ESCAPE - The European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle Physics ESFRI Research Infrastructures has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 824064.
The Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg - UHEI) is the oldest University in Germany. Heidelberg’s Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie produces the largest number of physics PhDs among all German universities. The German partner institute is the Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH). It was founded in 2005 and now constitutes the largest astronomy group at a German University. ZAH scientists participate at major astronomical projects.