SIRTF Cycle-1 Call for Proposals Issued

On behalf of the SIRTF Project and NASA, the SIRTF Science Center (SSC) at
Caltech has issued the Cycle-1 Call for Proposals (CP), soliciting research
proposals for the General Observer (GO) and Archival Research (AR) programs.
GO investigators may propose in one of two categories: small (up to 50 hours)
and medium (50-200 hours). It is anticipated that 3700 hours of SIRTF
observing time will be available to GO investigators in Cycle-1. In addition,
approximately $15.5 million of NASA data analysis support is available to
eligible GO researchers.

 

AR proposals are to be submitted only if investigators are seeking NASA data
analysis support, and are limited to analysis of data from the SIRTF First
Look Survey (FLS). It is anticipated that up to $750,000 of NASA support will
be made available to support analysis of FLS data in Cycle-1. If no supporting
funds are required, no Cycle-1 proposal should be submitted. Once the SIRTF
Science Archive opens (about eight months after launch), any investigator may
access and utilize SIRTF data in the public domain by contacting the SIRTF
HelpDesk
(sirtf@ipac.caltech.edu)
to obtain an access account and password.

 

The Call for Proposals is accompanied by a Letter from the Director and
supporting programmatic and technical documentation. All of these documents
can be found in the Proposal
Kit section of the SSC public Web site.