AVA network launched
The Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics (AVA) project started officially on the 1 January 2017. AVA is an international collaboration of currently 25 institutions. Benefiting from almost 4 M€ of funding from the European Union, AVA will train no less than 15 early stage researchers over the next 4 years to carry out research into facility design and optimization, development of advanced Beam Diagnostics, and novel Antimatter experiments.
All project partners gathered for the project kick-off meeting organized on 11th – 13th January 2017 at the University of Liverpool.
The meeting was chaired by the network coordinator, Prof Carsten P. Welsch, who together with the EU TEAM introduced the partners to the specific rules and regulations of the Horizon 2020 framework, the project detailed time plan, events and the network wide communication and outreach plans.
The AVA network is currently looking for candidates for its 15 vacant Fellowship positions at institutions across Europe. The application deadline is 31 January 2017.
Each researcher employed within the project will follow an innovative training program, similar to the one of the OMA network. There will also be opportunities to organize joint events and training for both OMA and AVA fellows, facilitating networking and new collaborations across the two networks.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721559.
