Foreign Guest Investigators (GIs at non-U.S. institutions)

1. Do you have to be a GI at a U.S. Institution to Propose?

   No. GIs at non-U.S. institutions may submit proposals for observing time only. GIs at non-U.S. institutions are not eligible for funding and therefore may not submit "funding only" proposals, even if they would have U.S. Co-Is.

2. Do I need to do anything special to be a GI on a non-GRB observing proposal if I am at a non-U.S. institution?
   

   No. There isno need to "affiliate" with the Swift Science Center, as in previous years. On your proposal (submitted to ARK/RPS), you may give your home institution and submit the forms yourself. For further instructions on submitting a Swift Cycle 20 proposal, see our Cycle 20 Guest Investigator Program Web page.

3. Can non-U.S. GIs propose a non-GRB observing proposal and have a U.S. co-I receive the funding?
   

   No. The US collaborator must be the guest investigator in order for him/her to receive funding.