Welsch, C.P. JACoW Geneva, Switzerland 978-3-95450-192-2 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2017-MOPCF01 English 77-80 MOPCF01 ion proton antiproton experiment detector Contribution to a conference proceedings 2018 2018-03 https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2017-MOPCF01 http://jacow.org/ibic2017/papers/mopcf01.pdf Beams of low energy antiprotons in the keV energy range are very difficult to characterize due to their low intensity of only 10⁷ particles per shot, annihiliation, and low repetition rate. The project AVA (Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics) is an Innovative Training Network within the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. It enables an interdisciplinary and cross-sector program on antimatter research across 3 scientific work packages. These cover facility design and optimization, advanced beam diagnostics and novel low energy antimatter experiments. This contribution presents the AVA R&D into beam profile, position and intensity measurements, as well as detector tests which will provide an order of magnitude improvement in the resolution and sensitivity in closely related areas. It also summarizes the interdisciplinary training program that AVA will provide to its 15 Fellows, as well as to the wider antimatter and accelerator communities.