Open and announced calls related to HALO and its missions
Call for new HALO missions
The Scientific steering committee of HALO (WLA) is calling for proposals of new HALO missions to be scheduled from 2031.
Proposed Missions should fall within at least one of the priority areas for HALO scientific activities:
- Sources, Properties and Processing of Aerosol Particles
- Formation, Evolution, and Radiative Effects of Clouds and Precipitation
- Transport and Dynamics in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
- Transport and Transformation of Chemical Composition
- Atmospheric Coupling Processes
Please submit proposals to the HALO user coordination, until 31 March 2027.
The mission proposals should include
- a description of the scientific objectives (one page only)
- the filled-in flight request form
- the filled-in scientific constraints form
You are welcome to contact the user coordination with any questions regarding your proposal before submitting.
The mission proposals will be presented and discussed during an open workshop with the applying Mission PIs, the members of the WLA, external peers, and interested scientists. The one-day workshop will be held in combination with the HALO SPP Status Seminar (21 to 23 June 2027, in Leipzig).
Calls for mission funding
The call for proposals for the HALO DFG SPP 1294 has been published by DFG and can be found under the following link:
https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2026/ifw-26-55
Deadline for submitting applications is 27 November 2026.
Rough timetable: The evaluation is planned for spring 2027. In case of positive feedback, funding would be available from early 2028.
Important for applicants with regard to the HALO missions CONIDA-Day and STACCATO:
If you plan to participate in one of these (or both) campaigns, please contact the DFG SPP coordination (Anja Schwarz) and/or the user coordination (Mareike Heckl) who will forward your meassage to the Mission-PI of both campaigns to coordinate the proposal writing and your contribution for the umbrella proposals that have to be submitted by the Mission PI for the campaigns to be funded by DFG.
Calls for workshop funding
The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related Topical Workshops. Topical Workshops should be related to completed or planned HALO missions or may focus on a special topic covered by the HALO SPP 1294. Organizational costs (e.g., room, catering) and travel costs of invited guests can be funded in accordance with the applicable laws and guidelines.
Please send your short proposal with information about:
- topic, objectives, respective HALO mission(s);
- tentative place and date of the workshop;
- expected number of participants;
- rough cost estimate
by email to anja.schwarz(at)uni-leipzig.de.
