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Chandra Proposal Information

Submit a Proposal (RPS)
Call for Proposals (CfP)
Proposers' Observatory Guide (POG)
CXC HelpDesk
DDT and/or TOO Requests

Cycle 14 proposal deadline:
March 15, 2012, 6PM EDT

Announcements

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3/13/2012 RPS Constraint and Slew Tax estimator: The slew tax and constraint counts in RPS are determined based on the number of observations, defined to have maximum length of 80 ksec, rather than targets. The actual accounting at the Peer Review will be based on 90 ksec observations.

 

12/15/2011 The Cycle 14 Call for Proposals and Proposers' Observatory Guide have been Released.

Proposal Related Documentation
Instrument and Observatory Information
Proposal Threads
Archive and Theory Proposals
  • Proposals to fund archival research or theoretical work using public Chandra data should be submitted through RPS. Archival proposals must include a short justification of costs. Refer to the CfP for specific details.

Observing Proposal Preparation and Submission
Cost Proposals and Grant Information (Current for Cycle 13)
Tools to Aid in Proposal Preparation
Targets Observed and Scheduled with Chandra
Count Rate Estimation and Simulators
Observation Visualization and Planning
Useful Proposal Preparation Tools
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