The Network for UltraViolet
Astrophysics (NUVA) is a pan-european network set-up
to identify the needs of the astronomical community
in the UV domain and eventually propose actions to
structure it around new projects. It was first
established in 2004 within the OPTical
Infrared Coordination Network for astronomy in the
FP6 program and produced the European road-map for
UV astronomy that was included in the ASTRONET
report in 2008.
Currently, the
NUVA activity has been moved into the recently
created IAU working group of UV
astronomy within Division B (Facilities,
Technologies and Data Science) to
elaborate a road map for UV astronomy at global
scale that can exploit the synergies between all
interested agencies and the academia to
coordinate the development of UV mission at all
funding levels (from mini, cubesats, to Moon
based telescopes or large coordinated
missions).
