WP6 is led by Dr Simon Berry of the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The other team members are Sherrie-Lee Samuel (Project Officer) and Simon Haynes (Project Administrator). The specific objectives are as follows:

  • To lead the activities of a Working Group investigating all aspects of the financial model required to ensure the construction, operation and, ultimately, the decommissioning of the SKA.

  • To determine and inform all partners of the timescales and constraints governing possible national funding opportunities for the construction and operation of the SKA.

  • To investigate the possibility of obtaining a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other similar national and/or regional bodies to provide a smooth funding profile for the construction phase of the project.

  • To understand the implications of such a loan(s) on the long-term operational funding of the SKA.

This work-package has created a Working Group to examine all aspects of the financial model for the complete lifetime of the SKA project, extending from construction, through operation into eventual decommissioning. This is a key work-package, bringing together information and inputs from several other PrepSKA activity areas into a White Paper on the future funding model for the SKA.

WP6 will end on 31 March 2012.


Last updated Thu Mar 24 09:52:51 2011