OPTICON FP7 Phase I (2009-2012) Outreach and Downloads
The OPTICON FP7 2009-2012 contract closed on 31 December 2012. The new FP7 contract has been awarded and will run until 2016.
Some of the information on this page is relevant to both FP7 Phases and will be duplicated. The current FP7 webpages (FP7 2013-2016, Grant Agreement Number 312430) are available here: FP7 (2013-2016) or by clicking on Home in the main menu bar.
OPTICON FP7 and EU logos
Logos of different sizes and types available for download here for reproduction in all OPTICON documents.
EU Proposals and Contracts
OPTICON FP7 Proposal for Phase Two of the programme can be downloaded here (PDF file)
OPTICON FP7 (Part I) contract "Annex I - Description of Work" (PDF file).
Useful EC Publications
EC advice on communications strategy and principles: the Guide can be found here (PDF file)
Website Templates
The ZIP file with the OPTICON FP7-I website template and associated files for you to use as a basis for your activity's web pages is now no longer available as the contract has closed. If you have a requirement, please contact the Project Office.
NB: any template will include enhanced accessibility to comply with our Accessibility Statement (see the menu on the left).
Press Releases and Articles
OPTICON TNA programme
- IAP Press Release: OPTICON supported observing runs at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo and Observatoire de Haute-Provence contribute to the discovery of two new exoplanets. See the Press Release.
- TAU Press Release: OPTICON supported observing run at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence contributes to unique extra-solar planet confirmation observation. See the Press Release.
European Union
- OPTICON features in EC brochure: Download the EC factsheet on OPTICON here.
- EU Public Service Review: Click here to download the EU Profile on Optical Astronomy for Europe.
Other
- ESO Press Release on World's fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera: The link to the Press Release on the ESO website is here.
- E-ELT Science Case Read the E-ELT Science Case Summary, "An Expanded View of the Universe – Science with the European Extremely Large Telescope" (PDF file). The ESO E-ELT Science pages are here (link opens new window).
FP7 2009-2012 WP Publications
WP9 Key Technologies Roadmap: The 2010 roadmap (published in the proceedings of the SPIE).
WP2 AO Detectors: "CMOS Imager for AO with highly parallel readout" (Paper presented at SPIE Amsterdam July 2012)
"Mid-Infrared Volume Phase Gratings Manufactured using Ultrafast Laser Inscription" (PDF): A paper produced in 2013 by the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK Astronomy Technology Centre with support from STFC and OPTICON (EU-FP7 226604)
Brochures
Research Infrastructure brochure published by I3NET
Reports
The ASTRONET Infrastructures Roadmap
The European Telescope Strategy Review Committee (ETSRC) Report: v1 of the ETSRC report submitted to the Astronet Executive in March 2010.