| Projects | Provision |
Exp 1995/96 | Exp1996/97 |
Exp1997/98 |
Liabilities |
Balance |
|
| AT High Frequency Upgrade | |||||||
| 12/3.5mm ATCA receivers | 2860000 |
11371 |
222917 |
185729 |
2439983 |
||
| Atmospheric phase correction | 160000 |
23925 |
6687 |
450 |
128938 |
||
| ATCA antenna surface extension | 910000 |
350 |
15109 |
155874 |
738667 |
||
| 3.5 new E-W stations for ATCA | 440000 |
10192 |
124952 |
124580 |
180276 |
||
| ATCA local oscillator upgrade | 750000 |
44023 |
10940 |
695037 |
|||
| ATOMS |
200000 |
86228 |
0 |
113772 |
|||
| Parkes conversion system | 230000 |
113975 |
128811 |
13086 |
-25872 |
||
| AT VLBI Upgrade | |||||||
| 12mm receiver for VLBI |
200000 | 35272 |
6531 |
0 |
158197 |
||
| Other VLBI improvements |
336000 |
4257 |
16150 |
166447 |
0 |
149146 | |
|
Strategic Research |
|||||||
| Array technology | 150000 |
9269 |
36046 |
0 |
104685 |
||
| Interference Excision |
50000 | 8249 |
0 |
41751 |
|||
| Project Management | |||||||
| Infrastructure | 300000 |
35148 |
44169 |
103702 |
667 |
116314 |
|
| Test Equipment | 400000 |
73880 |
307029 |
0 |
19091 |
||
| Manpower | 1250000 |
151267 |
186495 |
189106 |
0 |
723132 |
|
| Payments to University of Tasmania |
1504000 | 414000 |
500000 |
0 |
590000 |
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| International Collaboration |
1260000 |
0 |
247696 |
348021 |
0 |
664283 | |
| TOTAL |
$11000000 |
$190672 |
$1186744 |
$2293858 |
$491326 |
6837400 |
|
| Proposer | Proposal | Requested |
Committed |
Reserved |
Comments | Payment Details |
| R Morganti(ATNF) E Sadler (U Syd) | A Joint ESO/Australia Workshop "Looking Deep in the Southern Sky" |
$20K |
$15K | Held Dec. '97 - 100% travel support for invited workshop speakers. |
$15,000 Pd 3/7/96 | |
| B MacA Thomas (ATNF) | The One Kilometre Square Telescope (1kT) |
$191.8K |
$87K |
$45K |
2-yr post-doc position; possible extension to 3 yrs; salary overheads from MNRF Strategic Research project. |
$11,024 Pd 30/6/98 |
| R Clay (U Adel) | Studies of the Highest Energy Particles in Nature |
$198K |
$6K |
$24K |
Travel support grant. | $6000 Pd 30/4/97 |
| L Allen/ J Storey (UNSW) M Dopita/J Mould (MSSSO) | SPIRIT : The South Pole Infrared Imaging Telescope - NOAO/CARA collaboration |
$255K |
$225K |
Progress payments to UNSW. | $225,000 Pd 26/6/97 & 6/5/98 | |
| J Patterson (U Adel) | g-ray Observatory - Cangaroo Project |
$90.5K |
$30K |
Seed money for Japanese collaboration. | ||
| J Whiteoak (ATNF) | Phase 2 Activities of European Large Southern Array (LSA) Project |
$100K |
$100K |
On hold awaiting further developments. |
$782 Pd 22/12/97 | |
| K Taylor (AAO)/M Colless (MSSSO) |
Australis Phase A Study | $400K |
$320K |
$205,000 Pd 29/9/97 | ||
|
K Nugent/R Webster (U.Melb) | LOBSTER X-Ray Satellite Project |
$141K |
$58K | Salary Research Fellow + travel. |
$58,000 Pd 26/6/97 | |
| M Bessell (MSSSO) | Australia-Japan Collaborative Workshops |
$115K |
$20K | Seed money for Japanese collaboration. |
$20,000 Pd 16/7/97 | |
| D Jaucey (ATNF) | VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) | $255K |
Information requested was received after Feb. '97 mtg. No decision. |
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|
M Brennan (ARC) | Gemini partnership | $200K |
$200K |
Awaiting instructions to transfer funds. | ||
| J Davis (U Syd) | Collaboration with ESO on instrumentationfor the VLTI |
$67K |
$60K | Research Fellow salary for 2 years | ||
|
Travel related to international collaboration; misc. establishment costs |
$70K |
Direct reimbursements from ATNF to 30/6/98 * | $54,910 | |||
|
TOTALS | $2033.3K |
$1091K |
$169K |
$595,716 |
| Name | Institution | Travel Dates | Destination | Purpose | Travel funding Committed |
Date Paid |
| Dr K Taylor | Anglo-Australian Observatory | 27/4/97 - 14/5/97 | Amsterdam & Munich | Gemini Instrumentation Forum; meetings on SUBARU project |
$5961.65 | 15/12/97 |
| Dr G Da Costa | MSSSO, Australian National University |
3/9/97 - 9/9/97 | Tucson, Arizona | Gemini Instrumentation Forum | $2426.25 | 21/10/97 |
| Dr G Da Costa | MSSSO, Australian National University |
17/2/98 - 23/2/98 | Gainesville, Florida | Gemini Science Retreat | $3445.39 | 21/4/98 |
| Dr G Da Costa | MSSSO, Australian National University |
16/3/98 - 19/3/98 | Kona, Hawaii | Gemini Instrumentation Forum | $3016.27 | 13/5/98 |
| Dr K Taylor | Anglo-Australian Observatory | 18/3/98 - 21/3/98 | Kona, Hawaii | Gemini Instrumentation Forum | $3016.27 | Unpaid |
| Dr K Taylor | Anglo-Australian Observatory | 15/4/98 - 18/4/98 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Gemini GCS meeting | $3700.00 | Unpaid |
| Dr D Jauncey Dr E Sadler Mrs B Siegman | ATNF U Sydney ATNF | 12/7/98 - 25/7/98 12/7//98-25/7/98 3/5/98-11/5/98 | ISAS, Tokyo | VSOP Science Review Committee Mtg; training of ISAS staff in telescope time assignment processes | $5000.00 | Part paid |
| Dr A Hopkins | U Sydney, ATNF | 19/7/98 - 9/8/98 | Calgary, Canada | 1kT Science Workshop | $2560.00 | 4/6/98 |
| Dr M Bailes | Swinburne University of Technology |
20/7/98 - 22/7/98 | Calgary, Canada | 1kT Science Workshop | $2759.00 | Unpaid |