From help@spitzer.caltech.edu Mon Nov  1 10:53:46 2004
Subject: SIRTF: Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle-2 Call for Proposals


Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle-2 Call for Proposals
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Release Date:  1 November 2004
Proposal Deadline: February 12, 2005

On behalf of NASA and the Spitzer Space Telescope Project
the Spitzer Science Center (SSC) at Caltech is pleased to announce
the Cycle-2 Call for Proposals (CP) for Spitzer Space Telescope
Observations and funding for Archival and Theoretical Research
programs. Investigators worldwide from all types of institutions
are eligible to submit proposals in response to this CP.

There are several new features in the Cycle-2 CP and investigators
are urged to consult section 3 of the document early in their
proposal planning process for a summary of major changes from
Cycle-1.

Proposals must be submitted electronically using Spot, the SSC
proposal planning and submission software and received no later
than February 12, 2005, 01:00pm PST.  A special category of
Collaborative Spitzer-HST proposals requiring large amounts of
observing time from Spitzer and the Hubble Space Telescope must
be submitted no later than January 21, 2005, 05:00pm PST.  The
S11 version of Spot is scheduled for release on November 17, 2004,
and proposers must use this version of the software to submit
their proposals.

All programmatic and technical information is for Cycle-2
is available electronically from the proposal kit section of
the Spitzer Science Center website. The URL is
http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/currentcp.html

Any questions should be addressed to the Spitzer Helpdesk at
help@spitzer.caltech.edu.




Additional Documentation
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Many of our supporting documents have also been updated to support the
CP-2 call.  For a list with links, see:
        http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/
Here is a partial list of the new or updated documents:

    * CP-2 now out!
    * Updated SOM version 5.0, and associated IRAC, IRS, and MIPS pages.
        New pages for each on "Best Observing Practices."
    * Updated ROC v. 6.0 including all of GO-1.
    * New Spitzer Observing Rules, version 5.1.
    * New set of GTO abstracts and new set of DDT abstracts.
    * New notes on a late ephemeris update - when and when not to
        request one.
    * Updated funding information for Cycle-2.
    * New theoretical research program for Cycle-2. (The rest of the
        research categories have also been updated.)
    * New resources for coordinated proposals.
    * New IRS PUI AOT added for total of 8 AOTs.
    * Updated multi-year schedule.
    * Updated workshops information, with new registration deadlines.
    * Updated pipeline history, through S11 (which is anticipated to be
        deployed the week of Nov 15).
    * Updated DQA status flag definitions.
    * Updated version of Spice.
    * Myriad smaller document updates, mostly propagating the information
        released in the above through the rest of our site.
    * And, finally, don't forget these two late-October releases:
          o The post-BCD suite of software, including a new release of
                MOPEX (and a Linux version), an initial release of the
                Bandmerge software, and a new release of IRSFRINGE.
          o The first deliveries of Enhanced Products from the Legacy
		Science Teams, including catalogs, image mosaics, spectra, and
                documentation.

Coming soon: the next version of Spitzer Pride (Spot and Leopard) is
anticipated to be released the week of November 15. This upcoming version
of Spot is what you should use for your GO-2 proposals.