Preparatory Phase for a Deep Sea Facility in the Mediterranean for Neutrino Astronomy and Associated Sciences

Project Information

KM3NET-PP

Grant agreement ID: 212525

Project closed

Start date 1 March 2008

End date 29 February 2012

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Total cost € 12 884 531,16

EU contribution € 5 000 000,00

Coordinated by

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE
Italy

Objective

In the framework of the KM3NeT Preparatory Phase project the strategic, legal and financial issues are addressed related to the construction of an European deep-sea infrastructure housing a cubic kilometre size Cherenkov neutrino telescope and providing access for deep-sea research. Many technical issues are already addressed in the KM3NeT Design Study, started in 2006, that at the end of its work will deliver a Technical Design Report for the KM3NeT Cherenkov neutrino telescope. KM3NeT has been included in the ESFRI European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures. The Preparatory Phase will provide the grounds to bring the project to its construction stage. The Consortium performing the Preparatory Phase will include the participants involved in the KM3NeT DS. The major stakeholders are present. The work performed in the Preparatory Phase will be structured in work packages aimed at addressing the following issues: political convergence towards a pan European facility; legal, governance and financial engineering; strategic issues and international networking; integration with regional and global marine and environmental systems (i.e. EMSO); preparing the production of the telescope components and the assembly and test of the system; definition of the data handling and dissemination scheme, and the operation of KM3NeT.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › neutrinos
• social sciences › sociology › governance
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy

Keywords

• Astroparticle physics
• deep sea science and technologies
• high energy neutrino astronomy
• research infrastructures

Programme(s)

• FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Topic(s)

• INFRA-2007-2.2-01 - Preparatory phase for the projects in the 2006 ESFRI Roadmap

Call for proposal

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSA

Coordinator

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE

• EU contribution: € 1 280 000,00
• Address: Via Enrico Fermi 54 ; 00044 Frascati ; Italy
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Sarah Cesare (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (20)

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

Cyprus

• EU contribution: € 15 000,00
• Address: AVENUE PANEPISTIMIOU 2109 AGLANTZI ; 1678 Nicosia
• Region: Κύπρος › Κύπρος › Κύπρος
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Evis Drousiotis (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

• EU contribution: € 534 000,00
• Address: RUE LEBLANC 25 ; 75015 PARIS 15
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nathalie Judas (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 533 000,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Eliane Perret (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE ALSACE UHA

France

• EU contribution: € 10 000,00
• Address: RUE DES FRERES LUMIERE 2 ; 68093 Mulhouse
• Region: Grand Est › Alsace › Haut-Rhin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Reiner Blaes (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 554 000,00
• Address: SCHLOSSPLATZ 4 ; 91054 Erlangen
• Region: Bayern › Mittelfranken › Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ulrich Winderl
• Total cost: No data

HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY

Greece

• EU contribution: € 11 000,00
• Address: PARODOS ARISTOTELOUS 18 ; 26335 Patras
• Region: Κεντρική Ελλάδα › Δυτική Ελλάδα › Αχαΐα
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Spyros Tzamarias (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

"NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS"""

Greece

• EU contribution: € 220 000,00
• Address: END OF PATRIARCHOU GRIGORIOU E AND 27 NEAPOLEOS STREET ; 15341 Agia Paraskevi
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Stella Martaki (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON

Greece

• EU contribution: € 680 000,00
• Address: LOFOS NYMFON ; 11810 Athina
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Sophia Chrissafi (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON

Greece

• EU contribution: € 184 000,00
• Address: 6 CHRISTOU LADA STR ; 10561 Athina
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Efstathia Kafentzi (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 32 000,00
• Address: BURLINGTON ROAD 10 ; 4 Dublin
• Region: Ireland › Eastern and Midland › Dublin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Cecil Keaveney (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 447 000,00
• Address: WINTHONTLAAN 2 ; 3526 KV Utrecht
• Region: West-Nederland › Utrecht › Utrecht
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Arjen Van Rijn (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI

Romania

• EU contribution: € 19 000,00
• Address: Atomistilor 409 ; 077125 Magurele / Ilfov
• Region: Macroregiunea Trei › Bucureşti-Ilfov › Ilfov
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Alexandra Olteanu (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: € 88 000,00
• Address: CALLE SERRANO 117 ; 28006 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Jose Ramon Naranjo (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 73 000,00
• Address: GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 ; 08007 Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Miquel Canals (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 59 000,00
• Address: CAMINO DE VERA SN EDIFICIO 3A ; 46022 Valencia
• Region: Este › Comunitat Valenciana › Valencia/València
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Jose-Antonio Perez-Garcia (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 59 000,00
• Address: AVENIDA BLASCO IBANEZ 13 ; 46010 Valencia
• Region: Este › Comunitat Valenciana › Valencia/València
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Angeles Sanchis (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 145 000,00
• Address: KING'S COLLEGE REGENT WALK ; AB24 3FX ABERDEEN
• Region: Scotland › North Eastern Scotland › Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Frederick Stevenson-Robb (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 28 500,00
• Address: WOODHOUSE LANE ; LS2 9JT Leeds
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kathy Brownridge (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 28 500,00
• Address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK ; S10 2TN Sheffield
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › South Yorkshire › Sheffield
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gill Wells (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ZEEONDERZOEK (NIOZ)

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Landsdiep 4 ; 1797 SZ DEN HOORN TEXEL
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Maaten Van Arkel (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data