JWST Cycle 5 General Observers Projects

• Original completed and digitally signed application form, signed by the duly authorized representative of the proposed project, as set out in section 3.2.
• The proposal approved by STScI.
• A plan of implementation in the form of a Gantt chart or table for all proposal types.
• CVs for collaborators who submit proposals and for key team members, including principal investigators, co-principal investigators and co-investigators associated with Canadian institutions directly relevant to the CSA proposal.
• For Category B proposals, a support letter from the principal investigator of the approved NASA/STScI JWST Cycle 5 proposal confirming the roles and responsibilities of the Canadian co-investigators.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian universities
• Canadian post-secondary institutions

Who is not eligible

• Private companies
• International organizations
• Individuals
• Organizations without a Canadian university or post-secondary institution status

Eligible expenses

• Salaries and benefits
• Travel, accommodation, and meals
• Equipment, materials, and supplies
• Consulting, publication, communication, and translation services
• Data acquisition, management, training, and bursaries

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Benefits to Canada
• Project feasibility
• Research plan and schedule
• Resources and budget justification
• Results and risk mitigation

• Open the SFiler portal login page and select the Extranet domain.
• Enter the username and password provided by email, then click log in; do not enter the email address.
• Under Inbox, find the communities for the proposals you have made for the different Avis d’offre de participation (AOP).
• Select the community where you want to deposit documents, then drag the files from your file explorer into the center of the system.
• If you have lost your password, use the password reset option and enter the email address associated with the account to receive a reset link.

• Applications are first screened for eligibility.
• Eligible proposals are evaluated against published criteria and scores.
• A review panel makes the final funding selection.
• Applicants are notified in writing, and selected projects are announced on the CSA website.
• A grant agreement must be signed before funding is issued.

• Only one designated point of contact per organization per country is allowed, but multiple end-users may be added within the organization.