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SOFIA Science
SOFIA Cycle 8 Call for Proposals Released   

The SOFIA project has released two Calls for Proposals with three types of proposal opportunities: one call for regular proposals, and a separate call for both the SOFIA Legacy Program (SLP) and the new SOFIA Archival Research Program (SARP).

Funding is available for guest observers with affiliations in the United States; the total available guest observer funding available for Cycle 8 is expected to be approximately $4 million for regular proposals, $1 million per year for SLP proposals, and $300,000 for SARP proposals. The calls were issued on behalf of NASA by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Parallel calls for the German community were issued by the German SOFIA Institute (DSI; University of Stuttgart).

The main parts of the Cycle 8 calendar are:

CfP release: May 31, 2019
CfP update: July 20, 2019
Proposal Deadline: September 6, 2019 (9 p.m. PDT)
Selections announced: December 2019
Cycle 8: April 25, 2020 - April 24, 2021  
Cycle 8 Call for Proposals timeline
The Call for Proposals documents can be found here .
More information about Regular Proposals
More information about SLP Proposals
More information about SARP Proposals

Any questions about the Cycle 8 Calls for Proposals can be directed to sofia_help@sofia.usra.edu
Save the Date!   

SOFIA Science on Tour will conclude with a proposal tool webinar on Friday, August 9, 2019. Participants will be led through guided examples and have the chance to ask questions live while learning how to use SOFIA’s tools to submit proposals. More information coming soon.
Please feel free to direct questions and comments to the SOFIA Science Center help desk: sofia_help@sofia.usra.edu.