Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series Home

Overview

The Roman Science Centers at STScI and IPAC are excited to launch the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series —a new, hands-on training series designed to prepare the community for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. With Roman’s launch targeted for Fall 2026 and the first call for proposals coming in Fall 2025, now is the time to get ready. The Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series will help you build the knowledge and skills needed to make the most of Roman’s Core Community Surveys (CCS) and General Astrophysics Surveys (GAS) with the Wide Field Instrument (WFI). 

Roman is community-driven, survey-focused, and fully open access. Instead of relying solely on individual observing programs, much of the science will come from teams analyzing Roman’s rich archive. The Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series will give you practical experience with the tools, data, and workflows you’ll need for proposal preparation, data access, calibration, and analysis.

Whether you’re brand new to Roman or already planning your first proposal, the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series is your chance to get connected and get ready for Roman.

What to Expect in the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series

• 1-hour sessions exploring tools and resources to help you prepare to use Roman's data

• Live, hands-on demos of Roman tools or simulated datasets

• Ample time for Q&A with Roman staff

• A welcoming space for all, with students especially encouraged to join

Stay Up to Date on Ready, Set, Roman! Trainings

Sign up for our listserve to receive notifications, reminders, and Webex links by emailing: ROMANTRAINING-subscribe-request@maillist.stsci.edu 
The current schedule (subject to change), individual webinar details, and past recordings are available below.

If you have questions about the Ready, Set, Roman! trainings, please contact the Roman Help Desk.

For detailed documentation about Roman, its instruments, and the data analysis ecosystem, please see RDox.

Join the Roman Forum and Add to Your Calendar: To keep track of future Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series webinars and other Roman related events, please subscribe to our Roman Events Calendar. Please note, access to other calendars and pages are are availabe to Forum members. If you haven’t had a chance, please consider joining the Roman Forum today (Working Group sign-up is not required).

Upcoming Trainings (Previous Trainings and Recordings Further Down)

A portion of the content in some of the webinars is based on Python and participants may want to become familiar with basic Python coding and the Jupyter notebook interface to get the most out of the trainings.

Previous Trainings

A portion of the content in some of the webinars is based on Python and participants may want to become familiar with basic Python coding and the Jupyter notebook interface to get the most out of the trainings.

All of our webinars will be recorded and put on our youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/@NancyRomanSci