Cycle 15 Announcement Page

Release Notice: October 5, 2005

NASA and The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are pleased to announce the Cycle 15 Call for Proposals for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Observations and funding for Archival Research and Theoretical Research programs. Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, both domestic and foreign, including educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, NASA Centers, and other Government agencies.

This solicitation for proposals will be open through January 27, 2006 8:00pm EST. The Astronomer's Proposal Tools (APT), which is required for Phase I Proposal Submission will be made available/released for Cycle 15 Phase I use around December 5, 2005. Results of the selection will be announced in early April 2006.

Questions can be addressed to the STScI Help Desk (email: help@stsci.edu; phone: 410-338-1082).

Deadlines

• Phase I Proposals: January 27, 2006 8:00 pm EST
• E/PO Proposals: August 18, 2006

Late Breaking News

• January 17, 2006 No Previous Programs Section Required in Template.
• December 2, 2005 Experience with 2-gyro operations and scheduling.
• December 2, 2005 WFPC WF4 Bias Anomaly.

HST Phase I Roadmap

Release Documents

The Call for Proposals describes the policies and procedures for submitting a HST Phase I proposal. Get the CP as: PDF [US Letter Size], PDF [A4 Size], or as HTML.

The Primer provides an introductory overview of the Hubble Space Telescope and explains how to calculate the appropriate number of orbits for an observing proposal. Get the Primer as: PDF [US Letter Size], PDF [A4 Size], or as HTML.


Science Justification Templates for Cycle 15 HST Phase I