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Cycle 11 Peer Review

Cycle 11 Peer Review. Proposal Numbers : 668 submitted proposals *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time) 50 LP, 9 VLP 65 Archive 40 Theory. Total Time Request. Time allocated: +5.8% Final oversubscription: 5.2 Grating request -48%. Over-subscription by Category.

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Cycle 11 Peer Review

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  1. Cycle 11 Peer Review Proposal Numbers: • 668 submitted proposals • *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time) • 50 LP, 9 VLP • 65 Archive • 40 Theory ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  2. Total Time Request • Time allocated: +5.8% • Final oversubscription: 5.2 • Grating request -48% ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  3. Over-subscription by Category • LP/VLP competed for full 6 Msec • Over-subscription: 6.65 • 12 LP, 1 VLP approved ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  4. Allocation by Instrument and Science Category ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  5. Gratings Proposals HETG request: - 40% % Targets approved ~20% Time/target: 80ks (3x ACIS) #targets: 60 (4% of ACIS) → fluctuations due to small # statistics ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  6. Archive/Theory Results • Archive: • Budget: $1100K • Allocated $1386K (20) • Over-subscription: 3.3 • Theory: • Budget: $520K • Allocated: $960 (11) • Over-subscription: 3.3 • Reason: panel grading and priorities • Total funds: +$300K • Observing funds: -$426K ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  7. Peer Review • 21-24 June 2009, Hilton, Logan Airport • 13 topical panels, 1 Big Project Panel (BPP) • Panels: • 1,2: Stars, Planets • 3,4: SN, SNR, NS • 5,6,7: Binaries, Galaxies: Populations • 8,9,10: Clusters, Galaxies: Diffuse • 11,12,13: AGN, Extragalacticsurveys • Recommended target list posted: 17 July • Letters (detailed reports, fair share budget) e-mailed: Aug 13 • Cost Proposal deadline:17 Sept 2009 ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  8. Other Peer Review Results • Constrained Observations: • Same as last year (Easy: 45; Average 35; Diff. 20) • Joint allocated: 5E; GTO: 5A, 8E • Review Allocated: Diff: 8/20; A+E: 94/64; If 1D=2(A+E), over by 6; ok’d by MP • Highest unapproved TC grade 3.8 (requesting 8) • Keep the same for Cycle 12 • Cost Review: • External review required for 17 proposals asking for > fair share ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  9. Cycle 12 Updates • RPS: option to check SIMBAD/NED in advance of submission • Radiation Zone information: available as table with links from ProVis, Proposer page etc. • Archive: separate allocation of money for CDFS-related archive studies (using DDT funds) • LP/VLP Review: • Restore separate LP/VLP allocations and separate BPP discussion • 3 Msec for each allocation, allowing small movement of boundary in either direction • E/PO Funding: discontinued ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  10. Students and Chandra • Annual survey to Chandra PIs requesting input on students (UG and PG) and postdocs working on Chandra projects. • Total numbers are ~250 per year (not unique), most of whom are supported by Chandra grants • Example Breakdown, 2005: 49 UG, 110 PG, 82 PD • PhDs using Chandra data, up to 2007: 120 PhDs worldwide (lower limit), average of 20 per year • Chandra serves as a key training ground for young scientists and provides funding to promote US-based training ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

  11. Recent and Upcoming events • SNR and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era • 8-10 July, Cambridge, presentations on website • Chandra’s First Decade of Discovery: 22-25 Sept 2009 • Full program; exciting science, astronauts’ visit, Harbor Cruise • Einstein Fellows • Symposium: 27-28 Oct • Application Deadline: 5 Nov • Cycle 12 Schedule: • CfP release: 15 Dec 2009 • Proposal deadline: 18 March 2010 • Peer Review: 21-25 June 2010 • NASA Senior Review 2010: Due 8 Feb 2010 • CXC Website: New-look top Science page ChandraUsers’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office

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