12.1 Overview

Funding
Subject to availability of funds from NASA, STScI will provide financial support to eligible investigators of approved Cycle 21 programs. Such funding is awarded under the general conditions contained in the document General Grant Provisions of the Space Telescope Science Institute, referred to hereafter as the ‘GGP’. The most recent version of this document is available at the STScI Grants Administration Office Webpage.

Budgets
Budgets are not due in Phase I, but are required in Phase II from successful (GO, SNAP, AR, Theory and E/PO) U.S. proposers only. Budgets must be submitted by all investigators who request funding and approved by the Program PI. Investigators who are not eligible will not submit a budget. Detailed instructions for budget preparation and submission using the Grants Management System will be sent to successful proposers after the Phase I review has been completed.

Joint Mission Proposals
Successful HST-Chandra Programs will be funded separately by both STScI and the CXC, following their respective policies. Details of the CXC funding policies are given in the Chandra Cycle 15 Call for Proposals and at the Chandra Proposal Information Webpage.

Successful HST-Spitzer Programs will be funded separately by both STScI and the Spitzer Science Center, following their respective policies. Spitzer programs of less than 100 hours are eligible for a maximum of $5000 in data analysis funding.

For successful HST/XMM-Newton Programs, funding to support the analysis of the HST observations will be provided by STScI following its policies. Funding to support the analysis of the XMM-Newton observations can be requested by eligible U.S. PIs by submitting a separate proposal to the NASA ADAP Program.

Below is a brief overview of the STScI funding policies and procedures. The information presented here is of an introductory nature only, and is not intended to be complete. The governing policies are always those contained in the General Grant Provisions.

Questions concerning funding policies and budget submissions should be directed to the STScI Grants Administration Office (see Appendix A.1).