Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
Introduction to ESF expert Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
1. The European Science Foundation (ESF)
The European Science Foundation is an association of 75 Member Organizations from 30 countries.
The ESF brings European scientists
together to work on topics of common concern, to co-ordinate the use of expensive facilities,
and to discover and define new endeavors that will benefit from a co-operative approach
The scientific work sponsored by ESF includes basic research in the natural sciences, the
medical and biosciences, the humanities and the social sciences.
The ESF links scholarship and research supported by its members and adds value by cooperation
across national frontiers. Through its function as coordinator, and also by holding workshops
and conferences and by enabling researchers to visit and study in laboratories throughout
Europe, the ESF works for the advancement of European science.
On behalf of European radio astronomers, the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies of the European Science Foundation (CRAF) coordinates activities to keep the frequency bands used by radio astronomy and space sciences free from interference.
It works towards this aim by:
CRAF has its Office hosted at the Netherlands Foundation for
Research in Astronomy (ASTRON).
The Committee has a rottating chair and
meets usually at least twice each year.
Dr. Axel Jessner is the present Chairman and Mr. P. Bolli is the Secretary.
The CRAF Frequency Manager is Laurentiu ALEXE.
The address of the CRAF office is:
CRAF
Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo,
The Netherlands,
tel.: (+31) 521-595100, fax (+31) 521-595101, email: alexe @ craf.eu .
Last updated: September 7, 2009