26 July 2023
Self-nominations for serving on one of the three committees which will define Roman’s Core Community Surveys are due by 14 August 2023.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next flagship observatory, is planned for launch in late 2026. The Roman Mission requests the astronomical community's participation in the community-led definition of the Roman Space Telescope's three Core Community Surveys. Combined, these surveys are anticipated to use the majority of the observing time during Roman’s first five years. The Core Community Surveys will include a High Latitude Wide Area survey, a High Latitude Time Domain survey, and a Galactic Bulge Time Domain survey. Significant parameter space is available to define the observational strategies (filters, depth, area, cadence, location, etc.) in a way that will enable a broad range of astrophysical investigations.
The work of crafting an observational strategy for each survey that maximizes their overall science return, while meeting Roman Mission objectives in cosmology and exoplanet demographics, will be undertaken by the Core Community Survey definition committees. These committees, one for each Core Community Survey, will be composed of members of the astronomical community who represent the breadth of science the community wants to see enabled with each Core Community Survey, and the diversity of the astronomers who will ultimately use Roman’s datasets.
This call for self-nominations is the first step in forming Roman’s community survey definition committees. All members of the astronomical community are encouraged to self-nominate to be considered for membership on the committees that will be tasked with defining the Core Community Surveys.
Please visit here for full details on this call for self-nominations, including the anticipated tasks, timeline, and support for these committees, as well as submission instructions.
If you have questions about the self-nomination process, please send an email to roman-help@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov with the subject line: “Roman community survey committee self-nomination.” This will send your question simultaneously to the help desks of both Roman Science Centers (help@stsci.edu and roman-help@ipac.caltech.edu).