Approved ERS Programs
Early Release Science
To realize the James Webb Space Telescope’s full science potential, it is imperative that the science community quickly learns to use its instruments and capabilities. To get the community up to speed, STScI and the JWST Advisory Committee developed the Director’s Discretionary-Early Release Science (DD-ERS) program.
The DD-ERS observations will take place during the first 5 months of JWST science operations, following the 6-month commissioning period. The program selections were made in November 2017 and represent six science categories.
To view details about a specific program, select a science category below, then click the Program ID. For a description of the program and its expected impact on the community, click the Program Title instead.
Archival Research
ERS Programs have no exclusive access period and can be used as a basis for GO Cycle 1 Archival Research (AR) Proposals.
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1373 | ERS Observations of the Jovian System as a Demonstration of JWST’s Capabilities for Solar System Science | PI: Imke de Pater (University of California - Berkeley) Co-PI: Thierry Fouchet (Observatoire de Paris) |
MIRI |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1366 | The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program | PI: Natalie Batalha (University of California - Santa Cruz) Co-PIs: Jacob Bean (University of Chicago) and Kevin Stevenson (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) |
MIRI |
| 1386 | High Contrast Imaging of Exoplanets and Exoplanetary Systems with JWST | PI: Sasha Hinkley (University of Exeter) Co-PIs: Andrew Skemer (University of California - Santa Cruz) and Beth Biller (University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy) |
MIRI NIRCam NIRISS NIRSpec |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1334 | The Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program | PI: Daniel Weisz (University of California - Berkeley) |
NIRCam |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1288 | Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars as Traced by Multiband Imaging and Spectroscopic Mosaics | PI: Olivier Berne (Universite de Toulouse) Co-PIs: Emilie Habart (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale) and Els Peeters (University of Western Ontario) |
MIRI |
| 1309 | IceAge: Chemical Evolution of Ices during Star Formation | PI: Melissa McClure (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Co-PIs: Abraham C. Boogert (University of Hawaii) and Harold Linnartz (Universiteit Leiden) |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1349 | Establishing Extreme Dynamic Range with JWST: Decoding Smoke Signals in the Glare of a Wolf-Rayet Binary | PI: Ryan Lau (ISAS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) | MIRI NIRISS |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1335 | Q-3D: Imaging Spectroscopy of Quasar Hosts with JWST Analyzed with a Powerful New PSF Decomposition and Spectral Analysis Package | PI: Dominika Wylezalek (European Southern Observatory - Germany) Co-PIs: Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland) and Nadia Zakamska (Johns Hopkins University) |
MIRI |
| 1364 | Nuclear Dynamics of a Nearby Seyfert with NIRSpec Integral Field Spectroscopy | PI: Misty Bentz (Georgia State University Research Foundation) | NIRSpec |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | Through the Looking GLASS: A JWST Exploration of Galaxy Formation and Evolution from Cosmic Dawn to Present Day | PI: Tommaso Treu (University of California - Los Angeles) |
NIRCam |
| 1328 | A JWST Study of the Starburst-AGN Connection in Merging LIRGs | PI: Lee Armus (California Institute of Technology) Co-PI: Aaron Evans (University of Virginia) |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1345 | The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey | PI: Steven Finkelstein (University of Texas at Austin) | MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1355 | TEMPLATES: Targeting Extremely Magnified Panchromatic Lensed Arcs and Their Extended Star Formation | PI: Jane Rigby (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Co-PI: Joaquin Vieira (University of Illinois) |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
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