Records of the NRAO > ALMA Series > ALMA Multi-institutional Agreements Unit

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NAOJ-NRAO Memorandum of Agreement, 12 June 1995
Description: Memorandum of Agreement [between] The National Astronomical Observatory, Japan and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA, Cooperative Studies for the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array and the Millimeter Array.
Start Date: 1995-06-12

Description: Minutes
Start Date: 1998

NAOJ-NRAO Memorandum of Agreement, 24 March 1998
Description: Memorandum of Agreement [between] The National Astronomical Observatory, Japan and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA, Cooperative Studies for the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array and the Millimeter Array.
Start Date: 1998-03-24

Photograph of the Signing of the NAOJ-NRAO Memorandum of Agreement, 24 March 1998
Start Date: 1998-03-24

ALMA Design and Development MOU Between NSF and Europe (signed), December 1998
Description: Memorandum of Understanding between NSF and European Organizations (ESO, CNRS, MPG, NFRA, PPARC) for design and development phase of ALMA.
Start Date: 1998-12

Start Date: 1999

Description: Minutes
Start Date: 1999-06-10

Description: MOU between NSF, ESO, CNRS, MPG, NfRA/NOVA and PPARC
Start Date: 1999-07-12

Notes of Japan-European-USA ALMA Meeting, 29-30 September 1999
Start Date: 1999-09

Resolution between the ALMA Coordination Committee and NAOJ Concerning Coordination between LMSA and ALMA (signed), 12 November 1999
Start Date: 1999-11-12

Description: Minutes of a meeting of the US-European-Japanese group established by the ACC and NAOJ.
Start Date: 1999-12-03

Description: Includes: Organization of ALMA in Chile (Draft) by R.L. Brown, 29 November 1999. Agreement on the Installation of the Site Infrastructure and Antenna Prototypes for ALMA by and between CONICYT, AUI and ESO (Draft), 7 December 1999. A Proposal…
Start Date: 1999

Start Date: 2000

Description: Minutes
Start Date: 2000-02-16

ALMA ACC- NAOJ Under MEXT Resolution, 6 April 2001
Description: Resolution between the ALMA Coordination Committee (ACC) and The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) under the authority of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) Concerning the Partnership…
Start Date: 2001-04-06

Description: Minutes, presentations, report and correspondence.
Start Date: 2000-03-09

Description: Minutes
Start Date: 2000-06-28

Description: Correspondence, meeting notes, timeline of accomplishments, copies of various agreements.
Start Date: 2000

Description: White papers on organizational structure of ALMA in Chile, MOU between NASA and Japan, ESO/AUI project work document and correspondence.
Start Date: 2001

Description: Agenda for 26 November 2001 teleconference, reports, presentations.
Start Date: 2001

Description: Agenda, meeting and notes for "Towards a Trilateral ALMA Project: Meeting of the ALMA Technical Leaders."
Start Date: 2001-05-10

Description: "Draft Recommendation for the Scope and Fivision of Effort in the Tripartite ALMA Project"
Start Date: 2001-06-01

Description: Presentations and handouts
Start Date: 2001-08-16

Description: "Japanese Participation in ALMA: A Proposal" (16 August 2002), memo and related correspondence
Start Date: 2002

ALMA Bilateral Agreement (Draft), 1 March 2002
Description: Includes edits and notes. Refers to Annexes A-L, not included.
Start Date: 2002-03-01

ALMA Bilateral Agreement Addenda (Drafts), June 2002-February 2003
Description: Includes: Annex A: Project Description, 12 December 2002 Annex B: Science Requirements, 11 June 2002 Annex C: Project Time Schedule--Major Milestones, 11 June 2002 Annex D: Work Breakdown Structure, Assignment of Deliverables and Schedule of…
Start Date: 2002-06-11

Description: Notes from a meeting between the Chilean Inter-Ministerial Committee for ALMA and the ALMA Negotiating Team - Santiago
Start Date: 2002-07-01

Start Date: 2002-07-04

Start Date: 2002-07-25

Description: Meeting notes
Start Date: 2002-07-25

Description: Report
Start Date: 2002-07-16

Description: Report
Start Date: 2002-07-31

Description: Correspondence, proposal
Start Date: 2002-08-01

Description: Agenda, presentation, notes
Start Date: 2002-09-17

ALMA Bilateral Agreement (Draft), 11 December 2002
Description: Agreement Concerning the Joint Construction and Operation of ALMA by NSF & ESO. Includes abstract stating, "The ALMA Bilateral Agreement between NSF and ESO formally establishes the ALMA project." Similar to, but not the same as, 11 June 2002…
Start Date: 2002-12-11

Description: Correspondence, plans for reaching agreement
Start Date: 2002

ALMA Bilateral Agreement (Draft), February 2003
Description: Agreement Concerning the Joint Construction and Operation of ALMA by NSF & ESO.
Start Date: 2003-02

Start Date: 2003-09-13

ALMA Bilateral Agreement Board Terms and Rules, 24 February 2003
Description: Includes: ALMA Board Terms of Reference (Version 1), 24 February 2003 ALMA Board Rules of Procedure (Version 1), 24 February 2003
Start Date: 2003-02-24

Description: Correspondence, notes, photos, material on potential partners
Start Date: 2003-03-06

Description: Agenda, presentation, notes, correspondence
Start Date: 2003-05-08

Description: "Japanese Participation in ALMA: A Proposal" Version 2 (25 April 2003) and related material
Start Date: 2003

ESO-NSF-NINS Agreement (signed), 2004
Description: Agreement Concerning the Construction of the Enhanced ALMA Between The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), The National Science Foundation of the United States (NSF) and The National Instituted of Natural…
Start Date: 2004

Description: Correspondence, agreements
Start Date: 2004

Description: Agenda, notes
Start Date: 2004-02-25

ALMA Bilateral Agreement (Final), April 2005
Description: Agreement Concerning the Joint Construction and Operation of ALMA by NSF & ESO. Unsigned, but noted as "final."
Start Date: 2005-04

ESO-NSF-NINS Agreement Amendment 1, June 2005
Description: Amendment #1 to the Agreement Concerning the Construction of the Enhanced ALMA Between The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), The National Science Foundation of the United States (NSF) and The National…
Start Date: 2005

ALMA AUI-ESO Management Agreement, 2006
Description: Management Agreement Concerning Construction & Early Operations of ALMA. No annexes, no reference to annexes. Signed.
Start Date: 2006

TAPRA Memorandum of Understanding (unsigned), 7 February 2006
Description: MOU between Academic Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and NRAO to establish a Taiwan-American Program in Radio Astronomy. (aka the Taiwan Agreement)
Start Date: 2006-02-07

ESO-NSF-NINS Agreement Amendment 2, June-July 2006
Description: Amendment #2 to the Agreement Concerning the Construction of the Enhanced ALMA Between The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), The National Science Foundation of the United States (NSF) and The National…
Start Date: 2006

ALMA Bilateral Agreement (Amended), 28 February 2007
Description: Signed. No annexes, refers to Annexes A-F.
Start Date: 2007-02-28

Description: Correspondence
Start Date: 2008

ALMA Trilateral Agreement (signed), 15 December 2015
Description: Agreement Concerning the Operations of ALMA by NSF, ESO and NINS.Includes: Annex A: List of Partner Instutions Annex B: Addresses of Parties
Start Date: 2015-12-15

ALMA Trilateral Management Agreement (signed), 17 November 2016
Description: Signed 17 November 2016 by AUI, European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, NAOJ.
Start Date: 2016-11-17

Trilateral Reconciliation of the Joint ALMA Observatory's Operations Cost (Revised), March 2019
Start Date: 2019-03

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