Join the Roman Science Collaboration today!
Goal: The goal of the Roman Science Collaboration (RSC) is to amplify the science returns from the Roman mission and the benefits of Roman science investigations to the astronomical community, by sparking collaborations and drawing on the creative insights and talents of researchers with complementary interests and expertise.
Membership Benefits: The RSC provides a framework and tools to support collaborative teams that may range from a handful of members to dozens or hundreds, depending on the scope of the investigations and the preferences of the team members. Key elements of the RSC are:
Communication tools including a collaboration wiki, archived e-mail lists, a Slack workspace, and an index of projects and publications, accessible to all members of the collaboration.
Science groups that support communication and collaboration across broad science areas, with Science Focus Groups on more specific topics.
Projects expected to lead to one or more science publications or to produce tools to enable science investigations. Projects are announced to the collaboration through the project index. Project teams may control their own membership, and multiple projects with overlapping science goals are permitted.
A Publication Policy that governs publications produced within the RSC.
A Code of Conduct stating standards of respectful behavior expected of collaboration members.
A Collaboration Board, led by two Co-Spokespersons, which manages the operations of the collaboration, as described in the governance and structure document.
Join: If you are interested in joining the RSC, you can sign up here. The basic criteria for membership are (a) holding a PhD in astronomy, physics, or a related field, and (b) authorship or co-authorship of at least one article published in any of the AAS or APS journals, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics, or Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Japan. In addition, PhD-level collaboration members may sponsor membership applications by students or others who do not satisfy the above criteria, including, e.g., educators and technical staff. Students engaged in Roman science are strongly encouraged to become members of the collaboration. Approval of membership applications is formally the responsibility of the Spokespersons, though they may choose to delegate this responsibility.
Membership in the RSC is voluntary, and no one is required to be a member of the RSC to do science with Roman data or to apply for Roman observing time or related funding opportunities.
