Director’s Discretionary Early Release Science Programs
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.
ERS Science Categories
| 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 |
NIRCam |
| 1328 | A JWST Study of the Starburst-AGN Connection in Merging LIRGs | PI: Lee Armus Co-PI: Aaron Evans |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1345 | The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey | PI: Steven Finkelstein | MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1355 | TEMPLATES: Targeting Extremely Magnified Panchromatic Lensed Arcs and Their Extended Star Formation | PI: Jane Rigby Co-PI: Joaquin Vieira |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 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 Co-PIs: Sylvain Veilleux and Nadia Zakamska |
MIRI |
| 1364 | Nuclear Dynamics of a Nearby Seyfert with NIRSpec Integral Field Spectroscopy | PI: Misty Bentz | NIRSpec |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1366 | The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program | PI: Natalie Batalha Co-PIs: Jacob Bean and Kevin Stevenson |
MIRI |
| 1386 | High Contrast Imaging of Exoplanets and Exoplanetary Systems with JWST | PI: Sasha Hinkley Co-PIs: Andrew Skemer and Beth Biller |
MIRI NIRCam NIRISS NIRSpec |
| 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 Co-PI: Thierry Fouchet |
MIRI |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1288 | Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars as Traced by Multiband Imaging and Spectroscopic Mosaics | PI: Olivier Berne Co-PIs: Emilie Habart and Els Peeters |
MIRI |
| 1309 | IceAge: Chemical Evolution of Ices during Star Formation | PI: Melissa McClure Co-PIs: Abraham C. Boogert and Harold Linnartz |
MIRI NIRCam NIRSpec |
| 1349 | Establishing Extreme Dynamic Range with JWST: Decoding Smoke Signals in the Glare of a Wolf-Rayet Binary | PI: Ryan Lau | MIRI NIRISS |
| ID | Program Title | PI & Co-PIs | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1334 | The Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program | PI: Daniel Weisz |
NIRCam |
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