[Research] C&G Users Group Meeting and Agency News

[Cynthia J Wells]

***Correction:  The C&G User Group meeting is next Thursday, August 6th (not Friday).  Please excuse the typo.***



From: Cynthia J Wells
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 5:51 PM
To: research at lists.ucr.edu
Subject: C&G Users Group Meeting and Agency News
Importance: High

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C&G User Group Meeting

Please join us for a C&G User Group (virtual) meeting.

WHEN:            Friday Thursday, August 6th from 2:00p.m. - 3:30p.m.
WHERE:          To attend, please register here<http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/Org/OrgEvents/Default.aspx?g=inc>.  (A link to the ZOOM meeting will be emailed to all registrants on the morning of the meeting.)
AGENDA (Draft):

  *   OMB guidance--salary flexibility (no guidance from OP)
  *   Treatment of Unallowable Cost Policy
  *   Foreign influence update
  *   Keep Researching (C&G COVID website)
  *   User Questions (Please submit questions you may already have to either cwells at ucr.edu<mailto:cwells at ucr.edu> or pauline.librenjak at ucr.edu<mailto:pauline.librenjak at ucr.edu> for possible inclusion into the final agenda, preferably no later than Friday, August 1st.)

  *   SPA/Research Administrators INC Announcements



New Deadline for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Cycle 1 General Observer proposals

[cid:image003.jpg at 01D664B0.3C4FE920]From: Space Telescope Science Institute <stscigeneric at stsci.edu<mailto:stscigeneric at stsci.edu>>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:20 AM

The major disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect all of us.  Integration and testing of the James Webb Space Telescope are among the activities impacted. NASA has re-evaluated the project schedule and announced a launch readiness date of October 31, 2021. After consulting with the JWST Users Committee, STScI, NASA, ESA and CSA have finalized the review schedule for Cycle 1 proposals.

The JWST Cycle 1 General Observer (GO) proposal deadline will be 08:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday November 24, 2020.

We are announcing the deadline well in advance, so that proposers have flexibility to prepare proposals as their COVID-impacted schedules permit.  The Call for Proposals<https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportunities-and-policies/jwst-call-for-proposals-for-cycle-1> remains unchanged from its release earlier this year. All proposal tools and documentation<https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/> are available to proposers.

The JWST Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC) will review the proposals in February 2021 and recommend the Cycle 1 GO science program for announcement in March 2021.

We send best wishes to our user community and their families in these challenging times.
As always, please contact the jwst helpdesk<http://jwsthelp.stsci.edu/> if you have any questions.






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