Hubble Space Telescope Call for Proposals for Cycle 17

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Information

1.1 About this Document

1.2 New and Important Features of Cycle 17

1.3 General Guidelines for Proposal Preparation

1.4 Resources, Documentation and Tools

1.4.1 Cycle 17 Announcement Web Page

1.4.2 Phase I "Roadmap"

1.4.3 HST Primer

1.4.4 Instrument Handbooks

1.4.5 The Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT)

1.4.6 Exposure Time Calculators (ETCs)

1.4.7 HST Data Archive

1.4.8 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 Institutional Endorsement

2.5 Funding

2.6 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 Survey GO Programs

3.2.4 Calibration GO Programs

3.2.5 Long-Term GO Programs

3.2.6 Treasury GO Programs

3.3 Snapshot (SNAP) Proposals

3.3.1 Characteristics of SNAPs

3.3.2 Calibration SNAP Programs

3.3.3 Guidelines for SNAP Programs

3.4 Archival Research (AR) Proposals

3.4.1 Regular AR Proposals

3.4.2 Legacy AR Proposals

3.4.3 Calibration AR Programs

3.4.4 Theory Proposals

3.4.5 Guidelines for AR Programs

3.4.6 Suggestions for AR Proposals

3.5 Joint HST-Chandra Observing Proposals

3.6 Joint HST-NOAO Observing Proposals

3.7 Director's Discretionary (DD) Time Proposals

3.8 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 Special restrictions on observations with COS, the STIS/MAMA and ACS/SBC

4.1.4 Solar System Targets

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

4.1.6 Time-Critical Observations

4.1.7 Real-Time Interactions

4.1.8 Dithering strategies with ACS and WFC3

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 Phase I Proposal Format

7.1.3 Page Limits for PDF Attachment

7.2 Proposal Preparation Checklist

Chapter 8: Filling Out the APT Proposal Form

8.1 Title

8.2 Abstract

8.3 Proposal Phase

8.4 Category

8.5 Cycle

8.6 Requested Resources

8.6.1 Primary and Parallel Orbits

8.6.2 Total Targets

8.6.3 Budget

8.6.4 Budget Explanation

8.7 Proprietary Period

8.8 Scientific Category

8.9 Keywords

8.10 Special Proposal Types

8.10.1 Chandra ksec

8.10.2 NOAO Nights

8.10.3 Theory

8.10.4 Legacy

8.10.5 Calibration

8.10.6 Treasury

8.10.7 Large

8.10.8 Survey

8.11 Proposal PDF Attachment

8.12 Principal Investigator

8.13 Co-Investigators

8.14 Datasets

8.15 Targets

8.15.1 Target Number

8.15.2 Target Name

8.15.3 Provisional Coordinates

8.15.4 V-Magnitude

8.15.5 Other Fluxes

8.16 Observation Summary (OS)

8.16.1 Target

8.16.2 Instrument

8.16.3 Instrument Setup(s)

8.16.4 Config

8.16.5 Science Mode

8.16.6 Coronagraphy

8.16.7 Polarizer

8.16.8 Spectral Element

8.16.9 Orbits

8.16.10 Number of Iterations

8.16.11 Special Requirement Checkboxes

8.16.12 Scheduling Requirements

8.16.13 Verifying Schedule Constraints

Chapter 9: Preparation of the PDF Attachment

9.1 Scientific Justification

9.2 Description of the Observations

9.3 Special Requirements

9.4 Coordinated Observations

9.4.1 Joint HST-Chandra Observations

9.4.2 Joint HST-NOAO Observations

9.5 Justify Duplications

9.6 Analysis Plan

9.7 Budget Narrative

Chapter 10: Proposal Implementation and Execution

10.1 Notification

10.2 Phase II Submission

10.3 Program Coordinator and Contact Scientist Support

10.4 Duplication Checking

10.5 Technical Review

10.6 Proposal Scheduling

10.6.1 Unschedulable or Infeasible Programs

10.7 Access to Data Products

10.8 Archival Research Support

10.9 Visits to STScI

10.10 Failed Observations

10.11 Publication of HST Results

10.12 Dissemination of HST Results

Chapter 11: Education & Public Outreach Proposals

11.1 NASA SMD E/PO Policies

11.2 HST E/PO Proposals

11.2.1 Assistance for the Preparation of E/PO Proposals

Chapter 12: Grant Funding and Budget Submissions

12.1 Overview

12.2 Eligibility for STScI Grant Funds

12.3 Allowable Costs

12.4 Grant Period

12.5 Award of Funds

Appendix A: Contact Information

A.1 Space Telescope Science Institute

A.2 Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility

A.3 Canadian Astronomy Data Centre

Appendix B: Scientific Keywords

Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix D: Internet Links