Some Known Proposal Opportunities
Facility and Cycle |
Proposal Deadline |
When Observations Scheduled |
Notes |
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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 |
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VLA, VLBA, GBT Announcement (p. 3) Includes VIPS and MOJAVE blazar studies |
XMM AO-6 |
6 Oct., 2006 - PASSED |
May 2007 - April 2008 |
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INTEGRAL Key Programme - AO5 |
17 Nov., 2006 - PASSED |
Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008 |
Large Requests. No proposal submitted. |
INTEGRAL AO5 |
20 April 2007 |
16 Aug 2007 - 15 Aug 2008 |
AO5 Opening: 12 March 2007. See INTEGRAL SOC News 1 Dec 2006. |
Suzaku Cycle 2 |
1 Dec. 2006 - PASSED |
April, 2007 - April, 2008 |
Several proposals submitted. See below and Suzaku Proposals |
RXTE Cycle 12 |
26 Jan., 2007 - PASSED |
Summer, 2007 - February, 2009 |
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Spitzer Cycle 4 |
16 Feb. 2007 - PASSED |
July, 2007 - June, 2008 |
One cycle after this before cryogen runs out. |
Chandra Cycle 9 |
15 March 2007 |
Dec. 2007 - Dec. 2008 |
Call for proposal open. Coordinated Observation Programs? |
GLAST Cycle 1 |
15 June 2007 (tentative) |
Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2009 (tentative) |
GLAST Science Support Center Proposal Information HERE |
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. |
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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 |
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 - PASSED |
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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.
- 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.