Funding & Support
We are incredibly thankful for all the contributions enabling us to explore the spark of light in the Universe.
Early support
The initial cash funding was provided by the Kavli Institute for Cosmology in Cambridge (part of the Kavli foundation) in 2018.
Stellenbosch University and the National Research Foundation in South Africa (NRF) completed the initial cash support in 2018.
The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund supported the construction of the first receiver in 2019.
The land under REACH
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), part of the National Research Foundation (NRF), manages the land where the REACH telescopes stand. We have an agreement for the use of a dedicated piece of land in one of the Karoo valleys part of their estate, which they provide in-kind.
SARAO also provides in-kind support for the maintenance of the telescopes, in collaboration with Stellenbosch University.
Later large funding
In October 2023, the REACH_21 project started. REACH_21 was selected by the ERC Consolidator Grants panel, and subsequently funded by the UKRI guarantee scheme.
UKRI also supports our PI (Dr de Lera Acedo), via an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship for the scientific exploitation of REACH.
The human team
The resources to support our incredible human team are provided in-kind by the different collaborator institutions, who are the brain, heart and muscle behind REACH.