Use of space infrastructure for Earth observation and planetary research (GO)

Various national and international space organisations and institutions deploy and maintain advanced and extensive infrastructure in space. This space infrastructure, and the data and signals it generates, is available to scientific and other users. NWO, in collaboration with NLSA and within the framework of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science’s space policy, aims to encourage Dutch researchers to utilise this infrastructure for the benefit of science and society. The objective of the GO programme is therefore: To provide support to researchers working in the Netherlands in making substantial use of space infrastructure for the purpose of high-quality scientific research. Within this objective, the GO programme is open to scientific research in two thematic areas: Earth observation and planets (and other objects) within our solar system. These themes are scientific priorities under the current Dutch space policy.