Hubble Space Telescope Call for Proposals for Cycle 11

Table of Contents

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HST Call for Proposals for Cycle

From the Director

Chapter 1: General Information

1.1 About this Document

1.2 New and Important Features of Cycle 11

1.3 General Guidelines for Proposal Preparation

1.4 Resources, Documentation and Tools

1.4.1 Cycle 11 Announcement Web Page

1.4.2 HST Primer

1.4.3 Instrument Handbooks

1.4.4 Exposure Time Calculators (ETCs)

1.4.5 The Visual Target Tuner (VTT)

1.4.6 HST Data Archive

1.4.7 Duplication checking

1.5 STScI Help Desk

1.6 Organization of this Document

1.6.1 Policies, Procedures and General Information

1.6.2 Preparing and Submitting Your Proposal

1.6.3 Information Pertaining to Accepted Proposals

1.6.4 Appendices

Chapter 2: Proposal Submission Policies

2.1 The Proposal Process: Phase I and Phase II

2.2 Deadlines

2.3 Who May Submit

2.3.1 Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators

2.3.2 ESA Scientists

2.3.3 Student PIs

2.4 Funding

2.5 Proposal Confidentiality

Chapter 3: Proposal Categories

3.1 Overview of Proposal Categories

3.2 General Observer (GO) Proposals

3.2.1 Regular GO Programs

3.2.2 Large GO Programs

3.2.3 Long-Term GO Programs

3.2.4 Treasury GO Programs

3.3 Snapshot (SNAP) Proposals

3.3.1 Characteristics of SNAPs

3.3.2 Guidelines for SNAP Proposals

3.4 Archival Research (AR) Proposals

3.4.1 Regular AR Proposals

3.4.2 Legacy AR Proposals

3.4.3 Guidelines for AR Proposals

3.4.4 Suggestions for AR Proposals

3.5 Theory Proposals

3.6 Innovative Proposals

3.7 Calibration Proposals

3.8 Joint HST-Chandra Observing Proposals

3.9 Joint HST-NOAO Observing Proposals

3.10 Director's Discretionary (DD) Time Proposals

3.11 Guaranteed Time Observer Programs

Chapter 4: Observation Types and Special Requirements

4.1 Primary Observations

4.1.1 Continuous Viewing Zone (CVZ) Observations

4.1.2 Target-of-Opportunity (TOO) Observations

4.1.3 Observations of Targets that have not yet been discovered or identified

4.1.4 Time-Critical Observations

4.1.5 Real-Time Interactions

4.2 Parallel Observations

4.2.1 Coordinated Parallel Observations

4.2.2 Pure Parallel Observations

4.2.3 Restrictions and Limitations on Parallel Observations

4.3 Special Calibration Observations

Chapter 5: Data Rights and Duplications

5.1 Data Rights

5.2 Policies and Procedures Regarding Duplications

5.2.1 Duplication Policies

5.2.2 How to Check for Duplications

Chapter 6: Proposal Selection Procedures

6.1 How STScI Evaluates Submitted Proposals

6.1.1 The Review Panels

6.1.2 The Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC)

6.2 Selection Criteria

Chapter 7: Guidelines and Checklist for Phase I Proposal Preparation

7.1 General Guidelines

7.1.1 Deadline

7.1.2 Page Limits and Format

7.2 Proposal Preparation Checklist

Chapter 8: Filling Out the Items in the Proposal Forms

8.1 Title

8.2 Proposal Category

8.3 Scientific Category

8.4 Keywords

8.5 Submission Mode

8.6 Principal Investigator

8.7 Scientific Instruments

8.8 Total GO Orbits or SNAP Targets

8.9 Total Budget Request

8.10 Proprietary Period

8.11 Special Proposal Types

8.11.1 ARlegacy

8.11.2 calibprop

8.11.3 chandrakiloseconds

8.11.4 innovative

8.11.5 noaonights

8.11.6 theory

8.11.7 treasury

8.12 Abstract

8.13 Co-Investigators

8.14 Observation Summary (OS)

8.14.1 Target Name

8.14.2 Target RA and DEC (J2000)

8.14.3 Target Magnitude

8.14.4 Scientific Instrument Configuration

8.14.5 Operating Mode

8.14.6 Spectral Element(s)

8.14.7 Coronographic Apertures

8.14.8 Total Number of Orbits

8.14.9 Special Requirement Flags

8.15 Scientific Justification

8.16 Description of the Observations

8.17 Special Requirements

8.18 Coordinated Observations

8.18.1 Joint HST-Chandra Observations

8.18.2 Joint HST-NOAO Observations

8.19 Justify Duplications

8.20 Analysis Plan

8.21 Budget Narrative

8.22 Previous HST Programs

Chapter 9: Proposal Implementation and Execution

9.1 Notification

9.2 Phase II Submission

9.3 Program Coordinator and Contact Scientist Support

9.4 Duplication Checking

9.5 Technical Review

9.6 Proposal Scheduling

9.7 Unschedulable or Infeasible Programs

9.8 Access to Data Products

9.9 Archival Research Support

9.10 Visits to STScI

9.11 Failed Observations

9.12 Publication of HST Results

9.13 Dissemination of HST Results

Chapter 10: Education & Public Outreach Proposals

10.1 NASA OSS E/PO Policies

10.2 HST Cycle 11 E/PO Proposals

10.2.1 Assistance for the Preparation of E/PO Proposals

10.3 The IDEAS Grant Program

Chapter 11: Grant Funding and Budget Submissions

11.1 Overview

11.2 Eligibility for STScI Grant Funds

11.3 Allowable Costs

11.4 Grant Period

11.5 Award of Funds

Appendix A: Contact Information

Space Telescope Science Institute

Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility

Canadian Astronomy Data Centre

Appendix B: Scientific Keywords

Appendix C: Instrument Parameters

ACS

FGS

NICMOS

STIS

WFPC2

Appendix D: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix E: Internet Links