Astro-E Cycle 1 NRA Released: 16 July 1999

[Michael Arida <arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

We are pleased to announce the release of the ASTRO-E Guest Observer
Program (Cycle 1) announcement by NASA; by agreement, the NASA
announcement is open only to PIs affiliated with a US institution.
The announcement and related documents are available on the world-wide
web at:

	http://spacescience.nasa.gov/nra/99-oss-03/

and additional materials (including Technical Description and simulation
tools) are available from:

	http://astroe.gsfc.nasa.gov/

The following briefly summarizes the NASA announcement.

Observing period: 	~9 months beginning August, 2000
Proposal deadline:	1999 September 17
Funding:		Successful PIs will be invited to submit budget
			proposals.
Submission:		The forms must be submitted electronically;
			15 hardcopies of the forms and the scientific
			justifications must also be submitted.

There are parallel opportunities for Japanese and ESA scientists; for the
latter, please refer to:

	http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Astroe/index.html