2023 LSST Affiliate PI/Junior Associate Selection Round

Access to proprietary LSST data by UK researchers will be obtained in exchange for the UK’s in-kind contribution to Rubin operations. The content of the UK in-kind package has been approved by the Rubin Management Board, but the UK data rights agreement has not yet been signed. This signing is expected to happen in the next few months whereupon we will know the arrangements for UK data rights during LSST operations.

The 2023 selection round shall therefore be an interim arrangement which only awards data rights up to 30/09/23, rather than for the three-year terms that has been typical in most previous rounds. This will allow UK researchers to continue to engage with LSST Science Collaborations, etc, until we know how we will manage UK data rights in the longer run.

The selection round will operate as follows:

Those whose current term extends beyond 30/09/23 should not apply in this round.
Those who currently hold Affiliate PI or Junior Associate status and whose term ends between now and 30/09/23 will be emailed to ascertain whether they want their current term to be extended to that date.
Those who do not currently hold Affiliate PI or Junior Associate status can use the form to apply for data rights up to 30/09/23: candidate Junior Associates may self-nominate or be nominated (using the same form).

As part of the application process, you will be required to sign the LSST:UK Code of Conduct, so you should read that before applying, as well as ensuring that you satisfy the eligibility criteria for Affiliate PI or Junior Associate status, as described in the LSST:UK Policy for Selection of Affiliate PIs and Junior Associates.

Application Form: https://edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/2023-lsst-affiliate-pi-ja-application

Applications will close at 16.00 on Tuesday, December 13, 2022

If you experience technical problems completing either of these forms please contact the LUSC Project Manager, Terry Sloan (t.sloan@epcc.ed.ac.uk), while any policy questions should be addressed to the LSST:UK Consortium Board Chair, Mike Watson (mgw@leicester.ac.uk).