Table of Contents Chapter 1: General Information 1.1 About this Document 1.2 New and Important Features of Cycle 12 1.3 General Guidelines for Proposal Preparation 1.4 Resources, Documentation and Tools 1.4.1 Cycle 12 Announcement Web Page 1.4.2 HST Primer 1.4.3 Instrument Handbooks 1.4.4 The Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT) 1.4.5 Exposure Time Calculators (ETCs) 1.4.6 The Visual Target Tuner (VTT) 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 Funding 2.5 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 Long-Term GO Programs 3.2.4 Treasury GO Programs 3.3 Snapshot (SNAP) Proposals 3.3.1 Characteristics of SNAPs 3.3.2 Guidelines for SNAP Proposals 3.4 Archival Research (AR) Proposals 3.4.1 Regular AR Proposals 3.4.2 Legacy AR Proposals 3.4.3 Guidelines for AR Proposals 3.4.4 Suggestions for AR Proposals 3.5 Theory Proposals 3.6 Calibration Proposals 3.7 Joint HST-Chandra Observing Proposals 3.8 Joint HST-NOAO Observing Proposals 3.9 Director's Discretionary (DD) Time Proposals 3.10 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 Observations of Targets that have not yet been discovered or identified 4.1.4 Time-Critical Observations 4.1.5 Real-Time Interactions 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 8.7 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 8.11 Proposal PDF Attachment 8.12 Principal Investigator 8.13 Co-Investigators 8.14 Observation Summary (OS) 8.14.1 Target Name 8.14.2 Coordinates 8.14.3 V-Magnitude 8.14.4 Configuration 8.14.5 Science Mode 8.14.6 Coronography 8.14.7 Selected Element(s) 8.14.8 Total Orbits 8.14.9 Special Requirement Checkboxes 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 9.8 Previous Related HST Programs 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 10.7 Unschedulable or Infeasible Programs 10.8 Access to Data Products 10.9 Archival Research Support 10.10 Visits to STScI 10.11 Failed Observations 10.12 Publication of HST Results 10.13 Dissemination of HST Results Chapter 11: Education & Public Outreach Proposals 11.1 NASA OSS E/PO Policies 11.2 HST E/PO Proposals 11.2.1 Assistance for the Preparation of E/PO Proposals 11.3 The Initiative to Develop Education Through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS) Grant Program 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 A.4 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Appendix B: Scientific Keywords Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix D: Internet Links
