CORA Radiation

Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for Radiation, ESA provides access to European accelerator facilities for space radiation research.

General informations

Through the Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for Radiation, ESA will provide scientists with an opportunity to conduct research necessary to advance knowledge relevant to the effects of space radiation in the area of Life, Physical and Moon & Mars Sciences.

For more information on the CORA Radiation, please go to the channel on ESA’s Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP) here.

The CORA is continuously open, so research proposals can be submitted at any point in time. Proposals need to be submitted through the OSIP channel.

An overview of the five accelerator facilities can be found here:

GANIL facility, Caen, France (link here)
AGOR KVI-CART, Groningen, The Netherlands (link here)
HIT, Heidelberg, Germany (link here)
UPTD, Dresden, Germany (link here)
Trento Proton Therapy Center – TIFPA, Trento, Italy (link here)