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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Following a recommendation by its Scientific and Technical Committee (STC), ESO has issued<b> a call for letters of intent for public surveys with the KMOS instrument on the VLT. </b>A public survey is understood to be an observing programme in which the investigators commit to produce and make publicly available, within a defined time, a fully reduced and scientifically usable data set that is likely to answer a major scientific question, be of general use and of broad interest to the astronomical community. The raw data are public immediately. A survey is envisaged to be an observing programme requesting up to <b>200 observing nights</b> to be allocated over <b>six semesters</b>. Observations will be carried out in service mode. The KMOS instrument will be offered with a maximum of 20 arms and only in individual arm modes, i.e., no mosaic modes. For more information, please visit the KMOS News pages <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wdJUCANpgjCrJN9YJTGmLMl?domain=eso.org">(https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/kmos/news.html)</a> which is constantly updated with the latest status of the instrument.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The letters of intent should include the following items:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Title and Abstract<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Principal Investigator (PI) and a list of co-investigators<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Scientific rationale (2 pages)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Observing strategy (1 page)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Estimated observing time, including the distribution of observing time over the semesters<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Required observing conditions (lunar phase, image quality, sky transparency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Description of the responsibilities within the proposing team (1 page)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Description of the data products and justification of their <b>legacy value</b> (1 page). Please note that the legacy value is an important aspect of public surveys, which is carefully considered by the review panel.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Templates for the letter of intent are available <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/C-QeCE8wmrt1o3WPosPvmlE?domain=eso.org" target="_blank">LaTeX</a>, as well as <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aw8hCGv0oyCWZ1JgZhkhRvP?domain=eso.org" target="_blank">PDF</a> and <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Gi5DCJyBrGfpLq8XLHOV-Cw?domain=eso.org" target="_blank">Word</a> format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline for submission of letters of intent for public surveys with KMOS is <b>15 October 2024 12:00 CEST</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Letters should be submitted only in PDF format to <a href="mailto:KMOSsurveys@eso.org">KMOSsurveys@eso.org</a>. The Public Survey Panel (PSP) will review the letters of intent and suggest integrations and possible merging of projects with similar aims and observing strategies. Recommended surveys will be invited to submit proposals for P116 on 15 February 2025, with start of observations in October 2025.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The ESO Director General will select the public surveys based on the recommendations of the PSP and the OPC, which will evaluate their scientific excellence, and on their technical feasibility with KMOS and tools. The selected teams will be invited to prepare a survey management plan, whose approval by ESO is mandatory before final acceptance of a public survey.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u>Please consider the following conditions:</u><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>No proprietary time will be granted; raw data will become immediately available via the ESO Science Archive Facility.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>The ESO Science Archive Facility will be the repository of the survey products and provide the primary access of these products to the ESO community. Survey data products are to be prepared according to the ESO science data product standard and submitted in agreement with the policies for ESO Phase 3. The teams will be responsible for the processing and validating the data products. Regular survey data product releases are expected every year.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Progress of the approved KMOS surveys will be reviewed regularly by ESO and the PSP. Corrective steps will need to be identified in cases where the survey execution is delayed, or the data product delivery schedule cannot be maintained. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please submit any enquire to <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/OXwpCD1vlpTjr5BPriAfkgz?domain=support.eso.org/">https://support.eso.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>