirits Foundation*Enterprise System Frame by Visionet Systems*European Science Foundation*European Social Forum*European Social Fund*European Selection Furniture...
  
  , Estonia,
• SER, Switzerland,
• FWF
  Austrian Science Fund
  The Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung is the most important Austrian funding organization for basic research. The FWF supports research in science, engineering, and the humanities through a large variety of grant programmes, prizes and by funding infrastructure...
  
  , Austria,
• AI SAS, Slovak Republic,
• CAS
  Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The Academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic...
  
  , Czech Republic,
• ROSA
  Rosa
  The name Rosa, Latin and botanic name of the flowering shrub Rose, could refer to:-Places:*223 Rosa, an asteroid*Rosa, Alabama, USA*Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, Germany*Roşia Nouă village, Petriş Commune, Arad County, Romania-Other uses:...
  
  , Romania,
• NASU
  Nasu
  Nasu has multiple meanings.* Nasu people, an ethnic group in China, a traditional name for a region in northern Tochigi Prefecture. It is also in the names of several places in that region:**Nasushiobara, Tochigi, a city**Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi, a city...
  
  , Ukraine,
• ARRS, Slovenia.

Forum members

• ISA, Israel,
• Institute of Astronomy of the University of Latvia,
• Academy of Finland
  Academy of Finland
  The Academy of Finland is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland. It is based in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Yearly, the Academy administers over 260 million euros to Finnish research activities. Over 5,000 researchers are working on the projects supported by the academy...
  
  ,
• FNU, Denmark.

Financing

ASTRONET is an ERA-Net financed by the European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

 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.

See also

• European Extremely Large Telescope
• European Northern Observatory
  European Northern Observatory
  The European Northern Observatory is the name by which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and its observatories, the Teide Observatory, on Tenerife, and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, on La Palma, are collectively known. It was named in response to the successful collaboration of...
  
  
• Cherenkov Telescope Array
  Cherenkov Telescope Array
  The Cherenkov Telescope Array or CTA is a project to build a new generation ground-based gamma-ray instrument in the energy range extending from some tens of GeV to above 100 TeV...