Path2SKA is a proposal submitted for EC funding under the FP7 Initial Training Network (ITN) scheme. Here is the the proposal guide. The EC proposal was being prepared here. Here is a PDF version of the submitted proposal.

The main theme of the proposal is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers who will use and develop the next-generation radio telescope the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

The training programme will focus on exploiting the possibilities of close working relationships between academics and industry and inter-disciplinary research. Its scope thus extends significantly on the training programme organised by the SKADS Marie Curie Conference & Training programme.

We have requsted that 3 postdoctoral positions, 3 industrial early-stage researcher positions and 25 PhD programmes will be supported by this programme. Although these researchers will form a network based in Europe, they will connect directly with the global SKA project via the SKA Project Development Office, international working groups and pathfinder telescope efforts in Australia, India, South Africa and the USA.

Its aims and progress will be monitored by the European SKA Consortium. The following are the full partners of the proposal.