Notices

• The NICER Guest Observer - Cycle 3 program is NOT soliciting new proposals. Only those Principal Investigators who have been accepted for observations and who have received a request for budget information should submit a cover page and proposal in accordance with the instructions in that letter.
• NOTICE: Amended August 17, 2020. This Amendment releases final text for this program element. The due date for Phase-1 proposals has changed; Phase-1 proposals are due by 4:30pm Eastern Time November 17, 2020 (via ARK/RPS). Major changes since the last cycle include: Beginning in Cycle 3, all Phase-1 proposals submitted to the NICER Guest Observer Program will be evaluated following a dual-anonymous peer review process. Proposals must be prepared following the guidelines in Section 2.2.2 and in the associated "Guidelines for Anonymous Proposals" document; Clarification of language describing multi-year investigations and requests for joint NuSTAR time.
• July 13, 2020. The programmatic point of contact for D.11 NICER Guest Observer Cycle 3 has changed. The new point of contact is Dan Evans. The due dates remain unchanged.
• The description of the specific proposal opportunity on this page is contained in the document 'D.11 NICER Guest Observer Cycle 3'. The document 'D.1 Astrophysics Research Program Overview' describes research activities within the NASA science division that is managing the specific proposal opportunity on this page and may impose requirements upon proposals submitted to this program element. The document 'Summary of Solicitation' describes the common requirements for all ROSES-2020 proposal opportunities. The documents 'Table 2' and 'Table 3' contain the list of all proposal opportunities and their due dates, sorted by due date or appendix number, respectively. All of these documents are kept up to date and incorporate amendments, clarifications, and corrections in a clearly identifiable manner.