18 September 2014
White Papers for OIR System Study: Now Open for Submissions
Debra Elmegreen President, IAU
The National Research Council’s Optical and Infrared (OIR) System Study Committee, which I chair, is charged with identifying the principal federal and non-federal capabilities in the US OIR system and making strategic recommendations to optimize the system for the best science return. The committee finds it vital to its deliberations to collect input from the astronomy community in the course of its work.
The committee has developed a list of questions about the OIR system, and we invite any researcher or group in the community to answer any or all of these questions in a brief (1- to 2-page) white paper. The questions and a template for submitting responses are now available on the committee’s website. We ask for all input to be submitted by 9:00 am EDT on Monday, 6 October 2014.
Understanding the community’s perspectives is crucial to the committee’s task and the resulting report to the National Science Foundation, so we thank you in advance for your generous assistance in this regard.
Please direct all questions to the committee via email to [email protected].