ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy

Mission

ASTRON facilitates astronomical research by developing and exploiting state-of-the-art telescopes and advanced instruments. The focus lies on innovative technologies and fundamental astronomical research in the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond. ASTRON manages several observatories in the Nederlands, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and LOFAR the Low Frequency Array.

Year of foundation

ASTRON was founded in 1949 as Stichting Radiostraling van Zon en Melkwegstelsel (SRZM).

Location

Dwingeloo

Staff (FTE as of 2010)

There are 64 FTE scientific personnel, 112 non-scientific personnel.

Director

Dr M.A. Garrett

Evaluation

External evaluation report

More information

Website: www.astron.nl

Budget (2010)

Yearly revenues: k€ 18,848
NWO subsidies (basic budget): k€ 11,346
NWO subsidies acquired in competition: k€ 182

Output (2010)

Publications in refereed journals: 94
Contributions to books: 2
Dissertations: 6
Conference papers: 86
Professional publications: 1
Publications for a general public: 8
Other research output: 61

Poster

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