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ESAC FACULTY THIRD ASSEMBLY 29 March 2007 SENTINEL VIEWGRAPHS

ESAC FACULTY THIRD ASSEMBLY 29 March 2007 SENTINEL VIEWGRAPHS. http://faculty.esac.esa.int/. THEME. THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY. OUTLINE AGENDA. Introductory remarks Leo Metcalfe

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ESAC FACULTY THIRD ASSEMBLY 29 March 2007 SENTINEL VIEWGRAPHS

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  1. ESAC FACULTY THIRD ASSEMBLY 29 March 2007 SENTINEL VIEWGRAPHS http://faculty.esac.esa.int/

  2. THEME THE FIRST SIX MONTHS YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY

  3. OUTLINE AGENDA • Introductory remarks Leo Metcalfe • Brief presentations by current Laura Barragan visitors to the Faculty Georgina Benitez de la MoraNuria Fonseca Cynthia Gomez Martin • General status of the Faculty Leo Metcalfe (funding awarded, visitor schedule, plans, ideas ...) • Status of Sept. Faculty Workshop Stefania Carpano preparations • Discussion All • AOB

  4. ESAC FACULTY SO FAR

  5. 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

  6. CALENDAR • Proto-faculty May 11 2006 • Established September 30 2006 • First Assembly May 11 2006 • Second Assembly October 19 2006 • Third 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)

  7. 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.)

  8. CHANCE TO MEET TO OUR VISITORS

  9. WELCOME Laura Barragan Georgina Benitez de la Mora Nuria Fonseca Cynthia Gomez Martin

  10. FUNDED PROGRAMMES

  11. FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ALLOCATED PER CATEGORY Visitors Visitors Visitors Established Ph.D. students Trainees Researchers & Post-Docs. 35% 40% 10% Elite seminar Mini-Workshops 5% 5% Discretionary 5%

  12. 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: faculty_funds@sciops.esa.int After approval and 6 weeks before work starts : Submit Contract Application Form (1 pg. Word doc.) email to: Andy.Pollock@esa.int (cc: Leo.Metcalfe@sciops.esa.int) 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)

  13. 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) 14/12--15/12 P. Garcia-Lario 900 W Herschel ASTROCAM Workshop Workshop (X-ray) 05/09--07/09 Stefania Carpano 6000 W X-rays from nearby galaxies Nuria Fonseca 01/02--31/07 M. Guainazzi 2500 T The radio to X-ray connection in AGN Antonio 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 monitoring Daniel Rosa-Gonz. 11/06--22/06 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN and star formation connection Cynthia Gomez M. 26/03--06/04 D. Barrado 1100 PV Brown dwarfs in NGC1333 Maria-Pilar Esquej 12/02--23/02 R. Saxton 1100 PV Galaxies in the XMM slew survey Gabriele 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 841 Yair Krongold 15/10--31/10 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN photoionized regions spectra Stefano Bianchi 19/03--23/03 M. Guainazzi 250 V XMM catalog of radio-quiet AGN Mrclla. Venezianni 04/02--04/03 F. Piacentini 1600 PV Polarization of dust in the Galaxy Ge.Benitez dela M. 01/02--30/04 P. Garcia-Lario 2100 T multi-l post-AGB stars and PNe Total committed to date: Euro 25440 W = Workshop T = Trainee V = Visitor PV = PhD Visitor

  14. 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 !!

  15. OTHER PROGRAMMES XMM-Newton 10x500 grants Euro 5000 XMM-Newton calendar gifts Euro 800 Journal Page Charges Euro TBD

  16. Workshop X-rays from nearby galaxies

  17. 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

  18. 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 • 3rd. Year for RFs • established joint review board ESTEC/ESAC (4 persons) • allocated two 3rd. Year contracts • next call ~July 2007 • Biennial Report inputs • Again – coordinated input from LM and Matt Taylor

  19. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT • After the jamborees: Opportunities to collaborate ?? • Criteria for success Milestones for Faculty achievement: Goals & performance goals • 50% vs 20%

  20. AOB • ESAC Faculty Logo Competition !!! • looking for ESAC Faculty logo by next Assembly • input suggestions to faculty_council@sciops.esa.int • Council will choose and give a PRIZE for best idea

  21. GENERAL DISCUSSION • place holder

  22. ESAC FACULTY

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