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ESAC
FACULTY
THIRD ASSEMBLY
29 March 2007
SENTINELVIEWGRAPHS
http://faculty.esac.esa.int/
THEME
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS
OUTLINE AGENDA
1. Introductory remarks Leo Metcalfe
2. Brief presentations by current Laura Barragan visitors to the Faculty Georgina Benitez de la
Mora Nuria Fonseca
Cynthia Gomez Martin
3. General status of the Faculty Leo Metcalfe
(funding awarded, visitor schedule, plans, ideas ...)
4. Status of Sept. Faculty Workshop Stefania Carpano
preparations
5. Discussion All
6. AOB
ESAC FACULTY SO FAR
RECALLING: FACULTY: PURPOSE & MEMBERSHIP
Prime Directive: DO SCIENCE
Mission Statement: To foster a (more) effective scientific environment at ESAC.To give a united face to the scientific work
Who constitute the Faculty:
All active (i.e. publishing papers) research scientists at ESAC: ESA staff, RFs, Science Contractors and LAEFF researchers
CALENDAR
Proto-faculty May 11 2006Established September 30 2006
First Assembly May 11 2006Second Assembly October 19 2006Third Assembly March 29 2007
5 Jamborees (latest Jan. 25. Tot.: 77 spoke/70 bios on the web)2 remote members participated by pre-delivered video
9 Council meetings (minutes on web)
1 Interfaculty Telecon with ESTEC Faculty Executive (Exec)
1 Presentation to ASTROCAM consortium at UCM meeting
Help us track new members (8 already for Jamboree #6)
FACULTY OPERATION
In first months have focused on getting funds flowing
Council meet ~1/month to approve funding requests
All funded projects finish with:
• short written report of progress during visit
• Ideally: presentation of results (seminar)
• eventual products (e.g. refereed papers etc.)
CHANCE TO MEET TO OUR
VISITORS
WELCOME
Laura Barragan
Georgina Benitez de la Mora
Nuria Fonseca
Cynthia Gomez Martin
FUNDED PROGRAMMES
PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ALLOCATED PER CATEGORY
Visitors Visitors VisitorsEstablished Ph.D. students Trainees
Researchers & Post-Docs.
35% 40% 10%
Elite seminar Mini-Workshops
5% 5%
Discretionary
5%
FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING
Follow funding instructions athttp://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=ESAC_FACULTY&page=internal_index
THREE STEPS:To start the process :
Apply for Faculty funding (text proposal made to Council)email to: [email protected]
After approval and 6 weeks before work starts :
Submit Contract Application Form (1 pg. Word doc.)email to: [email protected] (cc: [email protected])
On receipt of contract in mail (or before – using the web form) :
Submit Reimbursement Form (Microsoft Excel format)Signed paper form: Faxed to Clare Bingham (ESTEC) (cc: Andy Pollock)
FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING
Faculty Science Workshop 2007: "X-rays from nearby galaxies"
5th - 7th Sept. 2007 S. Carpano (LOC Chair) M. Ehle (SOC Co-chair)
Category Status Initiator Prog. Cost Topic
Workshop (bus) 14/12--15/12 P. Garcia-Lario 900 W Herschel ASTROCAM WorkshopWorkshop (X-ray) 05/09--07/09 Stefania Carpano 6000 W X-rays from nearby galaxiesNuria Fonseca 01/02--31/07 M. Guainazzi 2500 T The radio to X-ray connection in AGNAntonio Martin 23/04--28/04 M. Kirsch 1340 T Conference Support for 14th.Laura Barragan 01/11--15/07 E. Kuulkers 2500 T INTEGRAL Galactic bulge monitoringDaniel Rosa-Gonz. 11/06--22/06 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN and star formation connectionCynthia Gomez M. 26/03--06/04 D. Barrado 1100 PV Brown dwarfs in NGC1333Maria-Pilar Esquej 12/02--23/02 R. Saxton 1100 PV Galaxies in the XMM slew surveyGabriele Ponti 21/05--25/05 A-L. Longinotti 790 PV Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 335 Elisa Constantini 12/03--16/03 A-L. Longinotti 700 V Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 841Yair Krongold 15/10--31/10 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN photoionized regions spectraStefano Bianchi 19/03--23/03 M. Guainazzi 250 V XMM catalog of radio-quiet AGNMrclla. Venezianni 04/02--04/03 F. Piacentini 1600 PV Polarization of dust in the GalaxyGe.Benitez dela M. 01/02--30/04 P. Garcia-Lario 2100 T multi- post-AGB stars and PNe
PROGRAMMES SUPPORTED
Total committed to date: Euro 25440 W = WorkshopT = TraineeV = VisitorPV = PhD Visitor
PROGRAMMES SUPPORTED
Acknowledgement: We acknowledge support from the Faculty of the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
THE COUNCIL IS TOO PREDOMINANT IN
THESE FUNDING REQUESTS !!
OTHER PROGRAMMES
XMM-Newton 10x500 grants Euro 5000
XMM-Newton calendar gifts Euro 800
Journal Page Charges Euro TBD
Workshop
X-rays from nearby galaxies
FACULTY WEB
http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=ESAC_FACULTY
We are moving to the RSSD WEB-DB/LiveLink environment which allows individuals to maintain components of web interfaces directly
ESTEC Faculty web already therehttp://www.rssd.esa.int/http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=MYPORTAL&page=index
After a development period the portal address will change
Many thanks to Rod Bailey for getting us to where we are web-wise
INTER-FACULTY: ESAC & ESTEC
ESAC Council & ESTEC Exec. telecon re. Inter-Faculty issues
Research evaluation of staffboth faculty committees felt strongly that this has to be made
work within the Annual Assessment exercise
3rd. Year for RFsestablished joint review board ESTEC/ESAC (4 persons)
allocated two 3rd. Year contracts
next call ~July 2007
Biennial Report inputsAgain – coordinated input from LM and Matt Taylor
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
After the jamborees: Opportunities to collaborate ??
Criteria for success Milestones for Faculty achievement: Goals & performance goals
50% vs 20%
AOB
ESAC Faculty Logo Competition !!!
looking for ESAC Faculty logo by next Assembly
input suggestions to [email protected]
Council will choose and give a PRIZE for best idea
GENERAL DISCUSSION
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ESAC FACULTY