European Southern Observatory - Eso European Organisation for Astronomical Research In the Southern Hemisphere

European Southern Observatory - Eso European Organisation for Astronomical Research In the Southern Hemisphere is a research organisation in Garching, Germany that has taken part in 34 EU-funded projects since 2008, receiving €18.5M in EU funding and leading 8 as coordinator.

EU funding received€18.5M
EU projects34
As coordinator8
Running now9
First EU project2008
Latest project2026
CountryGermany
EU registration (PIC)999988036
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Where the EU money came from

Funding by EU programme. Amounts are European Southern Observatory - Eso European Organisation for Astronomical Research In the Southern Hemisphere's own share of each project, not the project's full budget.

  • FP7 (2007 to 2013)€11.5M · 14 projects
  • Horizon Europe€3.8M · 10 projects
  • Horizon 2020€3.2M · 10 projects

Projects

34 EU-funded projects, newest first. European Southern Observatory - Eso European Organisation for Astronomical Research In the Southern Hemisphere led 8 of them as coordinator. Each links to the official record.

  • SCARABCoordinator

    SCARAB: Studying Circumgalactic Absorbers Revealed Across ByCycle

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €202ktheir share
  • PLANETESPartner

    Uncovering New Worlds: Enhancing Optical Interferometry to detect reflected light exoplanet

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €727ktheir share
  • WSTPartner

    The Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €446ktheir share
  • AtLAST2Partner

    Consolidating plans for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €138ktheir share
  • FutureData4EUAssociated partner

    Training Future Big Data Experts for Europe

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • ORBIT-DAssociated partner

    Observing Binaries in Transition Discs

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • RADIOBLOCKSPartner

    New science in Radio Astronomy: applying cutting-edge technology to enhance the entire data chain, from receiver to final output.

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • ATTRACT Phase-1BPartner

    Breakthrough Innovation Programme for a Pan-European Detection and Imaging Eco-System – Phase-1(B)

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €160ktheir share
  • CLEVeRCoordinator

    The CLuster and group Environment as Viewed by eROSITA

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €694ktheir share
  • WANDACoordinator

    Winds ANd Disk structures near and Afar

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.4Mtheir share
  • ORPPartner

    Opticon RadioNet Pilot

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €545ktheir share
  • AtLASTPartner

    Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €105ktheir share
  • ATTRACT2Partner

    Breakthrough Innovation Programme for a Pan-European Detection and Imaging Eco-System – Phase-2

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €403ktheir share
  • ECOGALPartner

    Understanding our Galactic ecosystem: From the disk of the Milky Way to the formation sites of stars and planets

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €371ktheir share
  • ESCAPEPartner

    European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle physics ESFRI research infrastructures

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €310ktheir share
  • DUSTBUSTERSPartner

    Dust and gas in planet forming discs

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €138ktheir share
  • ATTRACTPartner

    breAkThrough innovaTion pRogrAmme for a pan-European Detection and Imaging eCosysTem

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €290ktheir share
  • ArcheoDynPartner

    Globular clusters as living fossils of the past of galaxies

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €456ktheir share
  • RadioNetPartner

    Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • OPTICONPartner

    Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €552ktheir share
  • BLACKHOLECAMPartner

    Imaging the Event Horizon of Black Holes

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €35ktheir share
  • LDSNPSCoordinator

    Linking the diversity of Type Ia supernovae to their progenitor systems

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €162ktheir share
  • MIRACoordinator

    Massive star formation with Interferometers: Research with ALMA

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €167ktheir share
  • OPTICONPartner

    Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • RADIONET3Partner

    Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €113ktheir share
  • ASTRONETPartner

    Coordinating strategic planning for European Astronomy

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €150ktheir share
  • EuroVO-ICEPartner

    Euro-VO International Cooperation Empowerment

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €57ktheir share
  • 3DPROPLYDSCoordinator

    Protoplanetary disks in regions of massive star formation: coupling advanced observations to models

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €153ktheir share
  • ESO-FEL-ALMA08Coordinator

    ESO Fellowship Programme for ALMA

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2009–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.8Mtheir share
  • OPTICONPartner

    Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2009–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €2.5Mtheir share
  • RADIONET-FP7Partner

    Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2009–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €99ktheir share
  • EuroVO-AIDAPartner

    Euro-VO Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2008–2010 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €413ktheir share
  • E-ELT PREPCoordinator

    Preparing for the construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2008–2010 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €5.0Mtheir share
  • EVALSOPartner

    Enabling Virtual Access to Latin-american Southern Observatories

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2008–2011 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €864ktheir share

Works most with

Organisations that shared the most EU projects with this one. A good starting list for consortium partners.

Fields it works in

Research fields recorded on its Horizon projects.

  • agriculture
  • archaeology
  • astronomy
  • astrophysics
  • big data
  • bioeconomy
  • black holes
  • celestial mechanics
  • climatic changes
  • ecosystems
  • exoplanetology
  • galaxy evolution
  • governance
  • history

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Source: CORDIS (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, FP7) and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (other EU programmes), matched by the EU registration number (PIC). Past participation does not mean the organisation is open to new partnerships.

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