NOTE: Proposals for Mini-Programs Should Be No More Than Two Pages in Length

2017 Study Program Proposal

Name of Study Program: Date:

Name of Campus (Caltech) Co-Lead: Name of JPL Co-Lead: Name of External Co-Lead:

Description of the goals of this Study Program:

Rationale of why the study program has the potential to generate innovative new ideas with significant promise to impact the way that future space missions are carried out:

Proposals for study programs should be no more than five pages in length. All required proposal information must be included in this five-page primary proposal plus the appendices (unlimited page count). 2017 Study Program Proposal

Specific technologies or recent scientific developments that make a compelling case that a major study should be undertaken at this time:

Description of how the program will benefit collaborations and interactions between JPL and Campus, and between external participants and JPL/Campus:

Strength of Study Program team, including description of how the diversity of proposed study team reflects the diversity of the various disciplines:

Overview of Study Program structure: - Proposed dates and schedule for the Study Program - Include plans for talks, seminars, and workshop - Include plans for formal and informal interaction sessions among participants – note: KISS workshops should be 50% discussion based (either in small groups or plenary lead discussions) - Include plans for other proposed events (e.g. social events, public lecture, short course) - Plans for team member communication (e.g. KISS-provided wiki, team teleconferences, etc.) - Plans for how a visitor program in the study period will be implemented (as applicable)

Description of opportunities for junior members of the community to participate (including involvement of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars):

Expected Date for delivery of Final Report to KISS:

Proposals for study programs should be no more than five pages in length. All required proposal information must be included in this five-page primary proposal plus the appendices (unlimited page count). Appendix A – Study at a Glance

Study at a Glance

# of workshops in study? Fill in: Can be 1-3.

Fill in: Must be 5-days if # of days in Workshop #1 only one workshop is  Strongly recommend 5 days minimum proposed. May be 4 if two  KISS provides two lunches and two dinners workshops are proposed.  KISS provides partial travel support for the junior Maximum of 10 for a members and the few who can’t attend otherwise community-building 2 week workshop. # of days in Workshop #2 (if applicable) Fill in: Can be 2-5, or n/a  2-5 days  KISS provides two lunches and two dinners Short course planned on day 1 of workshop #1?  provides primer in key interdisciplinary areas  sets vocabulary across the board for participants Fill in: yes/no  open to Campus/JPL and local research communities  generally ½ day, can be longer if needed – but not recommended  additional lunch provided to all attendees Poster session, presentation session or other plan to include junior members? Fill in: yes/no  additional lunch provided to study team Technical lecture planned (5pm talk open to Campus/JPL and local research communities)?  additional lunch provided to study team Fill in: yes/no OR (If yes, tell us which option) Public lecture planned (8pm talk open to public)?  additional dinner provided to study team

Visitor Program planned outside of workshop(s)?  plans for sub-teams to return to work on study issues? External participants can receive Institute Fill in: yes/no travel support to come back to Campus and JPL to continue study collaboration.

Does not count against five page proposal limit. APPENDIX B – Proposed Core Participants

Letter of First Name Last Name Institution Discipline E-mail Telephone Commitment Received Co- Lead Co- Lead Co- Lead

Does not count against five page proposal limit. APPENDIX B – Proposed Core Participants

Does not count against five page proposal limit. APPENDIX C – Letters of Commitment

Use this appendix to include letters of commitment from the 18 core-group participants.

Notes:  a selection criterion will be the quality of letters from the co-leads and participants indicating their willingness to fully lead and/or participate in the study  the letters of commitment may be in an email format or a letter format, but must ultimately be included as a pdf in Appendix C.

Does not count against five page proposal limit. APPENDIX D – Optional - References

Use this optional appendix to include references or papers that you think will strengthen your proposal.

Does not count against five page proposal limit.