Objective In the framework of the 3-year KM3NeT Design Study the scientific and technical design issues related to a future cubic-kilometre sized deep-sea infrastructure housing a next-generation neutrino telescope and providing long-term access for deep-sea research is assessed. The major deliverable of the Design Study is a technical design report (TDR) for the envisaged infrastructure. Legal, governance and political aspects are addressed in parallel with the scientific and technical work. The consortium performing the Design Study consists of 25 participants from Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, amongst them all institutes involved in the existing pilot projects in the Mediterranean Sea (ANTARES, NEMO, NESTOR) and several institutes specialised in deep-sea technology and science. The work to be performed in the Design Study is structured in nine work packages (WPs): WP1 is devoted to the management of the Design Study and its overall coordination. WP2 is concerned with evaluating the physics sensitivity of the neutrino telescope depending on its geometry, the site parameters and the component characteristics and will provide input for sensitivity optimisation with respect to cost. WP3 addresses the design of the photo sensor modules, the mechanical structures and the calibration system, whereas WP4 covers data acquisition, transport and online processing. In WP5 the site characteristics, the sea-bottom infrastructure, the deep-sea and deployment operations and the shore facilities are studied. Possibilities to use floating platforms for deployment and calibration purposes are investigated in WP6. In WP7, an appropriate quality assurance programme for the future construction of the infrastructure is developed and risk assessment studies are performed. The funding, legal, governance and political aspects are pursued in WP8. Finally, in WP9 the Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsneutrinossocial sciencessociologygovernancenatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry Programme(s) FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES - Research infrastructures: Specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) INFRASTR-4 - Design studies: feasibility studies and technical preparatory work for new infrastructures with European dimension Call for proposal FP6-2003-INFRASTRUCTURES-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme DS-SSA - Design studies implemented as Specific Support Actions Coordinator FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG EU contribution No data Address Schlossplatz 4 3520 ERLANGEN Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (27) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL Germany EU contribution No data Address Ohlshausenstrasse 40 KIEL See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS Cyprus EU contribution No data Address Kallipoleos 75 20537 NICOSIA See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE/INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES France EU contribution No data Address 3 Rue Michel-Ange PARIS See on map Total cost No data HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH Greece EU contribution No data Address Athens-Sounion Rd., 46.5 Km 712 ANAVISSOS See on map Total cost No data HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY Greece EU contribution No data Address Sahtouri 16 & Ag. 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Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Van Vollenhovenlaan 659 3021 UTRECHT See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA ESTUDI GENERAL Spain EU contribution No data Address Avenida Blasco Ibañez, 13 22085 VALENCIA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution No data Address Camino de Vera, s/n VALENCIA See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Kings College ABERDEEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LEEDS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Senate House, Abercromby Square LIVERPOOL See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Western Bank SHEFFIELD See on map Total cost No data DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES Ireland EU contribution No data Address 10 Burlington Road DUBLIN 4 See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI / NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER, PLASMA AND RADIATION PHYSICS Romania EU contribution No data Address Atomistilor 409 MG-23 MAGURELE See on map Total cost No data STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ZEEONDERZOEK Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Landsdiep 4 P.O. 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