Suggested Acknowledgements
If you have received financial support from, or made use of resources funded by, the LSST:UK Science Centre grants, please use one of the suggested acknowledgements listed below:
- 1 Acknowledging use of the UK Independent Data Access Centre
- 2 Acknowledging use of the Lasair alert broker
- 3 Acknowledging support from the LSST:UK Pool Travel Fund
- 4 Acknowledging funding as part of the LSST:UK Science Centre (LUSC) programme
- 5 Acknowledging computing resources provided by IRIS, GridPP or DiRAC
Acknowledging use of the UK Independent Data Access Centre
Please include in your acknowledgements the following text:
The UK Independent Data Access Centre is supported by STFC funding for UK participation in the Rubin LSST through grant ST/X001334/1 (and earlier grants) to the University of Edinburgh.
Acknowledging use of the Lasair alert broker
Please cite the following paper:
R.D.Williams et. al., Enabling science from the Rubin alert stream with Lasair, RAS Techniques and Instruments, 3,1, 362 (2024).
and include in your acknowledgements the following text:
Lasair is supported by the UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council as part of the LSST:UK Science Centre and is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and Queen’s University Belfast, funded by grants ST/X001334/1 and ST/X001253/1, respectively, plus earlier grants.
Acknowledging support from the LSST:UK Pool Travel Fund
For travel during LSST:UK Phase C (April 2023-March 2027): "We acknowledge travel support provided by STFC for UK participation in the Rubin LSST, through grant ST/X001334/1".
For travel during LSST:UK Phase B (April 2023-March 2027): “We acknowledge travel support provided by STFC for UK participation in the Rubin LSST, through grant ST/S006206/1".
For travel during LSST:UK Phase A (July 2015-March 2019): “We acknowledge travel support provided by STFC for UK participation in the Rubin LSST, through grant ST/N002512/1".
Acknowledging funding as part of the LSST:UK Science Centre (LUSC) programme
For LSST:UK Phase C funded effort: "This work has been supported by STFC funding for UK participation in LSST, through grant X", where X depends on the institution, as follows:
Birmingham: X = ST/X001296/1
Edinburgh: X = ST/X001334/1
Exeter: X = ST/X001261/1
Hertfordshire: X = ST/X001318/1
Imperial: X= ST/X001326/1
Lancaster: X = ST/Y003004/1
Oxford: X = ST/X00127X/1
QUB: X = ST/X001253/1
Sheffield: X = ST/Y00292X/1
Southampton: X = ST/X00130X/1
UCL: X = ST/X001288/1
For LSST:UK Phase C Commissioning funded Activities, suggested acknowledgement is: "We acknowledge travel support provided by STFC for UK participation in LSST, through grant ST/X001296/1".
The equivalent acknowledgement information for Phase B is, as follows:
For LSST:UK Phase B funded effort: "This work has been supported by STFC funding for UK participation in LSST, through grant X", where X depends on the institution, as follows:
Birmingham: X = ST/S006141/1
Cambridge: X = ST/S006192/1
Edinburgh: X = ST/S006206/1
Exeter: X = ST/S006117/1
Hertfordshire: X = ST/S00615X/1
Liverpool John Moores: X = ST/S006095/1
Oxford: X = ST/S006168/1
QUB: X = ST/S006109/1
Southampton: X = ST/V002031/1
UCL: X = ST/W001721/1
For LSST:UK Phase B Commissioning Travel fund, suggested acknowledgement is: "We acknowledge travel support provided by STFC for UK participation in LSST, through grant ST/S006141/1".
The equivalent acknowledgement information for Phase A is, as follows:
For LSST:UK Phase A funded effort: "This work has been supported by STFC funding for UK participation in LSST, through grant X", where X depends on the institution, as follows:
Cambridge: X = ST/N002571/1
Edinburgh: X = ST/N002512/1
Manchester: X = ST/N002539/1
Oxford: X = ST/N002547/1
QUB: X= ST/N002520/1
Southampton: X = ST/N002504/1
UCL: X = ST/N00258X/1.
Acknowledging computing resources provided by IRIS, GridPP or DiRAC
For compute resources from IRIS: “This work used computing resources provided through the STFC-funded IRIS (www.iris.ac.uk) initiative”.
For compute resources from GridPP, check their acknowledgement guidelines.
For compute resources from DiRAC, check their acknowledgement guidelines.
If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact the LSST:UK Project Managers lusc_pm@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk or phone +44 131 651 3577