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OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
OPTICONTrans-national Access Programme
under the auspices of the European Commission
MID TERM REVIEW MID TERM REVIEW
Corfú, September 2007Corfú, September 2007
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
• Objective: Widen access to all European telescopes of 2m+ aperture which have state of the art instrumentation.
• Special emphasis on new users, especially those from CEE countries.
OPTICON Access Programme
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Proposal and Contract
• Initial proposal was for 25 telescopes/2555 nights-days • After contract negotiations 22 reduced to telescopes.
• Immediate concern was that we could not meet likely demand.
• Special additional conditions for qualifying proposals agreed at first TDF.
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
• 17 institutions involved (OPTICON partners)– 18 optical-infrared telescopes (between 1.5 – 4m aperture)– 4 solar telescopes
• Commencement date and duration:– 1st January 2004 , 60 months
• External users are welcome to apply for observing time:– Free access to each of these 22 European operated telescopes
• Scientific, technical and logistic support• Travel and subsistence grants
– Standard selection procedures:• Scientific merits and feasibility
OPTICON Access Programme General Overview
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
• Approx. 1200 observing nights/days– 630 users, 400 observing runs, 400 - 500 T&S grants.
• Usual deadlines and application forms/procedures.
• New users, young researchers and users from countries with no similar facilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
• OPTICON Trans-national Access Office: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
OPTICON Access Programme General Overview
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
La Silla Chile
Canary Islands (OT & ORM)
Mauna Kea Hawaii
Calar Alto Obs. Pic du MidiObs. Saint-Michel
Obs. Helmos, Kalavryta
Anglo-Australian Observatory
AAT UKST
SSTTHEMIS
DOTVTT
LT TCS
NOTTNG INTWHT
UKIRT
CFHT
ESO 3.6m
ESO 3.5m ESO
2.2m
Aristarchos
TBLOHP
CAHA 3.5m
CAHA 2.2m
OPTICON Access Programme: Observatories
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
18 night-time and 4 solar telescopes
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
After first 18 Months
• 409/1188 observing periods supported equivalent to 35% of available budget in just 2 semesters
• Prediction was that 5 year budget would be expended by middle of year 3 which was unacceptable to TDF and OPTICON board.
• Not all qualifying nights supported in years 2 and 3 to return spend to roughly flat profile over 5 years
Limited number of nights at each telescope each year
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Situation by late 2006
• Due to these strict controls most telescopes were close to 60% of the contracted access by mid 2006, restoring the flat spend profile.
• There were a few, well understood exceptions (eg LT, Aristarchos, ESO 3.5, TBL)
• The September 2006 TDF rebalanced some allocations to achieve 80-90% commitment at most telescopes by end 2007.
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Provisional situation by August 2007
TIME ALLOCATED BY EACH TELESCOPE
0,0010,0020,0030,0040,0050,0060,0070,0080,0090,00
100,00
% O
PT
ICO
N T
IME
(A
NN
EX
1)
2007
2006
2005
2004
Most of the telescopes have already surpassed the 80% of allocation time
LT, Aristarchos, ESO 3.5m and ESO3.6m present a considerable delay
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Provisional situation by 2007
OPTICON ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS IN THE LAST THREE OBSERVING CAMPAIGNS (2006B, 2007A & 2007B)
2085
1231
228
104
710
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
SUBMMITED AWARDED TIME SUPPORTED BYOPTICON
Nr
ELIGIBLE
OTHERS
OPTICON ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS IN THE LAST THREE OBSERVING CAMPAIGNS (2006B, 2007A & 2007B)
2085
1231
228
104
710
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
SUBMMITED AWARDED TIME SUPPORTED BYOPTICON
Nr
ELIGIBLE
OTHERS
PIs by country home institution with projects meeting EC criteria of eligibility during the last three observing campaigns (06B, 07A & 07B)48
25 21 19 15 12 11 10 10 7 7 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 20
1020304050
United K
ingdom
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Greece
Spain
Belgium
Switzerla
nd
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Norway
Portugal
Lithuania
Slovakia
Sweden
Czech
RepublicN
r o
f p
roje
cts
sub
mm
ited
Satisfactory participation of researchers form Central and Eastern European countries
Last three observing campaigns show a significant oversubscription rate for the OPTICON Access Programme
Nr of users Central-Eastern Europe
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2004 2005 2006 2007
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Slovakia
Hungary
Israel
Poland
Ukraine
Amount of access / PI Home Institution
8
19
32
15
0
15,8
0
6
0
17
5
10
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2004 2005 2006 2007
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
New Observers and Young researchers
YES58%
NO33%
pending9%
YES
NO
pending
New Observers 2004- 2007
Young researchers 2004- 2007
Provisional situation by 2007
pending9%YES
33%
NO58%
YES
NO
pending
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
93
42
4258 53
23
127
196
23375519
85
46
49
19
64
3023
4AATCAHA 2.2mCAHA 3.5mCFHTDOTESO 3.6mESO NTTINTMPG/ESO 2.2mNOTOHPSSTTBLTCSTHEMISTNGUKIRTUKSTVTTWHT
Nr. of users / Telescope
January 2004 – December 20071088 astronomers
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Accumulative results(2004 - 2007)
• 69,84% - of the total amount of access to be provided under the contract.
• 1088 users (members of observing teams).
• 211 travel and subsistence grants (plus an extra 9% of user groups pending of select their observers)
• 57% new observers
OPTICON Access Programme. OPTICON Access Programme. Mid-term review September 2007. Corfú
Future Plans
• October 2007 TDF will make final rebalancing to ensure contract obligations are met.
• Unused travel and Access Office funds (if any) will be converted into extra access.
• New Access programme will be defined for FP7 building on strengths of FP6 experience.