Some Known Proposal Opportunities
Facility and Cycle |
Proposal Deadline |
When Observations Scheduled |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Swift Cycle 3 |
28 July, 2006 - PASSED |
April, 2007 - April, 2008 |
TOO Proposals only. Blazar TOO proposal submitted |
NRAO Large Proposals |
2 Oct., 2006 |
|
VLA, VLBA, GBT Announcement (p. 3) Includes VIPS and MOJAVE blazar studies |
XMM AO-6 |
6 Oct., 2006 |
May 2007 - April 2008 |
|
INTEGRAL Key Programme - AO5 |
17 Nov., 2006 |
Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008 |
Large Requests, see Announcement |
Suzaku Cycle 2 |
1 Dec. 2006 |
April, 2007 - April, 2008 |
Notice of Intent (NOI) due 15 Sept., 2006 Announcement |
RXTE Cycle 12 (last?) |
26 Jan., 2007 |
Summer, 2007 - February, 2009 |
NOI due 27 Nov., 2006 |
Spitzer Cycle 4 |
14 Feb. 2007 |
July, 2007 - June, 2008 |
One cycle after this before cryogen runs out |
Chandra Cycle 9 |
March, 2007 |
Dec. 2007 - Dec. 2008 |
Coordinated Observation Programs? |
NRAO Regular Programs |
1 Feb., 1 June, 1 Oct. |
Trimester after proposal cycle ends |
|
NOAO Regular Programs |
30 Sept., 31 March |
Feb.-July, Aug.-Jan. |
|
NOAO Survey Programs |
15 March |
|
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ESO |
30 Sept., 31 March |
Starts 6 months after proposal due |
|
ATNF |
15 June, 15 Dec.? |
Starts 3 months after proposal due |
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Submitted LAT Team Proposals
- Suzaku proposal for PKS 1510-089 and BL Lac. The proposal for the observation, whose principal investigator is Greg Madejski, was submitted on Jan. 6, 2006. The submission form is here.
- Swift TOO proposal for flaring blazars. The text is here. The target list is here. The proposal was submitted by Rita Sambruna (with critical help from Jennifer Carson) on behalf of the LAT Team.
- The following proposal to time one hundred pulsars with the Nançay radio telescope was accepted over the summer (David Smith & Denis Dumora, in coordination with some HESS and XMM needs): https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/download/attachments/9650/form-NRT-Avril2006_HEfinal.doc?version=1
