In the Dark

Interesting view of astronomy grant funding versus time from AGP Chair Andy Lawrence.

Before commenting, I’m first going to calculate the Fourier Transform of Andy’s graph and analyse it in reciprocal space.

Time for me to break a rule. As many of you will know, I am currently chairperson of STFC’s Astronomy Grants Panel. I have steered clear of discussing AGP business on this blog, for obvious reasons. However, the current round is now complete, so I can relax that rule somewhat. I wrote a chairman’s report which went out yesterday on the astrocommunity email list. Paul Crowther has put it on his website, so you can read it if you haven’t already. T … Read More

via The e-Astronomer

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