{"id":148,"date":"2023-06-26T07:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T07:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:24:30","slug":"important-achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/?page_id=148","title":{"rendered":"Important achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS (most recent first)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IAU (International Astronomical Union) grant, IAU Symposium #395 (<em>18\/11\/2024 \u2013 22\/11\/2024) <\/em>\u2013 1000 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marie Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/strong>. Project: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/funding-tenders\/opportunities\/portal\/screen\/how-to-participate\/org-details\/999999999\/project\/101108180\/program\/43108390\/details\">TraNSLate: Tracing galaxy evolution with Nuclear Structures in Late-type galaxies<\/a>\u201d (grant N. 101108180, Horizon Europe research and innovation program from the European Commission, call: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/funding-tenders\/opportunities\/portal\/screen\/opportunities\/topic-details\/horizon-msca-2022-pf-01-01;callCode=null;freeTextSearchKeyword=msca;matchWholeText=true;typeCodes=1;statusCodes=31094501,31094502,31094503;programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027;programCcm2Id=43108390;programDivisionCode=null;focusAreaCode=null;destination=null;mission=null;geographicalZonesCode=null;programmeDivisionProspect=null;startDateLte=null;startDateGte=null;crossCuttingPriorityCode=null;cpvCode=null;performanceOfDelivery=null;sortQuery=sortStatus;orderBy=asc;onlyTenders=false;topicListKey=topicSearchTablePageState\">HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01<\/a>) &#8211; 181152.96 \u20ac&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visitor Program for (colloquium) invited speakers (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, Netherlands) &#8211; ~620\u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macquarie University Visitor Program, Sydney, Australia &#8211; 1000 AUD ~ 630 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cSign Up! Career building 2023\u201d<\/strong> Training Program for Leadership (19 excellent early-career scientists selected out of 64 Max Planck institutes), Max Planck Society (MPG, Munich, 11\/2022) ~ 2500\u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MPIA performance bonus<\/strong> for the role of Equal Opportunity Officer (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany, <em>24\/11\/2022<\/em>) \u2013 1100 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IAU (International Astronomical Union) grant, General Assembly XXXI and IAU Symposium #373 (<em>02\/08\/2022 \u2013 11\/08\/2022) <\/em>\u2013 529 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MPIA performance bonus<\/strong> for the role of Equal Opportunity Officer and as a member of the MPIA Resilience Working Groups (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany, <em>21\/10\/2021<\/em>) \u2013 1500 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>La Caixa &#8211; Severo Ochoa<\/strong> International Fellowship for doctoral studies (Barcelona, Spain, <em>28\/06\/2016<\/em>) &#8211; ~100000 \u20ac (a four-year grant).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer Grant in Technological Development \u2013 IAC, Instrumentation Division. Project: \u201cModeling and characterization of EMCCD cameras used in adaptive optics, from a known stochastic model. Validation with real images.\u201d Supervisor: Dr. H.M. Chulani (<em>01\/07\/2014 \u2013 30\/09\/2014)<\/em> \u2013 2160\u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>External stage \u2013 IAC, Instrumentation Division. Project: \u201cParticipation in the design and execution of the test and calibration plan of a pixel prototype of the future instrument TGI for QUIJOTE\u201d. Supervisor: Dr. R. Hoyland (<em>01\/11\/2013 \u2013 31\/12\/2013)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Collaboration grants of one year \u2013 Scientific and Technological Centers of the University of Barcelona (CciT-UB), Unit of Nanometric Techniques. Supervisors: Dr. J. D\u00edaz, Dr. G. Oncins (<em>01\/02\/2011 \u2013<\/em> <em>31\/01\/2013<\/em>) &#8211; ~12000 \u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>European Commission Future Capital grant<\/strong> &#8211; Fundaci\u00f3n Escuela de solidaridad, (Atarfe, Granada, Spain). Project: \u201cRenewable-energy workshops for adults and children: construction and installation by the general public of solar cookers, toys, and devices\u201d (<em>01\/10\/2005 \u2013 30\/06\/2006<\/em>) \u2013 5000\u20ac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>AWARDED OBSERVING TIME <\/em><\/strong>                      <strong><em>(most relevant first)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cUncovering the origin of thick disks with MUSE\u201d, P.I. <strong>Pinna F<\/strong>., ESO-VLT program <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.eso.org\/wdb\/wdb\/eso\/approved_runs\/query?tel=UT4&amp;prog_id=098.B-0662(A)&amp;period=98&amp;remarks=%20\">098.B-0662<\/a> (subm. 31\/03\/2016), 9 hours of MUSE observations (oversubscription factor: 18.9 in P98) \u2013 about 80k\u20ac worth.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00abWEAVE-GECKOS: Unveiling the assembly of young cold disks in spiral galaxies\u00bb, P.I. <strong>Pinna F<\/strong>., WEAVE Open Time programme <em>SW2025a19<\/em>, 15 hours in Band A \u2013 equivalent to about 15k\u20ac worth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGECKOS:Turning galaxy evolution on its side with deep observations of edge-on galaxies\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Van de Sande J.), ESO-VLT large program <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.eso.org\/wdb\/wdb\/eso\/approved_runs\/query?period=110&amp;prog_type=4\">1110.B-4019<\/a> (subm. 25\/03\/2022), 317 hours of MUSE observations \u2013 equivalent to about 2540k\u20ac worth.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;\u201cExploring nuclear star cluster formation in late-type dwarf galaxies\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Fahrion K.), ESO-VLT program <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.eso.org\/wdb\/wdb\/eso\/sched_rep_arc\/query?progid=108.220K.001\">0108.B-0904<\/a> (subm. 25\/03\/2021), 25 hours of MUSE observations \u2013 equivalent to about 200k\u20ac worth. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNuclear-star-cluster formation in late-type galaxies: spatially resolving their stellar populations with MEGARA\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Garc\u00eda-Lorenzo B.), ENO-GTC program 75-GTC68\/22B (subm. 04\/04\/2022), 25 hours of MEGARA observations \u2013 equivalent to about 25k\u20ac worth.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRevealing the formation of Nuclear Star Clusters in spiral galaxies with MEGARA\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Garc\u00eda-Lorenzo B.), ENO-GTC program 53-GTC51\/22A (subm. 04\/10\/2021), 25 hours of MEGARA observations \u2013 equivalent to about 25k\u20ac worth.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cVST Early-type Galaxy Survey (VEGAS): the Eridanus supergroup of galaxies\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Iodice E.), ESO-GTO program <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.eso.org\/wdb\/wdb\/eso\/approved_runs\/query?period=106&amp;order=prog_id&amp;prog_type=%21%3D2\">0106.A-0549<\/a> (subm. 23\/04\/2020), 4.5 nights in visitor mode and 55.9 hours in service mode with OmegaCAM \u2013 equivalent to about 300k\u20ac worth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;\u201cUsing LIRIS to determine the role of shocks in unexpectedly transitioning galaxies\u201d, Co-I (P.I. Lisenfeld U.), WHT program 28-WHT8\/17A (subm. 03\/10\/2016), 3 nights with LIRIS \u2013 equivalent to about 30k\u20ac worth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS (most recent first) AWARDED OBSERVING TIME (most relevant first)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescapinna.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}