NOAO Survey Program LOI due 15 Feb 2012

[Rob Seaman]

FYI:

NOAO SURVEY PROGRAM LETTERS OF INTENT DUE 15 February 2012

The NOAO Survey Program will be accepting proposals for new surveys to
start in the 2012B and 2013A semesters. This program supports large
observational projects using the Gemini, KPNO, and CTIO telescopes
that allow the identification of complete, well-defined samples that
can yield both conclusions based on statistical analysis of the survey
data itself and also provide important subsets for more detailed
observations with larger telescopes. In addition, surveys are expected
to provide coherent datasets that will be useful for other
researchers.

Investigators must submit letters of intent to propose for the NOAO
Survey Program to surveys at noao.edu by February 15, 2012, to be
eligible to propose for an NOAO Survey Program commencing in the
2012B/2013A semester. The deadline for receiving completed Survey
proposals is 29 March 2012 at 11:59pm.

Survey proposals are generally restricted to instruments that have
been commissioned and are well-characterized for scientific use, due
to the significant time investment required for Survey programs. The
newest instruments at Gemini South, the multi-object near-infrared
spectrograph Flamingos-2 and the GEMS Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
system and GSAOI camera, will not be available for this round of
Surveys. The CTIO 4-m Dark Energy Camera (DECam) will also not be
available for Surveys. Please also note that commissioning of DECam,
as well as early operation of the Dark Energy Survey and DECam
community programs, is likely to highly restrict the availability of
ISPI and Hydra-CTIO for Surveys.

For more information, go to http://www.noao.edu/gateway/surveys/
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