Category Archives: TF1 funded projects

Project update: JEDI astronomy workshop

JEDI astronomy workshop from June 30th to July 6th at the University of Namibia The Astronomy and Space Science Workshop sponsored by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development was hosted at the University of Namibia from June 30th to July 6th 2014. This workshop is part of the Joint Exchange Development Initiative (JEDI) that […]

Overview of the project

Project title: National Workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics in Kathmandu, Nepal Project leader: Prof. Binil Aryal June 25th – 28th, 2013, Central Department of Physics at Tribhuvan University, Nepal Workshop Programme & List of participants The Central Department of Physics at Tribhuvan University has been helping bring the world of Astronomy & Astrophysics to interested […]

Overview of the project (Phase I-2013)

Project title: Starlight in the university: “Astrolab” Project leader: Prof. Jean-Pierre de Grève The project aims at fully developing and implementing a research tutorial, Astrolab, in universities in need of astronomy infrastructure and curriculum, allowing undergraduate students in sciences to perform real-time observations on a remote telescope, and transforming those observations in to a scientific […]

Overview of the project

Project title: Strengthening Astronomy Research at the University level in Rwanda Project leader: Dr. Pheneas Nkundabakura Follow the project here! During the year 2009, IAU donated 5 computers to help students and Lecturers to learn and use astronomy softwares. The computers run completely on Linux. With these computers, the Kigali Institute of Education (Faculty of […]