ESA Science & Technology - Announcement Archive

Selection of the first James Webb Space Telescope General Observer Scientific Programmes

The General Observer scientific observations for the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's first year of operation have been selected. Proposals from ESA member states comprise 33% of the total number of selected proposals and correspond to 30% of the available telescope time on Webb.

Published: 30 March 2021

New deadline for JWST Cycle 1 General Observer Proposals

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 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday November 24, 2020.

Published: 23 July 2020

The JWST Cycle 1 Call for Proposals is now reopened

The JWST Cycle 1 call for proposals has now been reopened, with up to 6,000 hours available for general observers (GO). Proposals are due by 8 p.m. Eastern Time on May 1, 2020. The Cycle 1 Time Allocation Committee will meet in late July/early August 2020.

Published: 23 January 2020

JWST Director's Discretionary Early Release Science - Call for Proposals

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has announced the Call for Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Director's Discretionary Early Release Science (DD ERS) program. The proposal submission deadline is 18 August 2017, 20:00 EDT.

Published: 22 May 2017

Call for nominations for the JWST user committee (JSTUC)

STScI has issued a call for expressions of interest from community members who would like to serve as members of the James Webb Space Telescope Users Committee (JSTUC). At least two members of JSTUC will be astronomers from ESA member states. The deadline for receipt of nominations is 14 February 2017.

Published: 7 February 2017

JWST Early Release Science (ERS) program: call and webinars

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has announced the call for proposals for the Director's Discretionary Early Release Science program. A pre-proposal webinar targeting the Solar System community will be hosted by STScI on Tuesday 7 February, starting at 17:00 CET (11:00 ET), to inform this community about the goals and requirements...

Published: 1 February 2017

Symposium announcement: Exploring the Universe with JWST

The 49th ESLAB symposium will be an international meeting dedicated to the presentation and discussion of future scientific research that will be enabled by the James Webb Space Telescope. This "Exploring the Universe with JWST" symposium will be held at the European Space Agency's technical centre (ESTEC), 12-16 October 2015.

Published: 12 March 2015

JWST - Announcement of Opportunity

The ESA Directorate of Science has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for membership of the Instrument Science Team (IST) of NIRSpec.

Published: 18 March 2004