The IAC is the most important astrophysics research centre in Spain. Its new Strategic Plan mainly seeks excellence in science and to strengthen and consolidate the IAC´s position as a centre of international reference for astrophysical research.The Strategic Plan involves exploration and discovery using major world facilities (like GTC, VLT and
Economic information: Grants
To see the Grants awarded by the IAC (Access the National Subsidy Advertising System) select "Convocatorias", Admon. del Estado: select: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación e Universidades; Organo: select: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
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Grants Severo Ochoa for centres of excellence Call 2015RafaelRebolo LópezIn force dateNot in force
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Brief stay of Cristina Martínez Lombilla in the United KingdomCristina Martínez LombillaIn force dateNot in force
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Science with OSIRIS-REX
The objective of this project is to fund the activities of our group for the next four years related to our participation in the OSORIS-REx mission, our research in the mineralogical characterization of primitive asteroids collisional families and populations in the Solar System, and our research on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that may be the
Javier AndrésLicandro GoldaracenaIn force dateNot in force -
MNLP-RES: Improvements in the La Palma node of the Spanish supercomputing network.
Within the Strategic Plan of the Spanish Network of Supercomputing (RES) Institute of Astrophysics The Canary Islands (IAC) proposes a series of actions improvement in your La Palma node located in the Center Astrophysics in La Palma (CALP), in Breña Baja, island of La Palma. LaPalma21: Improving energy sustain ability of the node LaPalma22
Carlos AlbertoMartín GalánIn force dateNot in force -
WEAVE: the next-generation wide-field spectrograph for the William Herschel Telescope
The world-class 4.2m William Herschel telescope (WHT), with its comprehensive instrument suite at the superb site of the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM), stood as the reference optical observational facility behind the dramatic rise in Spanish astronomy over the last 25 years. Now that the Spanish community has access to 8-10-m-class
José AlfonsoLópez AguerriIn force dateNot in force -
Spanish participation in the development of the HARMONI instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT): "Phases of preliminary and final design"
The ESO E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) project consists primarily in building a segmented and adaptive telescope with a 40-metre-class primary mirror. It will significantly improve our knowledge in most branches of Astrophysics and, therefore, it is widely supported by the scientific community. It also represents a major technological
María BegoñaGarcía LorenzoIn force dateNot in force