Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle 12 Call for Proposals
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi Las Cumbres Observatory
Proposal Deadline: 11 September 2015, 4:00 pm PDT
On behalf of NASA and the Spitzer Space Telescope project, the Spitzer Science Center (SSC) at Caltech is pleased to announce the release of the Cycle 12 Call for Proposals (CP). Both the NASA Astrophysics and the Planetary Science Divisions are providing support for Spitzer operations. The Cycle 12 CP solicits ~1,000 hours of General Observer (GO) and Snapshot proposals. Innovative investigations with scientific high risk/gain are particularly encouraged. The Director plans to select up to 250 hours of high risk/gain programs.
The maximum proposal size for Cycle 12 is 100 hours and Cycle 12 programs will execute in the December 2015 - September 2016 timeframe.
Priority in the selection of Cycle 12 will be given to programs that highlight:
- Astro2010 science themes.
- Planetary science programs observing targets in our solar system.
- Investigations that concentrate on developing the scientific landscape that the James Webb Space Telescope will explore, or that will help maximize the JWST scientific return.
All programmatic and technical information for Cycle 12 is available electronically from the Proposal Kit section of the Spitzer Science Center website.
Investigators worldwide are eligible to submit proposals in response to this CP. Joint Hubble Space Telescope or Chandra X-ray Observatory observations can be proposed as part of a Spitzer Cycle 12 proposal.
All proposals must be submitted electronically using Spot, the SSC proposal planning and submission software. Spot is available from the SSC proposal kit website, and a new version is expected to be available in late July. The required Cycle 12 proposal templates are available now at the Proposal Kit website. The proposal submission system will open by 1 August.
Any questions should be addressed by email to the Spitzer Helpdesk.