JWST Proposal Planning Workshop at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Hosted by National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Department of Astronomy, UIUC

Date: 25th March, 2020

Time: 0900-1700 hrs

Location: Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W Clark St, Urbana, IL 61801 This is now a remote workshop, please register to participate

Organizers: Kedar A. Phadke (lead) and Prof. Joaquin D. Vieira

Anyone interested in learning about proposal tools for James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is encouraged to attend this workshop. Participants will be introduced to JWST proposal resources with the aid of lectures and hands-on exercises.

This workshop is part of the JWST Master Class, a 'train the trainers' program. Workshop lead attended a 4.5 day training at STScI in November 2019 in preparation to support the local astronomy communities in submitting JWST General Observer (GO) proposals.

For more information or questions about the workshop, please contact uiuc.jwstproposalworkshop.2020ATgmailDOTcom

For this workshop, we are adopting the policy of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that all participants in Society activities will enjoy an environment free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. In pursuit of that ideal, we and the AAS are dedicated to the philosophy of equality of opportunity and treatment for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or religious belief, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disabilities, veteran status, or any other reason not related to scientific merit. Harassment, sexual or otherwise, is a form of misconduct that undermines the integrity of this workshop. For more information on the AAS Code of Ethics refer to https://aas.org/ethics