Useful Links

RIT Links

• Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies
• RIT Policy Webpage
• RIT Libraries: How to Submit Your Thesis/Dissertation
• School of Physics & Astronomy Scholarworks

General Funding Sources & Deadlines

• RIT Research and Creativity travel grant: Date not posted yet
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Astronomy & Physics due October 27 2017.  2018 deadline is Oct. 26, 2018.
• NY Space Grant Consortium: For support within March 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017, apply Feb 1st, 2017.  For support within July 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017, apply June 1st, 2017.
• NASA ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences)
• NASA NSPIRES: Proposals due Feb 1, 2017 NASA Inspires Deadlines for next 30 Days - For more info, see webpage on NSPIRES: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B1A7F0A8C-1126-EA39-6584-10DBD500C8AC%7D&path=open 
• NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP): Annual application deadlines are March 1, July 1, and November 1. Each deadline is 6:00 p.m.
• LIGO Research Support: Deadline: due October 25th, 2017, and the last Wednesday in October annually thereafter. Contact Mark Coles, mcoles@nsf.gov
• Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences: Due April 15^th annually Contact Vladimir Papitashvili, vpapita@nsf.gov
• Theoretical Gravitational Physics: Contact Pedro Marronetti, pmarrone@nsf.gov
• Theoretical Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology: Due January 25^th, 2016. Contact Kieth R. Dienes, kdienes@nsf.gov
• Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG): DueSeptember 15, 2017 - November 15, 2017,  September 15 - November 15, Annually Thereafter. Contact: James E. Neff. jneff@nsf.gov
• Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE):Deadline: August 18^th, 2017., Third Friday in August, Every Other Year Thereafter. Contact: James E. Neff. jneff@nsf.gov
• NSF Astronomical Sciences Active Funding Opportunities Page: Multiple opportunities and deadlines.
• National Academy of Sciences: Sigma XI Grants:Awards grants of up to $1,000 for to students from all areas of science and engineering.  Designated funds from National Academy of Sciences allows for grants of up to $5,000 for astronomy research. Deadlines not currently up to date on website.
• NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoc Fellowship: October 12, 2016, Second Wednesday in October, Annually Thereafter. Contact: Harshal Gupta, hgupta@nsf.gov
• International Travel Grants: grants for those traveling to international meetings. Apply by: 6 January 2017 for travel to meetings between 1 March and 31 August 20179 June 2017 for travel to meetings between 1 September 2017 and 28 February 2018
• AAS FAMOUS Travel Grants: grants award up to $1,000 to attend a single AAS meeting. Priority will be given to members of historically underrepresented groups (small colleges, minorities, non-traditional students, veterans, among others).
• Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP): Due  dates: Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time) - September 16, 2015 Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time) - February 22, 2016.  Contact Richard. E. Barvainis, rbarvai@nsf.gov
• National Science Foundation link: Math and Physics NSF Deadlines   Funding: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/index.jsp

Observational Proposals & Deadlines

• Hubble Space Telescope proposals: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/docs/proposingOverview  Proposals due: Friday April 08, 2016 8pm EDT for Cycle 24
• National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO): http://ast.noao.edu/observing/proposal-info Includes: CTIO, KPNO, Gemini, SMARTS, SOAR, CHARA, AAO. Proposals due twice yearly, at the end of March and the end of September. March 31st, 2017 for Semester 2017B.
• Gemini Observatory: http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/observing-gemini/proposal-submission September 30, 2016
• W. M. Keck Observatory: http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/observing/timetable.html Semester A: (Feb 2017 - July 2017) Semester B: (Aug 2017 -Jan 2017) 
• Southern African Large Telescope (SALT): http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/  Proposals Closed: 29 July 2016 at 16:00 UT Proposing For: 2016-1 Semester - begins November 2016. Ten hours available through DDT - see site for details
• Subaru Telescope: http://subarutelescope.org/Observing/Proposals/Submit/call.html Proposals 17A Closed: September 7, 2016 12:00 JST. Proposals for: Semester S17A: February 1, 2017 -- July 31, 2017
• University of Arizona Observatories https://www.as.arizona.edu/forms Includes: LBT, Magellan, MMT. Proposals due: October 1 and April 1 for next semester observing

• Spitzer Space Telescope: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/warmmission/propkit/cp/  Proposals 13 Closed: Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 4pm PDT. Discretionary Director Time: February 28, 2017 and approximately every 6 months.
• Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF):http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu Semester 2017A due date October 3rd, 2016 5pm HST.
• Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): http://www.sofia.usra.edu/index.html Proposal has passed (July 1,2016). Director’s Discretionary Time (due summer of each calendar year).
• James C. Maxwell Telescope: http://www.eaobservatory.org/jcmt/proposals/large-programs-call-ii/ Proposals accepted: Feb 15, 2017 - March 15, 2017.

• ALMA National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO): https://almascience.nrao.edu/proposing/call-for-proposals Proposals for Cycle 4, October 2016 - September 2017
• Submillimeter Array (SMA: http://sma1.sma.hawaii.edu evaluated semiannually around May 15 and November 15
• Arecibo: http://www.naic.edu/science/proposals_set.htm Proposal Closed: Septempber 1, 2016
• Green Bank Telescope (GBT - NRAO): https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/gbt/practical-information-for-astronomers#GBT%20Proposing Proposals due: August 1, 2016 17:00 EDT
• Very Large Array (VLA - NRAO): https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/vla/proposing/configpropdeadlines Proposals due: 2017A (Config. D) - Aug 1st, 2016 2017A (Config. C) - Aug. 1st, 2016 2017B (Config. B) - Feb. 1, 2017

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory: http://cxc.harvard.edu/proposer/  15 March 2016, 6 p.m. EDT 
• XMM-Newton x-ray observatory: http://xmm.esac.esa.int October 7, 2016 for AO-16
• FERMI February 24, 2017, 4:30 EST

• High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS): https://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS  Due October 1st, 2017. Proposals always due October 1st, the year before observing run
• NUSTAR: Due January 27, 2017