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About project KSS
The Name of the Project: Chemical Effects of Interstellar Dust Warming Caused by Cosmic Rays.
Project Identification No. 1.1.1.2/VIAA/1/16/194
Project Acronym: KSS
The project is implemented within the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme ‘Growth and Employment’ 1.1.1 Specific Support Objective ‘Increase the Research and Innovation Capacity of Latvian Research Institutions and the Ability to Attract External Funding by Investing in Human Resources and Infrastructure’ 1.1.1.2 within the framework of the measure ‘Support for Postdoctoral Research’ project ‘Support for the Implementation of postdoctoral research’, Agreement No. 1.1.1.2/16/I/001.
Project Duration: 1/1/2018–31/12/2020
Project Funding:
The total approved costs are EUR 133,805.88
and they are financed from the following sources:
European Regional Development Fund funding – EUR 113,734.99, which is 85% of the total eligible costs;
Government funding – In the amount of EUR 13,380.58, which is 10.0% of the total eligible costs;
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences funding – EUR 6,690.31, which is 5% of the total eligible costs.
Brief description and goal of the project:
The project is intended as a non-economic fundamental research, aimed at scientific excellence and increasing the scientific skills of the applicant J. Kalvāns. It will be introduced at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS) Institute of Engineering “Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre” (VIRAC).
Brief Description and Aim of the Project: The project is intended as a non-economic fundamental research, aimed at scientific excellence and increasing the scientific skills of the submitter Juris Kalvāns. It will be introduced at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS) Institute of Engineering Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC).
The aim of the project is to create databases that accurately describe the warming and cooling of interstellar dust grains caused by cosmic rays (CR). The current description of these processes in astrochemistry is very rough, without taking into account changes in the CR energy spectrum in interstellar nebulae and other aspects. The astrophysical significance of the data obtained in the detailed calculations will be assessed by astrochemical simulations. The project will continue the scientific work recently started by VUAS. It is interdisciplinary – related to the fields of physics and chemistry. The postdoctoral student will gain valuable training in physics-related international collaborative research. The project partners are the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Physics (Germany) and the Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia (USA).
Contacts Information:
Leading Researcher of the Project - Juris Kalvāns, Dr. phys.,
juris.kalvans@venta.lv
Project Administrative Manager - Ieva Rozenberga,
ieva.rozenberga@venta.lv