11.2 HST E/PO Proposals

In accordance with NASA OSS E/PO policies, 2% of the currently available HST Cycle 13 budget has been allocated for E/PO funding. STScI is announcing the opportunity for accepted U.S. HST Cycle 13 General Observers, Archival, Theory, and Snapshot researchers and current Hubble Fellows to submit proposals for an E/PO supplement to the parent research program to develop an education program related to their research. Guaranteed Time Observers (see Section 3.10) are not eligible to apply for an HST Cycle 13 E/PO Grant.

The spirit of the HST Cycle 13 E/PO Grant Program is to encourage collaborative efforts between professional astronomers/space scientists and professional educators that would broaden the knowledge and understanding of the latest discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. The HST Cycle 13 E/PO proposal should have intellectual linkage to the parent research program and/or the science expertise of its Principal Investigator (PI) that would provide educational institutions with current astronomy/space science content.

Individual HST Cycle 13 GO/AR/SNAP Principal Investigators and current Hubble Fellows may request up to $20,000 for an E/PO program, with a possible teamed effort of up to $60,000. Treasury programs may request up to $50,000 but are not able to request a larger funding amount for a teamed effort.

The deadline for submitting an HST Cycle 13 E/PO proposal is Friday August 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The HST Cycle 13 E/PO Grant Program's Call for Proposals will be available on the program's web site at the beginning of June 2004. For more information or questions about the HST Cycle13 E/PO Grant program, please send email to cycle_epo@stsci.edu.

11.2.1 Assistance for the Preparation of E/PO
Proposals

NASA OSS has established a nation-wide Space Science EPO Support Network, whose purpose is to directly aid investigators in identifying and developing high quality EPO opportunities. Prospective proposers are strongly encouraged to make use of the Space Science EPO Support Network to help identify suitable opportunities and arrange appropriate alliances. This infrastructure provides coordination, background, and linkages that would foster partnerships between the space science and EPO communities, as well as the services needed to establish and maintain a vital national, coordinated, long-term OSS EPO program. Within the Space Science EPO Support Network infrastructure are the Space Science EPO Support Organizations.

• The OSS science theme-oriented Forums are available to help orchestrate and organize the education/outreach aspects of OSS missions and research programs in a comprehensive way.
• The regional Broker/Facilitators are responsible for identifying and establishing high leverage opportunities, arranging alliances between educators and OSS-supported scientists, and helping scientists turn results from space science missions and programs into educationally appropriate activities that could be distributed regionally and nationally.

Points of contact and addresses for all of the E/PO Forums and Broker/Facilitators may be found at the Space Science Education/Public Outreach Support Organizations web site. A more detailed description of the Space Science EPO Support Network can be found in the OSS Education/Outreach Implementation Plan referred to in Section 11.1. Proposers should note that Forums and Broker/Facilitators have been established to provide help, but the proposer is fully responsible for the development of the EPO program as well as writing the proposal.