Dear IAU Div D Members, below an announcement that may be of interest, with a timeline that falls between our regular bulletins:

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AHEAD Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 2

The AHEAD (Integrated Activities for High Energy Astrophysics*) project solicits proposals for its program of transnational visits. This program offers access free-of-cost to some of the best European test and calibration facilities, training/mentoring on X-ray data analysis and visits of scientists/engineers at all expertise levels.

AO-2 Calls Opening: 16 May 2016

Submission Deadlines:

• Call 1 (Experimental Facilities):  30 June 2018; proposals will be evaluated on a twice-a year basis
• Calls 2 and 3 (Visitor Program & Data analysis):  30 June 2016, 17:00 CET

Three main calls are included in this AO. For further information and links to the three AO-2 Calls: http://ahead.iaps.inaf.it/?page_id=365

* AHEAD is a Research Infrastructure Program funded by the Horizon 2020< program of the European Union. Its main goal is to integrate and open research infrastructures for high energy Astrophysics.
For general information on AHEAD:  http://ahead.iaps.inaf.it/

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Anna Watts
Secretary of IAU Div D Steering Committee
Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
A.L.Watts@uva.nl
http://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/a.l.watts/