Atacama Large Millimeter Array - Funding

Funding

ALMA was initially a 50-50 collaboration between the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory and European Southern Observatory (ESO). The array has been extended with the help of the new Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chilean partners. ALMA is the largest and most expensive ground-based astronomical project currently under construction (current cost estimate is US$1.5 billion).

Partners

• European Southern Observatory and the European Regional Support Centre
• National Science Foundation via the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the North American ALMA Science Center
• National Research Council of Canada
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) under the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)
• ALMA-Taiwan at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA)
• Republic of Chile