ROMAN (former WFIRST) is a NASA-led observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. The telescope will carry two instruments: the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), and the Coronagraph Instrument (CI). The WFI is a 300-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera with a field of view of 0.28 square degrees, while the Coronagraph Instrument is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering the visible and near-infrared wavelengths using starlight suppression techniques.
The scientific objectives of the mission include probing the history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structures, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, as well as searching for exoplanets in the Milky Way using gravitational micro-lensing. ROMAN will have a primary mission lifetime of five years, with a potential five year extended mission.
ESA intends to appoint a number of individual scientists to the Core Community Survey (CCS) committees, the WFI Project Infrastructure Teams (PIT), and to the Coronagraph Community Participation Programme (CCPP). The ESA-appointed positions will be for a period of three years, renewable. With the exception of expenses incurred while travelling for activities related to the current call, ESA will not fund the activities of the scientist and each proposer is responsible for securing his/her own funding from other sources.
A letter of intent must be submitted before the actual proposal for appointment. Proposals without preceding letter of intent will not be accepted. Both forms may be found at the AO homepage (see link below).
Deadline is 15 September 2023, 12:00 (noon) CEST for submission of letter of intent and 20 October 2023, 12:00 (noon) CEST for final proposal.
Ill.: NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission. NASA