European funding agencies for astroparticle physics
celebrate today the successful work of the ASPERA European funded network and
the launch of the newly founded APPEC, the Astroparticle Physics European
Consortium.
Over the last six years, ASPERA brought together funding
agencies and the physics community to set up coordination for astroparticle physics
at the European level. The main achievement of ASPERA is the development of the
European strategy for astroparticle physics defining the priority large
infrastructures needed to solve some of the deepest mysteries of the Universe.
ASPERA also developed activities stimulating the field such as R&D common
calls and created closer relationships to Industry and other research fields.