Transcript POPS#11
ESAC
FACULTY
THIRD ASSEMBLY
29 March 2007
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VIEWGRAPHS http://faculty.esac.esa.int/
THEME THE FIRST SIX MONTHS
YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY
OUTLINE AGENDA
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Introductory remarks Brief presentations by current visitors to the Faculty Leo Metcalfe Laura Barragan Georgina Benitez de la Mora Nuria Fonseca Cynthia Gomez Martin General status of the Faculty
(funding awarded, visitor schedule, plans, ideas ...)
Leo Metcalfe Status of Sept. Faculty Workshop preparations Discussion AOB Stefania Carpano All
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
Proto-faculty Established
CALENDAR
May 112006 September 30 2006 First Assembly Second Assembly Third Assembly May October March 112006 19 2006 29 2007 5 9 1 1 Jamborees (latest Jan. 25. Tot.: 77 spoke/70 bios on the web) 2 remote members participated by pre-delivered video Council meetings (minutes on web) Interfaculty Telecon with ESTEC Faculty Executive (Exec) 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
FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING
PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ALLOCATED PER CATEGORY Visitors Established Researchers 35% Visitors Ph.D. students & Post-Docs. 40% Visitors Trainees Elite seminar 5% Mini-Workshops Discretionary 5% 5% 10%
FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING
Follow funding instructions at http://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]
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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)
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Submit Reimbursement Form (Microsoft Excel format) Signed paper form: Faxed to Clare Bingham (ESTEC) (cc: Andy Pollock)
PROGRAMMES SUPPORTED
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) Workshop (X-ray) 14/12--15/12 05/09--07/09 Nuria Fonseca Antonio Martin 01/02--31/07 23/04--28/04 Laura Barragan 01/11--15/07 Daniel Rosa-Gonz. 11/06--22/06 Cynthia Gomez M.
26/03--06/04 Maria-Pilar Esquej 12/02--23/02 Gabriele Ponti Elisa Constantini Yair Krongold 21/05--25/05 12/03--16/03 15/10--31/10 Stefano Bianchi 19/03--23/03 Mrclla. Venezianni 04/02--04/03 Ge.Benitez dela M.
01/02--30/04 P. Garcia-Lario Stefania Carpano M. Guainazzi M. Kirsch E. Kuulkers M. Santos-Lleo D. Barrado R. Saxton A-L. Longinotti A-L. Longinotti M. Santos-Lleo M. Guainazzi F. Piacentini P. Garcia-Lario 900 6000 2500 1340 2500 2280 1100 1100 790 700 2280 250 1600 2100 Total committed to date: Euro 25440 W Herschel ASTROCAM Workshop W X-rays from nearby galaxies T T T V The radio to X-ray connection in AGN Conference Support for 14 th .
INTEGRAL Galactic bulge monitoring AGN and star formation connection PV Brown dwarfs in NGC1333 PV Galaxies in the XMM slew survey PV Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 335 V Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 841 V AGN photoionized regions spectra V XMM catalog of radio-quiet AGN PV Polarization of dust in the Galaxy T multi-
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post-AGB stars and PNe
W T = = V = PV = Workshop Trainee Visitor 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 XMM-Newton calendar gifts Journal Page Charges Euro 5000 Euro 800 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 there http://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 staff
both faculty committees felt strongly that this has to be made work within the Annual Assessment exercise
3 rd . Year for RF
s established joint review board ESTEC/ESAC (4 persons) allocated two 3 rd . Year contracts next call ~July 2007
Biennial Report inputs
Again – 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
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GENERAL DISCUSSION