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HERSCHEL OBSERVING AND NASA FUNDING CALLS FOR PROPOSALS


APPROVED PROGRAMS FOR THE THEORETICAL RESEARCH/LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS CALL: click here


Questions from US-based investigators relating to either the current ESA AO or to the NASA funding AO can be directed to the NHSC helpdesk at http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Herschel/helpdesk

RESOURCES FOR PROPOSERS


1. THEORY/LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS

The NHSC TR/LA proposal deadline was August 1, 2007. The NHSC received 28 proposals from 22 unique PI institutions requesting a total of $4.8M in funding. The proposals will be considered by a peer review panel in early October 2007, and selected programs will be announced towards the end of the same month. Subject to NASA funding, a total of up to $2M is available to support investigations in this category, spread over a performance period of two calendar years.

A major goal of the TR/LA program is to support the measurement and computation of atomic or molecular parameters that address the critical data needs of the Herschel mission. Potential investigators seeking support under this program might be interested in the following links to material presented at a recent workshop on Submillimeter and Far-Infared laboratory astrophysics (held in Pasadena California Oct 19-20 2006):

2. TOOLS

  • HSpot: Observation planning with Herschel will be done using a Java- based client-server software package based on the successful Spitzer Space Telescope observation planning tool, Spot. HSpot will be available for Linux, Mac, Unix, and Windows operating systems. Like Spitzer, observations will be specified using Astronomical Observation Templates (AOTs).

      * AOTs for HIFI are single pointing, mapping, and spectral scans.

      * AOTs for SPIRE are point source photometry/spectroscopy, compact object map (small map) photometry/spectroscopy, and large field map photometry/low-res spectroscopy.

      * AOTs for PACS are point source, small source, and extended source mapping for imaging and line or range scan with the spectrometer.

      * An AOT for parallel mode observations with both PACS and SPIRE.

      * Although information on how to download HSpot is available from the ESA website through the Announcement of Opportunity link, we provide a handy shortcut here for getting to that information directly. Click Here for quick access to HSpot pages and information on the Herschel confusion estimation tools.

  • AO tools available at ESA's Herschel Science Center AO tool webpage (includes Reserved Observations Search tool, etc.)

3. Launch of Herschel is currently planned for Oct 31 2008. Approximately six months after launch, a Cycle 1 Open Time Call will be released.

4. Additional information regarding the status of Herschel and matters concerning this and other future calls will be disseminated to the astronomical community via our email list. If you wish to be added to this list sign up here: https://lists.ipac.caltech.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhsc-astro

Previous Calls for Proposals