Cycle 19 Phase II Submission Deadline: July 08, 2011

This page has all the documentation and tools necessary to develop, submit, and monitor your HST Phase II proposal.

Policies, Guidelines and Grant Information

• To HST Observers: Preparing Your Phase II Program for Cycle 19
• Visit Size Recommendations
• Grant Information and Budget Forms
• Policies for the Telescope Time Review Board (TTRB): Repeating HST Observations, Changes to Accepted HST Programs, Resolution of Duplications, and Other Program Alterations

Writing and Evaluating Your Phase II Proposal

• Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT)You can retrieve the current version of the APT software from this page.
• Phase II Proposal Instructions
  This is the primary reference for the syntax of a Phase II proposal.
• Steps for Creating Your Phase II Proposal

Additional Documentation for Phase II Proposal Preparation

• Instrument Home Pages
  This page has links to the current instrument home pages (ACS, COS, FGS, NICMOS, STIS, and WFC3). They have up-to-date information on instrument status, and provide links to Handbooks and Instrument Science Reports (ISRs).
• Fixed Target Coordinate Measurement
  This link provides access to instructions and the tools for retrieving your target coordinates from the HST Guide Star Catalog.
• HST User Documents
  This page provides a linked list to HST documents, such as the Instrument Handbooks and User Information Reports.

Status of Programs, Change Requests, and Hubble Observation Problem Reports (HOPRs)

• HST Program and Schedule Information
  Once your proposal has been submitted you can use this facility to monitor its progress through execution.
• Change Requests
• Hubble Observation Problem Reports

STScI Program Coordinator Team

This is an address and phone list for the PCs. For help at any point during proposal preparation, please contact your PC.