General Investigator Program

Roman’s General Investigator Program is being designed to support astronomers to reveal scientific discoveries using Roman data. This includes detailed analysis of individual objects and populations, simulations of the universe, observations with other facilities to complement Roman data, and developing new theories that could be tested with Roman data. These investigations could include new observations if needed.

In an extended mission, the General Investigator Program would likely become the dominant part of the mission. The Hubble Space Telescope has demonstrated clearly that the combination of a powerful facility and peer-reviewed proposals has the greatest impact in advancing the extraordinarily broad field of astrophysics research. 
The General Investigator Program will follow in Hubble’s footsteps by providing broad support to many fields of astrophysics, no doubt with the same astonishing results of new, creative, field-changing science. Many potential General Investigator science programs, contributed to the mission’s 2013 Science Definition Team report by members of the broader astronomical community, are listed below.