[ASA] Subaru JSPS proposal for space and ground-based NIR wide-field survey science and instrumentation

[Celine D'Orgeville]

Dear Australia-based Astronomer and Instrumentation Scientist colleagues,

This email is targeting those of you who are past/present/future users or collaborators of the 8m Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and/or who are involved in space and ground-based Near Infra-Red wide-field survey science and instrumentation.

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Subaru Telescope is about to apply for a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Core-to-Core program. NAOJ/Subaru is looking for interested researchers in Australia who would like to be listed as Australian collaborators on this proposal.

The focus of the proposed international collaboration between NAOJ/Subaru, ESA (Euclid), NASA (Nancy Grace Roman Telescope), Australia and Taiwan (Subaru-ULTIMATE) is space and ground-based Near Infra-Red wide-field survey science and instrumentation. More details about the application and the benefits of the collaboration are presented in the attached 5-slide presentation.

The time and funding investments required to participate in this proposal are small:
- No proposal writing is required: Australian collaborators only need to indicate their interest
- Matching funding: Australian collaborators should be able to pledge travel funding on order ~$3k USD/person/year over the period 2021-2026 to support travel to Japan and/or Hawaii. This funding can come from any funding source you may have access to.
Note: It seems understood that should the COVID situation prevent travel from happening, the corresponding funding would not be requested to be spent (to be confirmed by Subaru).

The JSPS submission deadline is 17 September 2020. I would like to draw a preliminary list of those of you who are interested to participate in this proposal by noon AEST Monday 14 September.

Please reply to celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au<mailto:celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au> and indicate:
- your name and title
- your affiliation
- your interest in joining this collaboration (a couple of sentences)
- your existing or expected ability to commit travel funding on order $3k USD/person/year over the period 2021-2026 to travel to Japan and/or Hawaii.

Best wishes,
Celine

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Professor Céline d’Orgeville
Australian National University Translational Fellow
Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Adaptive Optics Group Manager
ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia
Phone:  +61 2 6125 6374   E-mail: celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au<mailto:celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au>
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