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 - PASSED |
|
VLA, VLBA, GBT Announcement (p. 3) Includes VIPS and MOJAVE blazar studies |
XMM AO-6 |
6 Oct., 2006 - PASSED |
May 2007 - April 2008 |
|
INTEGRAL Key Programme - AO5 |
17 Nov., 2006 - PASSED |
Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008 |
Large Requests. Documentation available. |
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. Documentation available. |
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 |
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 |
Aim for radio timing proposal 15 Dec 2006 (Simon Johnston, PI?) |
REM |
1 Feb, 31 Jul |
Starts 3 months after proposal due |
Deadline for AO15 is 16 October. Web site. |
Hubble Space Telescope |
27 Jan 2007 |
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Cycle 16. Web page |
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.