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NSF Provides Travel Support for Observing at...(1Dec93)
Major Foreign Optical Telescopes
(from the Director's Office, NOAO Newsletter No. 36, 1 December 1993)

For several years the National Science Foundation has provided funding,
administered by NOAO, to support travel to large or unique foreign
optical telescopes. The telescopes normally covered by this policy
include:

Anglo-Australian Telescope (Australia)
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (Hawaii)
European Southern Observatory (Chile)
La Palma Observatory (Spain)
Las Campanas 2.5-m Telescope (Chile)
Special Astrophysical Observatory 6-m (Russia)
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (Hawaii)

The proposal for foreign telescope time should be initiated by the PI
who must be a US-based astronomer.  Generally, the foreign observatory
should not require a local collaborator as a condition for telescope
time, and the presence of the US-based PI should be essential for the
successful pursuit of the research program. Reimbursement under this
program is not available to staff employed at national
observatories.Reimbursement covers round-trip airfare only. Subsistence
and incidental expenses are not covered. Normally only one trip per
fiscal year per investigator can be supported (our fiscal year begins 1
October).

To apply, send a letter requesting support and explaining why your
presence is essential, together with a copy of your proposal and a copy
of the letter or observing schedule that indicates you have been
granted observing time on one of the above telescopes to:

                Caty Pilachowski
                National Optical Astronomy Observatories
                PO Box 26732
                Tucson, AZ 85726-6732

Applications should be received at least one month before travel
commences. Travel must be on a US carrier if available.

Caty Pilachowski

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