Objective
The project ACO (AstroChemical Origins) has two main objectives:
1) to unveil the early history of the Solar System, using the chemical composition of today forming Solar-like planetary systems and comparing it with that of the Solar System primitive bodies;
2) to train a new generation of researchers able to tackle this highly interdisciplinary problem, providing them with a wide-range of transferable skills, including the ability to communicate Science to a large audience.
This will be obtained by setting up:
(a) a coordinated network of PhD research projects which will be carried out by 17 ESRs under the supervision of members of the ACO Beneficiaries;
(b) a structured secondment network, to expose ESRs to alternative research environments;
(c) a significant exposure of ESRs to the non-academic sector, via PhD co-supervision, secondment, short visits and training from non-academic ACO Beneficiaries and Partners;
(d) specific courses at the host institutions as well as network schools with specialized interdisciplinary and transferable skills courses;
(e) international conferences open to the scientific community;
(f) several activities to make ACO network and its science known to the general public.
In order to achieve the ACO objectives, the proposed network is constituted by fourteen Beneficiaries, whose four from the non-academic sector, plus seven Partner Organisations, whose six from the non-academic sector.
Each Participating Organization will provide a complementary expertise indispensable to achieve of the ACO objectives: (i) instrumental, observational, theoretical, computational, modeling, and experimental to reach the scientific goal and, (ii) on informatics, scientific presentation and management, for completing the wide-transferable training.
Field of science
- /natural sciences/physical sciences/astronomy/planetary science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
38058 Grenoble
France
Participants (12)
00136 Roma
WC1E 6BT London
10124 Torino
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles
06123 Perugia
M13 9PL Manchester
SK87BS Stockport
38400 Saint Martin D'heres
31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
06128 Perugia
13284 Marseille
38122 Trento
