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@eteq eteq commented Oct 1, 2025

This is the announcement for cycle 5 and relevent documents - the SPOC and finance have agreed this is good, with the important caveat that finance needs to get the lastest number for how much we plan to allocate (@kelle is planning to do this in the next few days). So I'm opening this as a draft until we have that number.

eteq and others added 25 commits September 8, 2025 10:05
Co-authored-by: Erik Tollerud <erik.tollerud@gmail.com>
Updated the project/work section to clarify deliverables and revised budget details for sub-awards. Added specific period of performance for Cycle 5.
Revise template for Cycle 5 proposal calls
Removed clarification about matching roadmap as a goal.
Removed TODO items for updating numbers and adding SPOC role.
Updated selection criteria for funding requests to emphasize alignment with the Roadmap and available effort.
Updated the funding request deadlines and related timelines.
mention SOW in template
Update funding amount section in cycle5.md
Co-authored-by: Adrian Price-Whelan <583379+adrn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Erik Tollerud <erik.tollerud@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Adrian Price-Whelan <583379+adrn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Erik Tollerud <erik.tollerud@gmail.com>
Revise Cycle 5 funding request guidelines
The primary change for Cycle 5 (relative to Cycle 4) is that the [Roadmap](https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/blob/main/roadmap/roadmap.md) will be used to determine funding priorities. In addition, as the maintainers of the roadmap, the Strategic Planning and Organizing Committee (SPOC) will participate in funding request review, solicitation, and selection. Also, due to funding uncertainties, the period of performance and budgets should be just one year, as opposed to multiple years.

# Funding goals
Funding requests (FR) should address items on the Astropy Project’s Roadmap. In particular, funding will be prioritized for “red” and “orange” roadmap items, which have been identified by the community as being high priority.
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Is regular maintenance out of scope?

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