Announcement

The ESO-Government of Chile Joint Committee announces the 2022 winners

3 October 2022

The ESO-Government of Chile Joint Committee has announced the 19 winning projects for the 2022 call, which will share funds for 478 million pesos. Said funds will be invested in initiatives for the development of astronomy-related research in science, technology, education and cooperation in Chile.

Since 1996, the ESO-Government of Chile Joint Committee is one of the main funds for the development in this area, supporting astronomy post-doctoral programmes and academic tenures in Chilean institutions. It also finances national and international scientific visits, technology build and educational programmes for teaching and disseminating astronomy in the country.

The ESO-Government of Chile Joint Committee includes representatives of ESO and the Chilean government, from the Energy, Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, and the Chilean Astronomy Association. The winners of ESO-Government of Chile Joint Committee 2022 are:

Name of the project	Principal Investigator	Institution
A researcher dedicated to achieve the maximum scientific outcome of the supercomputer GUINA	Paulina Troncoso	Universidad Central de Chile
Constraining the Properties of Clouds and Hazes for Planets in the Neptune Desert	James Jenkins	Universidad Diego Portales
The physical and chemical evolution of planet-forming disks	Viviana Guzmán	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Circumplanetary disks around wide-orbit planetary-mass objects	Claudio Caceres	Universidad Andrés Bello
The low-z clusters of 4MOST-CHANCES Survey: Creating capabilities at Universidad de La Serena	Antonela Monachesi	Universidad de La Serena
Measuring LEO satellite attitudes using optical and NIR telescope tracking	Jeremy Tregloan-Reed	Universidad de Atacama
Postdoctoral position for studies of the intergalactic medium using fast radio bursts	Nicolas Tejos	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
The ESCAPE project: Extremophiles Survivability Chamber for Astrobiology Photohemical Experiments	Stefano Bovino	Universidad de Concepción
Under the Chilean Sky: A Comprehensive Study of the Astronomical Heritage in Chile	Eduardo Ibar	Universidad de Valparaíso
"Una Mirada al Universo, telescopios para la observación solar y nocturna"	Constanza Yovaniniz	Fundación Planetario de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile
COSPAR CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP "Data analysis for Planetary Sciences" 2023	Millarca Valenzuela	Universidad Católica del Norte
Recreos Astronómicos “AstroRecreos” en la comuna de Cerro Navia	Guillermo Retamales	Corporación del Deporte e Inclusión Social de la Ilustre Municipalidad de Cerro Navia
Talleres de Astronomía y Física para Residencias Familiares de Mejor Niñez en la Región de Valparaíso	Catalina Arcos	Universidad de Valparaíso
SOCHIAS grant “BECA ADELINA” for student participation at conferences	Ricardo Demarco	Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía (SOCHIAS)
III National Conference of Astronomical Education	Angie Barr Domínguez	SOCHIAS
Equipo Pedagógico CIRAS: cerrando brechas entre la astronomía y el aula II	Carla Hernández	Universidad de Santiago
A MUSE view of high-redshift radio-loud quasars	Chiara Mazzucchelli	Universidad Diego Portales
Breaking the Barriers IV	Julio Carballo Bello	SOCHIAS
Chilean Representation to the Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A)	Julie Nantais	SOCHIAS