As part of its statutory and knowledge transfer functions, the Côte d’Azur Observatory has signed collaboration agreements with research institutes and universities nationally and internationally, as well as partnerships with industry. OCA is also supported by local authorities and is involved locally in cultural and educational partnerships.
Consortium agreement involving several European institutes for Matisse (the mid-infrared focal second generation instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, or VTLI) developed in collaboration with ESO. |
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Partnerships in the framework of the HERA and LISA space missions and the Anatolia Consortium - Funding of studies and PhDs. |
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Artemis Laboratory is involved in the French-Italian Consortium "European Gravitational Observatory" for the implementation of the VIRGO project. |
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The OCA is a member of this consortium for the construction of GNSS data gateway. |
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The OCA is a member of the CTA consortium during the construction, commissioning and operation phases of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. |
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Collaboration agreement "Low-frequency DAS for tsunami wave detection". |
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Agreement for the development of collaborative programs in the field of planetary science and the study of the solar system, cosmology, celestial mechanics and the modeling and simulation of astrophysical objects and processes. |
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Agreement for the transfer of a polarimeter belonging to the Turin Astronomical Observatory of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF-OATO) and based on the C2PU telescope at OCA’s Plateau de Calern observation site. |
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INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS |
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Creation of a Joint Laboratory on October 10, 2018 between OCA, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur and Thales Alenia Space on optical systems and onboard instrumentation, astrophysics and planetary exploration missions and geosciences. Collaborative actions are carried out in particular through the hosting and training of PhD students. |
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Partnership agreement in the fields of free space optical links (laser, observation, atmosphere), time-frequency metrology, telecoms, laser telemetry, astronomy and SSA. |
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Collaboration agreement in the areas of laser range finding, management of space debris, space surveillance and geodesy. |
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Collaboration on the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and development of innovative tools in the metrology of Air/Soil interfaces". |
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Funding contract for the WIND project "3D Waveform Inversion for ultra-long offset multi-componet Node Data" and a CIFRE grant. |
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Funding contract for the WIND project "3D Waveform Inversion for ultra-long offset multi-componet Node Data" and a CIFRE grant. |
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Funding contract for the WIND project "3D Waveform Inversion for ultra-long offset multi-componet Node Data" and a CIFRE grant. |
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OTHER PARTNERSHIPS |
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OCA is member of the FIRST-TF Consortium, a french thematic network aiming to gather all the actors involved in time-frequency. |
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Consortium agreement as part of the Equipex RESIF (French Seismological and Geodetic Network) research infrastructure made up of multi-scale seismological and geodetic stations that measure the permanent and temporary deformations of French soil. |
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The Geoazur and Artemis laboratories are partners of Equipex REFIMEVE+ (Pan-European Metrological Fiber Network). |
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The OCA (Lagrange Laboratory) is member of the ELT network of instrument control software specialists. |
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OCA is member of the french Solid Earth Center whose mission is to facilitate access to data and contribute to the creation of new products and services by adding value to the available spatial and in-situ data. |
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Research collaboration agreements within the framework of PhDs of the "Geological Repository of France" program. |
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Realisation of joint studies in the field of geosciences. |
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Collaboration agreement within the framework of a PhD on "Development of the CHARA/SPICA-VIS instrument and optimization of a N-arm stellar interferometer". |
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OCA is a member of GRGS, a space geodesy research group that federates 12 French research teams. |
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES |
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OCA receives support from local authorities for the renovation of its facilities, for research activities through a doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship program and funding of scientific conferences, and also in its knowledge dissemination activities. |
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ASSOCIATIONS & CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS |
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The OCA is a partner of the Memorandum of Understanding between the research and higher education structures of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region for the dissemination of Scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture. | |
The Schaumasse telescope is made available for tours and courses organized by AQUILA, the University of Nice astronomy association. |
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Transfer of the Francois Giraud Telescope to the Centre International de Valbonne (CIV) for educational purposes in collaboration with PSTJ. |
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Partnership agreement for astrophysical observations on the C2PU telescope with the 2SPOT (Southern Spectroscopic Project Observatory Team) association. |
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