6th ALOS-2 Research Announcement

Issued: July 2015
updated on June 18, 2018
Submission Deadline: September 18, 2015 September 25, 2015

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* The 6th ALOS research announcement (RA) was closed.

    6th ALOS-2 Research Announcement schedule
  • Deadline for registration and submission of proposal --- September 18, 2015 September 25, 2015
  • Notification of PI selection ---------------- End of October, 2015 February 2016 (planned) March, 2016
  • Contract (agreement procedure) ------- End of October - December, 2015 February - March, 2016 March, 2016 - May, 2016
  • Research Phase 1 ---------------- Conclusion of the contract - March 2019
  • The 2nd PI Workshop ----------- November 18-20, 2015 at Tokyo, Japan
  • Next PI Workshop ---------------- A/N
    The 1st Joint PI Workshop : January 22-25, 2018 at Tokyo, Japan
    The 2nd Joint PI Workshop : Jan. 2019 (TBD)
    The 3rd Joint PI Workshop : Jan. 2020 (TBD)
    The 4th Joint PI Workshop for Final Presentation on RA6 : Jan. 2021 (TBD)
  • Deadline for submitting Interim Report by PI ---- August 31, 2018
  • Research Phase 2* ----------------- April 2019 - March 2021
  • The Final Report Deadline ---------- March 2021 (planned)
  • * Research duration is by March 2019 as phase 1, and will be two years extension based on the interim evaluation result.

The research proposal submission and inquiry for the RA are to

  • Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • 2-1-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
  • Tel: +81-50-3362-7798 Fax: +81-29-868-2961
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