At the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics (ITA) we conduct top class research in cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics and solar physics. The large portfolio of externally funded projects confirms ITA's position as a competitive and attractive participant in the European Research Area.
EU-financed projects at ITA
ITA is actively participating in the EU-Framework programmesfor research and development. In combining research and innovation with emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges, the goal is to ensure that Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.
Projects funded within FP7 and Horizon 2020 programs
The ongoing research projects EU-financed belong to the past FP7 framework, for the period 2007-2013, and to the current Horizon2020 framework, for the period 2014-2020.
Horizon 2020 is the largest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years.
ERC grants
The European Research Council (ERC) is part of the Excellence pillar in H2020 and funds excellent scientific projects that can lead to scientific and technological discoveries.
The award of a grant from ERC is among the most prestigious funding a researcher can receive. Researchers at ITA have received seven grants from the European Research Council (ERC) so far.
EU-funded projects at ITA
| Acronym | Title | Programme name | Project leader |
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| Commander | Massively parallel joint end-to-end Bayesian analysis of past, present, and future CMB experiments | ERC 2023 Advanced Grant | Professor Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen |
| AtLAST | Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope | H2020 - Research and Innovation programme | Associate Professor Claudia Cicone |
| WHOLE SUN | The Whole Sun Project: Untangling the complex physical mechanisms behind our eruptive star and its twins | ERC 2018 Synergy Grant | Professor Mats Carlsson |
| COSMOGLOBE | Cosmoglobe -- mapping the universe from the Milky Way to the Big Bang | ERC 2018 Consolidator Grant | Professor Ingunn Kathrine Wehus |
| Bits2Cosmology | Time-domain Gibbs sampling: From bits to inflationary gravitational waves | ERC 2017 Consolidator Grant | Professor Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen |
| SolarALMA | ALMA – The key to the Sun’s coronal heating problem | ERC 2015 Consolidator Grant | Professor Sven Wedemeyer |
| SOLARNET | Integrating High Resolution Solar Physics |
H2020 - 2018 Infrastructure |
Professor Mats Carlsson |
| PRE-EST | Preparatory Phase for the European Solar Telescope | H2020 - 2016 Research Infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures | Professor Mats Carlsson |
| BeyondPlanck | Beyond Planck -- delivering state-of-the-art observations of the microwave sky from 30 to 70 GHz for the next decade | H2020 - 2017 Enabling exploitation of space data | Professor Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen |
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The anisotropic universe -- a reality or fluke? |
FP7-IDEAS- 2010 ERC Starting Grant |
Professor Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen |
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Physics of the Solar Chromosphere |
FP7-IDEAS- 2011 ERC Advanced Grant |
Professor Mats Carlsson |
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High-Resolution Solar Physics Network |
FP7- 2012 INFRASTRUCTURES |
Professor Mats Carlsson |
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Flare Chromospheres: Observations, Models and Archives |
FP7-SPACE |
Professor Mats Carlsson |
Research projects
Overview over the ongoing research projects at ITA and RoCS.
Research sections
At ITA research is conducted in two main fields, along which we find two specialised research sections.
Research at the MN- Faculty
EU projects at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science.
Read more
- Horizon - The EU Research & Innovation Magazine (external link)
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The ERC home page (external link)