ESAC FACULTY THIRD ASSEMBLY 29 March 2007 SENTINEL VIEWGRAPHS

ESAC

FACULTY

THIRD ASSEMBLY

29 March 2007

SENTINELVIEWGRAPHS

http://faculty.esac.esa.int/

THEME

THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

OUTLINE AGENDA

1. Introductory remarks Leo Metcalfe

2. Brief presentations by current Laura Barragan visitors to the Faculty Georgina Benitez de la

Mora Nuria Fonseca

Cynthia Gomez Martin

3. General status of the Faculty Leo Metcalfe

(funding awarded, visitor schedule, plans, ideas ...)

4. Status of Sept. Faculty Workshop Stefania Carpano

preparations

5. Discussion All

6. AOB

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

CALENDAR

Proto-faculty May 11 2006Established September 30 2006

First Assembly May 11 2006Second Assembly October 19 2006Third 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)

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

PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ALLOCATED PER CATEGORY

Visitors Visitors VisitorsEstablished Ph.D. students Trainees

Researchers & Post-Docs.

35% 40% 10%

Elite seminar Mini-Workshops

5% 5%

Discretionary

5%

FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING

Follow funding instructions athttp://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)

FACULTY OPERATION - FUNDING

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 WorkshopWorkshop (X-ray) 05/09--07/09 Stefania Carpano 6000 W X-rays from nearby galaxiesNuria Fonseca 01/02--31/07 M. Guainazzi 2500 T The radio to X-ray connection in AGNAntonio 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 monitoringDaniel Rosa-Gonz. 11/06--22/06 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN and star formation connectionCynthia Gomez M. 26/03--06/04 D. Barrado 1100 PV Brown dwarfs in NGC1333Maria-Pilar Esquej 12/02--23/02 R. Saxton 1100 PV Galaxies in the XMM slew surveyGabriele 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 841Yair Krongold 15/10--31/10 M. Santos-Lleo 2280 V AGN photoionized regions spectraStefano Bianchi 19/03--23/03 M. Guainazzi 250 V XMM catalog of radio-quiet AGNMrclla. Venezianni 04/02--04/03 F. Piacentini 1600 PV Polarization of dust in the GalaxyGe.Benitez dela M. 01/02--30/04 P. Garcia-Lario 2100 T multi- post-AGB stars and PNe

PROGRAMMES SUPPORTED

Total committed to date: Euro 25440 W = WorkshopT = TraineeV = VisitorPV = 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 Euro 5000

XMM-Newton calendar gifts Euro 800

Journal Page Charges 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 therehttp://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 staffboth faculty committees felt strongly that this has to be made

work within the Annual Assessment exercise

3rd. Year for RFsestablished joint review board ESTEC/ESAC (4 persons)

allocated two 3rd. Year contracts

next call ~July 2007

Biennial Report inputsAgain – 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 faculty_council@sciops.esa.int

Council will choose and give a PRIZE for best idea

GENERAL DISCUSSION

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ESAC FACULTY