Dr. Akira Endo has been awarded a 3 year NWO-Veni grant to bring superconducting nanotechnology towards astronomical observations. He works now as a post-doc in Teun Klapwijk’s group and will start his Veni-contract per 1-1-2011. The title of his proposal is: Probing the Cosmic History of Star Formation by Submillimeter Wave Ultrabroadband Spectroscopy using Superconducting Resonators.