This Program, called “Advanced Technologies for the Exploration of the Universe and its Components”, aims to make a qualitative leap in Spanish participation in the next generation of leading international projects in the area of Astrophysics and High-Energy Physics, with a particular emphasis on its most technological aspects. In particular, the following lines of action (LA) have been identified as areas of collaboration for the development of the programme:
- LA-1: Development of state-of-the-art instrumentation for future Particle and Nuclear Physics experiments.
- LA-2: Development of state-of-the-art astrophysical instrumentation for ICTS, ESFRI projects in astronomy, and space missions.
- LA-3: Gravitational wave experiments and multi-messenger astronomy.
- LA-4: Great astronomical cartographies.
- LA-5: Direct searches for dark matter.
- LA-6: Physics of neutrinos.
- LA-7: Space exploration with small satellites.
- LA-8: Computing, big data and artificial intelligence.
The program was initially launched with the collaboration of the Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Andalusia, Cantabria, Comunitat Valenciana, Aragón and Illes Balears, through the signing of a framework agreement with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
Subsequently, after the Agreement of the Council of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy of June 22, 2022, the Autonomous Community of Madrid has been incorporated.
