Editing Atacama Large Millimeter Array (section)

==Funding==
ALMA was initially a 50-50 collaboration between the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]] and [[European Southern Observatory]] (ESO) and later extended with the help of the other Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chilean partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alma.nrao.edu/partners/|title=National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Legacy Content - ALMA (CV)|work=nrao.edu}}</ref> ALMA is the largest and most expensive ground-based astronomical project, costing between US$1.4 and 1.5&nbsp;billion.<ref name="eso-alma-inauguration" /><ref>[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/chiles-alma-probes-origins-universe Chile's ALMA probes for origins of universe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310045535/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/chiles-alma-probes-origins-universe |date=March 10, 2014 }}, [[Associated Press]]</ref> (However, various space astronomy projects including the [[Hubble Space Telescope]], the [[James Webb Space Telescope]], and several major planet probes have cost considerably more).

;Partners
* [[European Southern Observatory]] and the European Regional Support Centre
* [[National Science Foundation]] via the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]] and the North American ALMA Science Center
* [[National Research Council of Canada]]
* [[National Astronomical Observatory of Japan]] (NAOJ) under the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)
* ALMA-[[Taiwan]] at the [[Academia Sinica]] Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA)
* Republic of Chile