UCL Astrophysics Short-term Visitor Programme 2006-2009

我们建议继续在UCL成功和富有成效的短期访问者计划，以涵盖PPARC资助的理论和观测领域的天体物理学研究。该补助金将支持来自海外和英国的个人访问，通常每次持续5天。在3年内共要求45，000英镑用于20名学术人员，15名博士后研究员和30名博士生的研究活动。我们还寻求支持最近的主要扩展的UCL天体物理组进入宇宙学领域。这些资金将用于支付每年约25名参观者的生活费，即每年每个研究领域约3名参观者的生活费。这些访问将通过直接交流、出版研究出版物、使用海外设施、交流计划以及创造研究和资助的新机会，为我们的研究小组带来巨大利益。

We propose to continue our successful and productive short-term visitor programme at UCL to cover PPARC-funded astrophysics research in theoretical and observational areas. The grant would support individual visits from overseas and the UK, typically lasting 5 days each. A total of £45,000 is requested over 3 years in connection to the research activity of 20 academic staff, 15 post-doctoral fellows and 30 PhD students. We also seek to support the recent major expansion of the UCL Astrophysics group into the area of cosmology. The funds will be used to cover mostly subsistence costs for about 25 visitors per annum, i.e. approximately 3 per research area per year. The visits will provide substantial benefits to our research groups through direct interactions, output of research publications, access to overseas facilities, exchange schemes, and generation of new opportunities for research and funding.