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This opportunity follows the Rubin Observatory's acceptance of the commissioning component of LSST:UK's In-kind proposal to Rubin Observatory, which incorporated input from the 21 UK groups that submitted Expressions of Interest (EoI) in response to the August 2020 call for interest. The proposal submission deadline will be followed by an internal UK review of proposals, with a remit that includes appropriate peer review of any funded effort requested in the proposals. This will be followed by preparation of a full UK proposal that integrates all accepted individual proposals, and submission of this full proposal to SITCOM leadership in late October 2021. The overall aim is for the UK contingent in the SITCOM team to be selected by the end of 2021 and to commence on-boarding and training in early 2022. The following table summarises this timeline:
September 1530, 2021 at 5pm UT | Deadline for proposal submission |
Late September and October 2021 | LSST:UK review of proposals and preparation of full UK proposal |
End of October / Early November 2021 | Transmission of full UK proposal to SITCOM leadership |
November and early December 2021 | Joint review of UK proposal by SITCOM and LSST:UK leadership |
End of 2021 | LSST:UK and SITCOM agree UK members of SITCOM team |
Early 2022 | LSST:UK team members join SITCOM and begin training |
Late 2023 / early 2024 | Commissioning ends and survey operations begin |
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