The NSF NOIRLab Call for Proposals has been announced for the upcoming 2026A observing semester. Proposals are now being accepted for all ground-based facilities coordinated by the NSF NOIRLab, including the US time on the telescopes of Gemini, CTIO (including SOAR), and KPNO (WIYN), as well as community-access time with other observatories.
For the 2026A semester, community-access time includes facilities contributed through the Rubin In-Kind Program:
- Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT)
- Milankovic 1.4m Telescope
- Subaru Telescope
- South African Large Telescope (SALT)
- Korean Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet)
Full information about the submission of proposals, the facilities available, and the time allocation process can be found at NSF’s NOIRLab Call for Standard and Survey Proposals: Semester 2026A. The deadline for proposals is 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm Mountain Standard Time (=Tucson time).