Cycle 21 Submission
Statistics
Brett Blacker
Science Mission Office
Space Telescope Science Institute
March 21, 2013
5/28/2016
HST Proposal Submissions
1400
1298
1200
1078
1000
# Submitted
1053
1025
863
914
800
1050
960
1046
906
949
1095
1007
1090
821
747
727 733
600
556
502
427
400
396
200
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16' 17 18 19 20 21
Cycle
3/6/13
5/28/2016
GO Submissions by Cycle
1200
1144
1000
918
800
880
872 845 822
859
819
780
739
738 736
Proposals
798
754
600
581
556
427
400
485
450
522 540
415
392
200
0
1
5/28/2016
2
3
4
5
6
7
7N
8
9
10
11 12
Cycle
13
14
15
16
16'
17
18
19
20
21
3/6/13
Snapshot Proposal Submissions by Cycle
120
6266 Targets requested
106
100
86
85
80
82
79
Proposals
73
64
65
62
60
61
55
53
51
55
41
40
32
29
24
20
15
7
0
2
5/28/2016
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Cycle
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
3/6/13
AR Proposals by Cycle
250
218
200
190
180
173
169
158
154
150
145
Proposals
140
128
144
127
109
100
83
90
85
78
62
50
51
51
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 7AR 8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Cycle
5/28/2016
3/6/13
ESA Proposal Submissions
350
330
300
250
248
230
214
Proposals
200
200
197
192
198
200
190
181
169
163
203
150
142
109
100
96
113
112
100
79
50
0
1
5/28/2016
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 12
Cycle
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
3/6/13
Proposals by Science Categories
Extra-Solar Planets
6%
Debris Disks
2%
Solar System
4%
ISM in External
Galaxies
6%
Resolved Stellar
Populations
11%
AGN/Quasars
12%
ISM and
Circumstellar Matter
5%
Resolved Star
Formation
4%
Cool Stars
6%
Hot Stars
10%
Unresolved Stellar
Populations and
Galaxy Structure
11%
Unresolved Star
Formation
2%
Quasar Absorption
Lines And IGM
6%
Cosmology
15%
3/6/13
5/28/2016
HST Orbits Submitted
25000
24667
21734
23096
20771
19674
19742
20000
Requested Time
17690
16236
14272
15000
17257
17200
14668 15876
18676
16767
14005
10000
14173
13543
10732
8169
8289
6473
6303
5000
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 7N 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16' 17 18 19 20 21
Cycle
3/6/13
5/28/2016
Orbit Size
5/28/2016
Orbit Bins
350
7000
318
Includes 3 Pure Parallels
for 730 Orbits
300
6000
5735
250
5000
233
4000
Proposals
200
Orbits
3528
150
3000
2442
100
2354
97
2000
1880
65
1240
1235
50
658
27
22
10
608
33
596
8
7
71 - 80
81-90
1000
196
2
0
0
1 - 10
11 - 20
21 - 30
31 - 40
41 - 50
51 - 60
61 - 70
Orbit Bins
91-99
>=100
3/6/13
5/28/2016
Orbits by Science Categories
Extra-Solar Planets
10%
Debris Disks
1%
ISM in External Galaxies
6%
Unresolved Stellar
Populations and Galaxy
Structure
9%
Unresolved Star
Formation
2%
AGN/Quasars
9%
Solar System
2%
Resolved Stellar
Populations
12%
ISM and Circumstellar
Matter
3%
Resolved Star Formation
2%
Cool Stars
4%
Hot Stars
9%
Quasar Absorption Lines
And IGM
12%
Cosmology
19%
3/6/13
5/28/2016
GO Requested Instruments
75
Cycle 21
60
Cycle 20
Percentage
Cycle 19
Cycle 18
45
Cycle 17
Cycle 16
Cycle 15
30
Cycle 14
Cycle 13
Cycle 12
15
Cycle 11
0
ACS
COS
FGS
NICMOS
Instruments
5/28/2016
STIS
WFC3/WFPC2
Cycle 21 Instrument Summary
Configuration
ACS/SBC
ACS/SBC
ACS/WFC
ACS/WFC
ACS/WFC
COS/FUV
COS/NUV
COS/NUV
FGS
FGS
STIS/CCD
STIS/CCD
STIS/FUV
STIS/FUV
STIS/NUV
STIS/NUV
WFC3/IR
WFC3/IR
WFC3/UVIS
WFC3/UVIS
Mode
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Ramp Filter
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Spectroscopy
POS
TRANS
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Prime + Coordinated Parallels
63%
Imaging
5/28/2016
37%
Spectroscopy
Coordinated
Prime % Parallel %
1.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
38.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
4.6%
20.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.3%
3.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
3.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
5.2%
0.0%
15.1%
16.9%
9.2%
7.2%
24.4%
31.7%
0.5%
0.0%
100%
100.0%
Instrument
Instrument
Prime +
Pure
Prime
Coordinated Parallel Snap
Total
Usage
Parallel Usage Usage Usage
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
18.5%
0.0%
17.5%
0.5%
15.6%
21.4%
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
15.9%
0.0%
9.6%
0.3%
20.8%
16.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
3.2%
0.0%
12.6%
0.1%
13.9%
11.2%
0.0%
0.0%
3.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.1%
0.0%
4.1%
15.4%
61.0% 21.9%
8.8%
49.2%
50.6%
31.0%
0.5%
26.0%
8.0%
31.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0% 100.0%
Other Tidbits
Archival Research
Small
Medium
Legacy
Regular
58
85
12
Theory
18
44
1
Total
76
129
13
Joint
Observatory
Proposals
Requested Time
HST Orbits
Chandra
14
726.5 Ksecs
481
NOAO
6
18.2 Nights
121
Spitzer
6
40.7 Hours
194
XMM
9
596 Ksecs
227
5/28/2016
More Tidbits

3 Calibration Proposals: 2 AR and 1 GO for 8 orbits

39 Target of Opportunity Proposals:

12 Disruptive and 27 non-Disruptive

Mediums: 109 for 5044 orbits

UV Initiative: 372 GOs for 10088 orbits and 30 ARs
5/28/2016
Scientists Across the U.S.
Propose to Use Hubble
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/name
0+1
19+83
0+0
0+0
5+
40
2+0
14+73
0+0
0+0
32+138
30+95
2+10
32+117
1+8
0+2
1+4
3+19
28+120
160
+ 760
0
65+336
1+4
5+18
4+21
9+ 21+106
18+91 36
2+1 25+120
2+11
7+28
0+6
6+28
8+28
1+8
0
8+20 7+27
34+115
4+11
5/28/2016
16+73
25+
64
PIs + CoIs
PIs + CoIs
52+295 MA
12+65 CT
0+1
RI
0+10
VT
3+10
NH
15+78 NJ
2+6
DE
126+734 MD
29+157 DC
Scientists Around the World
Propose to Use Hubble
1
1 5
3
59
3
17
3 44
8 1
22
16
11
8
836
4
4
9
5
2
1
2
2
14
2
14
5/28/2016
40
30
# of Submissions
Proposals by Country
(w/out USA)
70
60
Norway
India
Iceland
Austria
South Africa
Mexico
Brazil
Russia
Denmark
Belgium
Korea
China
Sweden
Israel
Switzerland
Canada
Japan
Spain
Chile
Australia
Italy
The Netherlands
France
Germany
United Kingdom
5/28/2016
3266 Unique Investigators
PIs + CoIs
Total PIs
ESA
Unique
1085
203
834
USA is 836
50
20
10
0
120
100
80
# of Submissions
Proposals by US State
200
180
160
140
60
40
20
NV
KS
IA
AR
WY
WV
OR
MO
DE
UT
NH
NM
LA
MN
OK
TN
KY
GA
SC
AL
IN
CT
WI
NJ
HI
IL
WA
VA
OH
FL
CO
MI
DC
PA
NY
TX
MA
AZ
MD
5/28/2016
CA
0
250
200
# of CoIs
Co-Investigators by
Country (w/out USA)
500
400
350
Slovakia
Hungary
Croatia
Turkey
Czech Republic
Taiwan
Cyprus
Iceland
Venezuela
Norway
Finland
Argentina
Greece
Ukraine
Portugal
Poland
Ireland
New Zealand
Austria
South Africa
Brazil
India
Russia
Mexico
Korea
Belgium
China
Israel
Denmark
Sweden
Japan
Switzerland
Australia
Chile
Spain
The Netherlands
Canada
Italy
France
5/28/2016
Germany
United Kingdom
0
USA CoIs
Total CoIs
ESA
Unique
3978
6568
1939
3045
450
300
150
100
50
500
# of CoIs
Co-Investigators by
US State
900
800
700
600
400
300
200
100
WV
RI
ME
NE
NV
KS
NC
DE
IA
AR
VT
WY
NH
MO
LA
OK
UT
AL
NM
GA
TN
SC
KY
MN
IN
FL
CT
WI
HI
NJ
WA
IL
MI
TX
OH
VA
PA
CO
NY
MA
DC
AZ
MD
CA
0
5/28/2016
Proposal Submissions/
Resubmissions
HST Phase I Proposal Submissions/Resubmissions
2500
Cycle 21
Cycle 20
2000
Cycle 19
# of Submissions
Cycle 18
Cycle 17
1500
Cycle 16'
Cycle 16
Cycle 15
1000
Cycle 14
Cycle 13
500
Cycle 12
Deadline
T-1
T-2
T-3
T-4
T-5
T-6
T-7
5/28/2016
T-8
Days
T-9
T-10
T-12
T-13
T-14
T-15
T-16
T-17
T-18
T-19
T-20
T-21
T-11
0
Friday 3/1/2013
Proposal Submissions/Resubmissions on
Day of Deadline
# of Submissions/Resubmissions
1750
Cycle 21
Cycle 20
1500
Cycle 18
Cycle 17
1250
Cycle 16'
Cycle 16
1000
Cycle 15
Cycle 14
750
Cycle 13
Cycle 12
500
250
23:59
20:40
19:55
19:00
18:20
17:30
16:45
16:00
15:10
14:20
5/28/2016
13:30
Time
12:45
11:55
11:10
10:20
9:30
8:45
8:00
7:10
6:20
5:30
4:45
4:00
3:10
2:30
1:30
0:45
0:00
0
Actual Proposal Submission Count
70
Cycle 21
Cycle 20
Cycle 18
60
Hours before Deadline
50
40
30
20
10
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Proposals
800
900
1000
1050
1090
3/6/13
5/28/2016
After the first 100 proposals received
APT Submissions by Op System
80
Linux
SunOS
70
Windows
Mac OS X
60
Percentage
50
40
30
20
10
0
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Cycle
3/6/13
5/28/2016