MNRF Financial Statements
Table 1 summarizes the overall MNRF financial situation as at 30 June 1998. The report is a basic, unaudited, one in the same format used in the 1997 MNRF Annual Report (pdf file). Guidelines for the production of audited MNRF financial and asset reports are currently being drafted by the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism. When these directives become available, ATNF quarterly and annual reports will be produced in accordance with the new directives.
Table 2 is a summary of international astronomy collaboration projects funded under the MNRF Program. Table 3 shows details of international travel requests supported in the financial year 1996-97; the 1997 MNRF Annual Report (pdf file) contains full details of earlier grants.
| 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 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 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 |
Total Commitment { $1091K * Includes unpaid claims - refer Table 7-3
Reserved { $169K
Total Budget $1260K
| 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 |
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