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SKA collaboration
The MeerKAT scientists and engineers are fully embedded
in the international SKA project, participating in technical
committees and working groups set up by the SKA
Project Development Office (SPDO) and supported by
the PrepSKA (European FP7) and TDP (USA/NSF)
programmes.
Bilateral agreements have been established
with key institutions involved with the SKA to improve
collaboration efficiency, including the Universities of
Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester, the University of
California at Berkeley and Caltech, as well as with the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) of
the USA.
In South Africa, the Hartebeesthoek Radio
Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical
Observatory participate in the MeerKAT Project,
while researchers and students at many universities in
Africa also actively participate.
The SKA Project's head
office is in Rosebank, Johannesburg, while the MeerKAT
engineering office is in Pinelands, Cape Town.
The
Department of Science and Technology funds the SKA
Project via the National Research Foundation.
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