HST Call for Proposals and HST Primer for Cycle 24

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Information

1.1 About this Document

1.2 New and Important Features of Cycle 24

1.3 General Guidelines for Proposal Preparation

1.4 Resources, Documentation and Tools

1.4.1 Cycle 24 Announcement Webpage

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 Small GO Proposals

3.2.2 Medium GO Proposals

3.2.3 Large GO Proposals

3.2.4 Calibration GO Proposals

3.2.5 Long-Term GO Proposals

3.2.6 Treasury GO Proposal

3.3 Snapshot (SNAP) Proposals

3.3.1 Characteristics of SNAPs

3.3.2 Calibration SNAP Proposals

3.3.3 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 Calibration AR Proposals

3.4.4 Theory Proposals

3.4.5 Guidelines for AR Proposals

3.4.6 Suggestions for AR Proposals

3.5 Joint HST-Chandra Observing Proposals

3.6 Joint HST-Spitzer Observing Proposals

3.7 Joint HST/XMM-Newton Observing Proposals

3.8 Joint HST-NOAO Observing Proposals

3.9 Joint HST-NRAO Observing Proposals

3.10 Mid-Cycle GO Proposals

3.11 Director’s Discretionary (DD) Time Proposals

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,
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 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 Conducts the Proposal Review

6.1.1 The Review Panels

6.1.2 The Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC)

6.2 Selection Criteria

6.3 Ultraviolet Initiative

6.4 JWST Preparatory Observations

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

8.7 Proprietary Period

8.8 Scientific Category

8.9 Keywords

8.10 Special Proposal Types

8.10.1 Chandra ksec

8.10.2 Spitzer hours

8.10.3 XMM-Newton ksec

8.10.4 NOAO Nights

8.10.5 NRAO Hours

8.10.6 Theory

8.10.7 Legacy

8.10.8 Calibration

8.10.9 Treasury

8.10.10 UV Initiative

8.10.11 JWST Preparatory Science

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-Spitzer Observations

9.4.3 Joint HST/XMM-Newton Observations

9.4.4 Joint HST-NOAO Observations

9.4.5 Joint HST-NRAO Observations

9.5 Justify Duplications

9.6 Analysis Plan

9.7 Management Plan

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: Grant Funding
and Budget Submissions

11.1 Overview

11.2 Availability of Funds

11.3 Budget Submissions

11.4 Eligibility for STScI Grant Funds

11.5 Personnel Changes

11.6 Preparatory Funding & Pre-award Expenditures

11.6.1 Preparatory Funding

11.6.2 Pre-award Expenditures

11.7 Proposal Review and Award of Funds

Appendix A: Contact Information

A.1 Space Telescope Science Institute

A.2 Canadian Astronomy Data Centre

Appendix B: Scientific Keywords

Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms
and Abbreviations

Appendix D: Internet Links