Some Known Proposal Opportunities
Facility and Cycle |
Proposal Deadline |
When Observations Scheduled |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Swift Cycle 4 |
9 November, 2007 |
April, 2008 - April, 2009 |
Non-GRB pointing proposals allowed. Announcement. |
NRAO Large Proposals |
June, 2007 - PASSED |
|
VLA, VLBA, GBT - Includes VIPS and MOJAVE blazar studies |
XMM AO-7 |
5 Oct., 2007 - PASSED |
May 2008 - April 2009 |
|
GALEX - Cycle 4 |
22 June, 2007 - PASSED |
Dec. 2007 - Dec. 2008 |
no proposals submitted |
INTEGRAL AO6 |
Key Programme 30 Nov. 2007 |
16 Aug 2008 - 15 Aug 2009 |
|
Suzaku Cycle 3 |
30 Nov., 2007 |
April, 2008 - April, 2009 |
Information HERE |
RXTE Cycle 12 |
26 Jan., 2007 - PASSED |
Summer, 2007 - February, 2009 |
|
Spitzer Cycle 5 |
16 Nov. 2007 |
July, 2008 - ~May, 2009 |
Last cycle before cryogen runs out. |
Herschel |
26 Oct. 2007 - PASSED |
~2008 |
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Herschel/propinfo.shtml |
Chandra Cycle 10 |
March 2008 |
Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2009 |
|
GLAST Cycle 1 |
7 September 2007 - PASSED |
Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2009 (tentative) |
GLAST Science Support Center Proposal Information HERE |
AGILE AO1 |
31 Oct. - PASSED |
Dec. 2007 - Nov. 2008 |
|
NRAO Regular Programs |
1 Feb., 1 June, 1 Oct. |
Trimester after proposal cycle ends |
Aim for radio timing proposal for 1 Feb 2007 |
NOAO Regular Programs |
30 Sept., 31 March |
Feb.-July, Aug.-Jan. |
|
NOAO Survey Programs |
15 March |
|
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Effelsberg radio telescope |
3 October 2006 |
Within year after acceptance |
Radio timing proposal (Michael Kramer, PI) |
Nançay radio telescope |
~15 April, ~15 Oct |
For 6 mos, begin 1 July, 1 Dec |
Renew current proposal bi-annually |
ESO |
30 Sept., 31 March |
Starts 6 months after proposal due |
Deadline for Period 79 is 29 Sept. 2006. Announcement |
ATNF |
15 June, 15 Dec. |
Starts 3 months after proposal due |
Ongoing Radio pulsar timing proposal (Simon Johnston, PI) |
REM |
April 22, 2007 for AO16 |
Starts 3 months after proposal due |
|
Hubble Space Telescope |
17 Mar 2008 |
|
Cycle 17. Call for proposals in Dec. 2007. |
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
- Nordic Optical Telescope proposal to measure optical polarization for 120 gamma-ray blazar candidates. The principal investigator is Stefano Ciprini. The proposal is here.
- Suzaku Cycle 2 proposals: Two proposals on behalf of the group were submitted on Dec. 1, 2006. One ToO proposal on two flaring blazars among BL Lac, PKS 0735+178, PKS 0537-441, AO 0235+164, 0716+714 and another one on PKS 0528+134. The requested period is January 15- April 1, 2008.