10th Announcement of Opportunity for Science Planners
in the NASA-led IRIS mission

 


The outcome of this Announcement of Opportunity was that the following scientists (listed in alphabetical order) were appointed as science planners:
 

Luke McMullan, Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Sargam Mullay, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Andy Shu Ho To, European Space Agency, The Netherlands

 

 

29 April 2024

This 10th Announcement of Opportunity (AO), open to scientists affiliated with institutes located in ESA Member States, solicits proposals for participation as Science Planners in the NASA-led IRIS mission.

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission, launched in 2013, that allows tracing the flow of solar energy and plasma from the photosphere through the chromosphere and transition region into the corona using spectroscopy and imaging in ultraviolet windows between 130 and 283 nm. IRIS can reveal the dynamics of the chromosphere and transition region, and allow understanding the processes powering them. IRIS is a major leap from previous and existing solar spectrographs (e.g., SOHO/CDS or SUMER; Hinode/EIS) in terms of spatial (0.3-0.4 arcsec), temporal (2 s), and spectral (3 km/s) resolution.

ESA's participation in IRIS is in the form of a Mission of Opportunity, and entails the access of competitively selected scientists based in ESA Member States to the IRIS mission's observations, under the form of Science Planners. A maximum of three scientists will be appointed through the present AO. The appointment period will be for one year.

Proposal Documentation

An invitation from the ESA Director of Science to respond to this Announcement of Opportunity can be found in the right-hand menu.

Full details of the appointment requirements and conditions, the required contents and format of the proposal, and the evaluation criteria are given in the Announcement of Opportunity document, available to download from the right-hand menu.

Proposal Submission

Proposals in PDF format must be submitted using the submission form linked below, before the deadline of 3 June 2024, 12:00 (noon) CEST

Proposal Submission Form
The deadline for receipt of proposals was:
June 2024, 12:00 (noon) CEST


Schedule

The schedule for this AO is given in the table below:

Event

Date
Date of AO release 29 April 2024
Due date for proposals 3 June 2024, 12:00 (noon) CEST
Appointment of successful proposers July 2024


Contact

Further queries should be addressed to:

David Williams
ESA Acting Project Scientist for IRIS
Email: David.Williams@esa.int

with copy to:

Yannis Zouganelis
Solar System Science Coordinator
Email: Yannis.Zouganelis@esa.int

 

Last updated: 20 June 2024

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