Hubble Space Telescope Call for Proposals for Cycle 11

10.2 HST Cycle 11 E/PO Proposals

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In accordance with OSS E/PO policies, 2% of the HST Cycle 11 budget will be used for E/PO funding. STScI announces the opportunity for U.S. investigators (as defined in Section 11.2) with accepted HST Cycle 11 proposals (GO, SNAP, AR or Theory) to submit proposals for funding of an E/PO extension to the "parent" research proposal. Guaranteed Time Observers (see Section 3.11) are not eligible to apply for an HST Cycle 11 E/PO Grant.

The spirit of the HST Cycle 11 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 proposed E/PO program should have some degree of intellectual linkage to the objectives of the parent research proposal and/or the science expertise of its PI. Up to $10,000 per year may be proposed for an E/PO program (per approved Phase I proposal), with possible combined team efforts allowed up to $50,000.

The HST Cycle 11 E/PO Grant Program's Call for Proposals will be released in the first week of February 2002 on the HST Cycle E/PO Web Page. The deadline for proposals is Friday March 22, 2002, 5:00 p.m. EST.

10.2.1 Assistance for the Preparation of E/PO
Proposals

The Office of Space Science has established the Education Support Network, which is a national space science education/public outreach infrastructure to directly aid astronomy/space science personnel in identifying and developing high quality E/PO opportunities and establishing partnerships between the space science and E/PO communities. The purpose of this infrastructure is to provide coordination, background, linkages, and services needed for a vital, national, coordinated, long-term E/PO program. Of particular interest to proposers are the following elements:

• Four OSS theme-oriented Forums have been established to help orchestrate and organize the education aspects of OSS space science missions in a comprehensive way.
• Five regional E/PO Broker/Facilitators have been selected to search out and establish high leverage opportunities, arrange alliances between educators and OSS-supported scientists, and help scientists turn results from space science missions and programs into educationally appropriate activities to be disseminated regionally and nationally.

Prospective proposers are strongly encouraged to make use of these infrastructure resources to help identify suitable E/PO opportunities and arrange appropriate alliances. Points of contact and addresses for all of the E/PO Forums and Broker/Facilitators may be found at the NASA/OSS E/PO Support Network Web Page. Information on the Forum for the Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems is available from the Origins Forum Web Page at STScI.

For more information or questions about the HST Cycle 11 E/PO Grant Program, please send e-mail to cycle_epo@stsci.edu.