1. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 11 Peer Review Proposal Numbers:  668 submitted proposals  *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time)  50 LP, 9 VLP  65 Archive  40 Theory

2. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Total Time Request  Time allocated: +5.8%  Final oversubscription: 5.2  Grating request -48%

3. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Over-subscription by Category  LP/VLP competed for full 6 Msec  Over-subscription: 6.65  12 LP, 1 VLP approved

4. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Allocation by Instrument and Science Category

5. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Gratings Proposals HETG request: - 40% % Targets approved ~20% Time/target: 80ks (3x ACIS) #targets: 60 (4% of ACIS) → fluctuations due to small # statistics

6. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Archive/Theory Results  Archive:  Budget: $1100K  Allocated $1386K (20)  Over-subscription: 3.3  Theory:  Budget: $520K  Allocated: $960 (11)  Over-subscription: 3.3  Reason: panel grading and priorities  Total funds: +$300K  Observing funds: -$426K

7. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Peer Review  21-24 June 2009, Hilton, Logan Airport  13 topical panels, 1 Big Project Panel (BPP)  Panels:  1,2: Stars, Planets  3,4: SN, SNR, NS  5,6,7: Binaries, Galaxies: Populations  8,9,10: Clusters, Galaxies: Diffuse  11,12,13: AGN, Extragalactic surveys  Recommended target list posted: 17 July  Letters (detailed reports, fair share budget) e-mailed: Aug 13  Cost Proposal deadline:17 Sept 2009

8. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Other Peer Review Results  Constrained Observations:  Same as last year (Easy: 45; Average 35; Diff. 20)  Joint allocated: 5E; GTO: 5A, 8E  Review Allocated: Diff: 8/20; A+E: 94/64; If 1D=2(A+E), over by 6; ok’d by MP  Highest unapproved TC grade 3.8 (requesting 8)  Keep the same for Cycle 12  Cost Review:  External review required for 17 proposals asking for > fair share

9. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 12 Updates  RPS: option to check SIMBAD/NED in advance of submission  Radiation Zone information: available as table with links from ProVis, Proposer page etc.  Archive: separate allocation of money for CDFS-related archive studies (using DDT funds)  LP/VLP Review: Restore separate LP/VLP allocations and separate BPP discussion 3 Msec for each allocation, allowing small movement of boundary in either direction  E/PO Funding: discontinued

10. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Students and Chandra  Annual survey to Chandra PIs requesting input on students (UG and PG) and postdocs working on Chandra projects. Total numbers are ~250 per year (not unique), most of whom are supported by Chandra grants Example Breakdown, 2005: 49 UG, 110 PG, 82 PD  PhDs using Chandra data, up to 2007: 120 PhDs worldwide (lower limit), average of 20 per year  Chandra serves as a key training ground for young scientists and provides funding to promote US-based training

11. Chandra Users’ Committee, 29-30 Oct 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Recent and Upcoming events  SNR and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era 8-10 July, Cambridge, presentations on website  Chandra’s First Decade of Discovery: 22-25 Sept 2009 Full program; exciting science, astronauts’ visit, Harbor Cruise  Einstein Fellows Symposium: 27-28 Oct Application Deadline: 5 Nov  Cycle 12 Schedule: CfP release: 15 Dec 2009 Proposal deadline: 18 March 2010 Peer Review: 21-25 June 2010  NASA Senior Review 2010: Due 8 Feb 2010  CXC Website: New-look top Science pageNew-look top Science page